Academic English Preparation (AEP)

What is Academic English Preparation?
The Academic English Preparation (AEP) Program helps you make fast, effective progress in speaking, writing, reading and listening in English. Improving your level of English before you begin your pathway program could be the confidence boost you need to excel in your studies.

Learning outcomes of AEP
At the end of this course students will have demonstrated the ability to do the following in English:

Language

• Initiate and sustain a general conversation confidently and effectively in routine social situations appropriate to the level of the class
• Produce appropriate oral and written texts which convey meaning with a degree of fluency and accuracy on a range of topics and in a variety of genres appropriate to the level of the class
• Comprehend straightforward heard text delivered at normal speed and without major distortion sufficiently to cope in routine social situations appropriate to the level of the class
• Comprehend with reasonable speed the meaning and identify the structural features of a variety of written texts appropriate to the level of the class
• Use all basic verb tenses accurately and appropriately and display knowledge of more advanced tenses in clear contexts
• Manipulate syntax to convey meaning effectively
• Use a limited variety of lexis and expressions in a range of common topic areas
• Reproduce sound and speech patterns of English with a reasonable degree of accuracy.

Academic

• Develop research skills using a variety of resources (internet, books, journals etc)
• To use critical thinking skills to evaluate texts, question ideas in texts and those offered by others, and to support arguments using logic
• To use IT programs to produce documents relevant to each level