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KnowHow Academic English: Reading for your Assignments Online

Are you looking to develop skills for reading and synthesising a large number and different types of academic texts for writing?  Come and join our sessions to learn more about academic reading skills. 

Our aim is to help you develop more efficient and effective reading skills for coursework assessment. 

These workshops focus on a range of academic reading strategies to manage your reading for assignments more effectively.  They will be of most benefit to students who speak English as a second or additional language. 

 

  1. Academic reading – purposes and strategies 

  1. Taking effective notes 

  1. Reading a review 

  1. Reading a research report 

  1. Comparing and synthesising sources 

  

Members from all faculties, undergraduate and postgraduate students, research students and staff, are welcome.  Sessions in Semester 2 are the same as those in Semester 1. 

Regular attendance is important to ensure that you get full benefit of the course.  Students who attend 75% of the course will be eligible for a Certificate of Participation.

Click here to view the Syllabus.

To join this event, use this link at the time of the event. 

Date:
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Time:
11:00 - 12:00
Time Zone:
UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (change)
Venue:
Online Webinar
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Categories:
  English Language Centre     KnowHow  
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Presenter/Organiser

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Sandra Huang
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Laura Wildman