1. Coordinated by Tamra Cocks

2. What are the workshops? The workshops are designed to: Build upon your literacy skills and support you in your studies at the College. Help build your confidence in literacy focused assignments Show you how to develop your academic English skills and apply them in your study courses

3. What will be taught in the workshops?  Reading - Skimming & scanning skills - Summarizing & Note taking - Identifying argument and critically analysing strengths and weaknesses of evidence - Editing and proofreading to eliminate errors in grammar, spelling and mechanics  Vocabulary - Inferring meaning from context - Building on vocabulary bank  Writing/ Grammar and Syntax - Paraphrasing - In-Text Referencing (Harvard Referencing Guide) - Sentence structure & word order - Paragraph & Essay organisation - Capitalization and Punctuation - Verb tenses (present, past, future, perfect) - Style and expression (using modals, choosing words and varying sentence structure to suit audience and purpose)

4. When and where? The workshops will be run from week 2 – week 13 of Study Period 5 Held on Monday from 2-4pm and Thursday and Friday from 10am-12pm Held in the Barbara Hanrahan building (BH 4-30) on Monday and the Rowland Rees building (RR 3-11) on Thursday & Friday Click on link below to see map http://www.unisa.edu.au/about/campuses/citywest.pdf I will also be available for consultation and in DP2 Student Common Room on Tuesday 11am-12pm and Friday 1-2pm

5. What is the schedule? How will I get access to it? A schedule will be created every 3 weeks All students will be advised via email. The schedule will also be put up in the student common room DP level 2.

6. The schedule for the first 3 weeks Week 2 Reading skills (skimming and scanning, summarizing..) Week 3 (paraphrasing) Week 4 (in-text referencing)

7. How do I sign up for a workshop Please write your name next to the day and time of the workshop you wish to attend on the schedule in the Student Common Room OR Email me tamra.cocks@unisa.edu.au

8. Why should I come to the workshops? You will feel more comfortable applying your Academic English skills in your assignments To increase your grade point average Develop your tertiary learning skills Be successful in your academic study!