Academic English

Key Information

Course Duration

10 weeks per course level

Mode of study

20 hours a week plus 5 hours’ myStudy electives

Study face-to-face on campus 

Maximum class size is 18.

Timetable

11.30am to 17.05pm
including 60-mins for myStudy Assignment Work

Timetables are subject to change.

Campus Location

Perth 

Sydney Hyde Park

CRICOS :

Academic English 1: 111367A

Academic English 2: 111368M

Academic English 3: 109382J

Academic English 4: 109383H

Entry

Minimum age requirement is 16 years of age

Intermediate to advanced

 

Course overview

If you want to improve your English skills for further study in Australia, our Academic English courses can help you.

Navitas English has more than 70 direct entry higher education partners. They include universities, colleges, Technical & Further Education (TAFE), Vocational Education & Training (VET) and Registered Training Organisations (RTO). Our courses have pathways to master’s, bachelor’s, diploma and certificate programs.

If you successfully complete Academic English, you do NOT need to sit the IELTS test to prove your English language proficiency to our direct entry partners (provided you meet all the other course requirements).

Academic English can be very different to the English you use every day. Even if you speak English well in conversation, it might be difficult to understand the new words and structures used in university or another academic setting.

In this course, you will develop skills in academic proficiency and literacy in English. You will find it easier to understand and participate in your university course. If you complete the Academic English course successfully, you will be able to use English in a variety of academic contexts and take responsibility for your progress with little support from teachers.

Your learning outcomes

Our course content is high quality and relevant, and we work with you to make sure you reach a level of English ready for further study. The pass rate for our Academic English students is 92 percent.

If you complete the course successfully, you do not need to sit the IELTS or TOEFL tests to study one of our partner programs.

For more detail on Academic English learners outcomes, see here. 

Reading

Know how to analyse reading texts and interpret assessment tasks 

Writing

Structure your reports and essays effectively

Listening

Confident note-taking for lectures and tutorials

Speaking

Participate in group projects and present confidently

You will learn skills in four main areas:

Reading and listening

  • note-taking strategies for lectures and tutorials
  • analysis of reading text structures
  • techniques for speed reading, skimming and scanning

Speaking and writing

  • planning, drafting and editing reports and essays 
  • effective communication in tutorials 
  • pronunciation and voice training for presentations and seminars
  • active participation in group projects
  • bibliographic and in-text referencing 

Critical thinking

  • analysis of tertiary assessment tasks 
  • research skills
  • learner independence
  • intercultural communication

Employability skills

  • computer literacy and numeracy
  • negotiating tactfully and persuading effectively
  • Australian workplace culture 
  • digital and face-to-face networking.

Why study Academic English at Navitas English?

  • expectations of Australian lecturers and tutors
  • time management skills
  • using technology in learning and production 
  • how to avoid plagiarism.
  • You will have scheduled myStudy tutorial time to get help with your assignments from your teacher outside of lessons.
  • You can use our online learning portal (myStudy space) to find extra learning materials and share your ideas with your classmates.
            You will also learn about the culture of higher education in Australia, including:
  • You can get support through academic counselling. 
  • We will give you useful information about our higher education partners.
  • We use current, internationalised curriculum so you are completely prepared for university study in Australia.

Lesson plan

Focus: note taking, research, oral presentation

Morning lessons

Check homework

Listening – note taking: ‘The Jaguar’

myStudy

Afternoon lessons

Grammar – comparative adjectives

Identify the animal worksheet

Pair research and note taking on an animal

Spoken presentation 

Focus: planning writing, internal referencing

Morning lessons

Listening – plan your writing: ‘The Jaguar’

Running dictation

Task – Grouping the main ideas: ‘The sea otter’

Vocabulary revision

myStudy

Afternoon lessons

Language focus: internal referencing

Nouns and pronouns consistency

Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate p. 37

Writing – paragraph writing activity; practise writing from topic sentences: ‘Orangutans’

Focus: checking and editing, plagiarism/paraphrasing

Morning lessons

Editing in pairs – edit homework

Checking your writing

Language – check homework

myStudy

Afternoon lessons

Reading – plagiarism

How to avoid plagiarism; citing your source

Paraphrasing, summarising and plagiarism; comparing three examples

Focus: note taking, relative clauses, reading

Morning lessons

Check homework
Listening – note taking: ‘The Yellow-Bellied Glider’
Reading – ‘The Sea Bear of the North’
myStudy

Afternoon lessons

Grammar – relative clauses

Give me a clue

Focus: note taking, comparing animals, guided writing

Morning lessons

Note taking from a factual text: ‘Koalas’

Focus on structure: ‘Koalas’

myStudy

Afternoon lessons

Guided writing – The Green Sea Turtle (in class or in the computer lab)

The Countries Game

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