On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Define academic culture and explain the use of evidence to support an argument.
2. Employ effective listening strategies to identify and report main ideas and supporting evidence.
3. Utilise appropriate reading strategies to comprehend academic texts.
4. Produce writing that successfully summarises and paraphrases the work of others.
5. Demonstrate a command of academic English, including grammar, phrasing, effective sentence structure, spelling and punctuation in a variety of written contexts.
6. Apply the conventions of academic presentations in written and oral formats.
7. Critically reflect on their own learning.
8. Reflect on feedback to advance the development of literacy skills.

1.Academic culture as a culture of argument
2.Active listening and note-taking skills
3.Reading in an academic culture: the development of ideas
4.Reading in an academic culture: the relative importance of ideas
5.Reading in an academic culture: identifying arguments
6.Writing in an academic culture: academic language skills and grammar
7.Writing in an academic culture: paraphrasing/summarising and synthesising skills
8.Writing in an academic culture: comparing and contrasting ideas across multiple texts
9.Writing in an academic culture: research and referencing
10.Speaking in an academic culture: the structure of presenting ideas
11.Speaking in an academic culture: tutorial/presentation skills
1.Academic culture as a culture of argument
2.Active listening and note-taking skills
3.Reading in an academic culture: the development of ideas
4.Reading in an academic culture: the relative importance of ideas
5.Reading in an academic culture: identifying arguments
6.Writing in an academic culture: academic language skills and grammar
7.Writing in an academic culture: paraphrasing/summarising and synthesising skills
8.Writing in an academic culture: comparing and contrasting ideas across multiple texts
9.Writing in an academic culture: research and referencing
10.Speaking in an academic culture: the structure of presenting ideas
11.Speaking in an academic culture: tutorial/presentation skills