Teacher in Charge: Emma Lumb.
Recommended Prior LearningEntry Requirements
Concurrent study in UE approved subjects is encouraged
Tertiary Preparation
Are you aiming for university study in 2025?
Develop skills and confidence in reading and writing for tertiary study and become familiar with university academic processes, alongside your NCEA programme. This academic communication course is designed to sit with your main timetable to help prepare you for the transition to degree-level study. It covers reading strategies, source evaluation, essay planning and writing, citations and referencing, forum participation skills, learning and study strategies, and approaches to exams. There is the opportunity in the course to gain University Entrance reading and writing credits.
2 periods per week.
Term 1
Strategic reading
Paraphrasing and APA citations
Essay structure
Information selection
Term 2
Academic writing
APA referencing
Essay 1 due (US 22750)
Research framing
Source evaluation
Term 3
Refining a thesis statement
Editing for structure
Exam preparation
Exam essay (US 22749)
Term 4
Research essay due (US 22750)
University visit
Possible Credits
External - 0 credits
Internal - 11 credits (English for Academic Purposes standards)