This course aims to enhance students’ English language skills in critical reading and listening as well as academic writing.

This course strengthens students’ ability to: (1) read academic discourse by engaging in the analysis of the rhetorical and linguistic features used in academic writing; (2) respond critically to ideas through examining and evaluating evidence and arguments; (3) write coherent and structured academic essays by developing core transferable skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing; (4) understand extended academic discourse by employing cognitive and metacognitive lecture comprehension strategies; and (5) use reflection and self-assessment to become a more independent and competent reader, listener and writer.