ALACS-Effective Academic Reading
Duration 9 days
Team Centre For English Language Education

Effective Academic Reading

Duration: 8 weeks 

Aims and objectives

The aim of the course is to help you read more efficiently and quickly by:

  • choosing what is important for you to read
  • practising strategies that will help to save time
  • practising techniques for speed reading
  • extracting relevant information from texts
  • taking a critical approach to reading
Syllabus
Week 1 What is active reading?
Week 2 Faster reading
Week 3 Reading clues: paragraphs
Week 4 Reading clues: organisational patterns
Week 5 Reading clues: vocabulary
Week 6 Selecting what to read
Week 7 Critical reading 1
Week 8 Critical reading 2
LocationStart DateAll DatesTimesPlaces AvailableBook
University Park01 May 202401, 08, 15, 22, 29 May, 05, 12, 19 June 20241:00pm - 2:00pm26
Jubilee Campus02 May 202402, 09, 16, 23, 30 May, 06, 13, 20 June 20241:00pm - 2:00pm30