This unit provides students with an intensive preparation for many areas of academic study. It develops students' academic English skills with an emphasis on critical reasoning, evaluative reading, critical writing, effective secondary research, and successful communication strategies. Students will make use of many types of texts covering a wide range of topics, and will learn to produce high-quality oral and written texts for academic purposes.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Apply effective reading comprehension and secondary research strategies and evaluate components of arguments, and explain reasoning underlying an argument;
2. Compose sound arguments in coherent and cohesive spoken and written texts utilizing academic conventions;
3. Develop breadth and accuracy of language features in fluent speech and writing;
4. Synthesize and paraphrase a range of authoritative and credible sources to construct a written text which meets academic integrity requirements; and
5. Recognise local and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and western knowledge systems, and how these are present in learning experiences.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

6695 Academic English

Equivalent units

6695 Academic English

Assumed knowledge

None.