The course focuses on developing English academic reading and writing, note taking, the use of

direct quotation and indirect quotation (paraphrase and summary), synthesizing, and the use of

a documentation system (APA) necessary for success during university studies. As part of the

coursework, students will:

• practice reading with a clear purpose in mind and effectively process the content of various academic texts,
• give a formal presentation about an academic text,
• improve their reading techniques, purposefully extract, summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize ideas from academic texts,
• write a well-formed and stylistically appropriate source-based, multi-paragraph English argumentative academic essay,
• and complete various smaller assignments.