| Session 2, 2023 Toowoomba On-campus | |
| Units : | 2 |
| School or Department : | USQ College |
| Grading basis : | Pass/Not Pass |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Overview
As with the learning of any language, as confidence with the English language grows, it is important that students are provided with the opportunity to be challenged with more difficult tasks. This course aims to further develop students' language skills and strategies in reading and writing to a level where they can apply their language skills to longer, more complex material and tasks that help build confidence and prepare students to proceed to the Intermediate Level.
The Pre-Intermediate course presents different themes around which a variety of reading and writing skills are introduced and practised. Directed self-study at the Pre-Intermediate level consolidates and extends students' ability to become more autonomous learners.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Transfer awareness of paragraph structure to the ability to use this structure to produce written texts.
- Apply increased levels of grammar comprehension into written texts.
- Engage in a wide range of social activities using reading, and writing, skills
- Analyse and respond to familiar and unfamiliar written texts.
- Use academic skills to enhance understanding of written material.
- Communicate awareness of how to improve identified areas of difficulty
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Reading skills: Read selected texts on familiar topics to obtain a general sense of meaning. Comprehend medium length pieces of connected prose. Understand authentic, everyday notices. Read factual texts for main ideas and details. |
50.00 |
| 2. |
Writing skills: Knowledge of paragraph structure. Write paragraphs on familiar topics that include topic sentences, supporting sentences and conclusions. Write with an appropriate level of coherence. Understand and use more advanced grammatical forms in writing. Extract and transfer written information. |
50.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| Essay | No | 2 |
| Quiz | No | 1 |