175-121 Advanced ESL 2

Formerly available as 145-005/121. Students who have completed 145-005/121 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Non-native speakers of English may enrol without sitting for a placement test but may be recommended to other subjects during the first two weeks of the semester depending on their English language proficiency. Native or near-native speakers of English are not eligible to enrol.

In this subject students should develop their academic skills in oral, written and electronic forms of communication through the study of current issues in Australian politics, economics and society. The skills focused on include the ability to research topics through physical and electronic resources, to critically analyse a range of academic texts, and to synthesise material from a range of sources to produce oral presentations and written papers that are fluent, well-organised and effectively expressed.

• be able to read a range of texts effectively and critically;

• be able to synthesise, analyse, evaluate and organise material from spoken and written sources;

• become more independent learners.

A 750 word assignment 20% (due mid semester), a 1500 word assignment 35% (due at the end of the semester), an oral presentation of 800 words 25% (due at the end of the semester), and class exercises of 1000 words 20% (due throughout the semester).

A subject reader will be available for purchase from the University Bookshop.