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Academic Literacy Support Workshops
Coordinated by Tamra Cocks
What are the workshops?The workshops are designed to:
Build upon your literacy skills and support you in your studies at the College.
Help build your confidence in literacy focused assignments
Show you how to develop your academic English skills and apply them in your study courses
What will be taught in the workshops? Reading- Skimming & scanning skills- Summarizing & Note taking- Identifying argument and critically analysing strengths and weaknesses of evidence- Editing and proofreading to eliminate errors in grammar, spelling and mechanics
Vocabulary- Inferring meaning from context- Building on vocabulary bank
Writing/ Grammar and Syntax- Paraphrasing- In-Text Referencing (Harvard Referencing Guide)- Sentence structure & word order- Paragraph & Essay organisation- Capitalization and Punctuation- Verb tenses (present, past, future, perfect)- Style and expression (using modals, choosing words and varying sentence structure to
suit audience and purpose)
When and where?The workshops will be run from week 2 – week 13 of
Study Period 5Held on Monday from 2-4pm and Thursday and Friday
from 10am-12pmHeld in the Barbara Hanrahan building (BH 4-30) on
Monday and the Rowland Rees building (RR 3-11) on Thursday & Friday
Click on link below to see maphttp://www.unisa.edu.au/about/campuses/citywest.pdf
I will also be available for consultation and in DP2 Student Common Room on Tuesday 11am-12pm and Friday 1-2pm
What is the schedule? How will I get access to it?A schedule will be created every 3 weeksAll students will be advised via email.The schedule will also be put up in the
student common room DP level 2.
The schedule for the first 3 weeksWeek 2Reading skills (skimming and scanning, summarizing..)Week 3 (paraphrasing)Week 4 (in-text referencing)
How do I sign up for a workshopPlease write your name next to the day and
time of the workshop you wish to attend on the schedule in the Student Common Room
OREmail [email protected]
Why should I come to the workshops?You will feel more comfortable applying your
Academic English skills in your assignmentsTo increase your grade point averageDevelop your tertiary learning skillsBe successful in your academic study!
