ATS1340 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES WORKBOOK 1 Issue 3 | Page 7

Name: Dr Matthew Piscioneri Campus: Caulfield Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] Consultation hours: Via appointment. Lecturer(s) Name: Dr Matthew Piscioneri Campus: Clayton Phone:  Email: [email protected] Consultation hours: MON-FRIDAY: BUSINESS HOURS Tutor(s) Name: Dr. Matthew Piscioneri Campus: Caulfield Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] Consultation hours: By Appointment (phone or Skype) If no tutors are listed please refer to this unit's Moodle site. Academic overview Learning outcomes The study skills unit introduces or re-familiarises students with key abilities required for the Bachelor of Arts degree. On successful completion, students will be able to: (1) listen and take notes in a variety of academic settings; (2) engage in spoken discussions; (3) develop efficient reading techniques; (4) locate and scrutinise sources; (5) display an understanding of written assessment tasks and complete an outline or plan for a task; (6) report the views of other scholars, including the use of various referencing systems: Harvard, APA and Oxford; (7) paraphrase and incorporate others' ideas appropriately; (8) evaluate the views of other scholars by the following means: use of reporting verbs, summarising and evaluating, comparing and contrasting competing positions, indicating authorial stance, agreeing and disagreeing with published sources; (9) build an academic argument through clear argument structure, topic placement and framing of key issues; (10) recognise key features of Western scholarship, e.g. individuality, ownership of ideas; (11) recognise cross-cultural perspectives on academic learning; (12) practise effective proof-reading, editing, summarising and revision techniques; (13) develop an understanding of the differences between written academic prose and 7 ATS1340 English for academic purposes - Summer semester B (SSB-01) - 2017