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

Duration: 9 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 Types of reading
Week 3 Faster reading
Week 4 Reading clues: paragraphs
Week 5 Reading clues: organisational patterns
Week 6 Reading clues: vocabulary
Week 7 Selecting what to read
Week 8 Critical reading 1
Week 9 Critical reading 2
LocationStart DateAll DatesTimesPlaces AvailableBook
University Park07 October 202407, 14, 21, 28 October, 04, 11, 18, 25 November, 02 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm19
Online Course07 October 202407, 14, 21, 28 October, 04, 11, 18, 25 November, 02 December 20245:00pm - 6:00pm3
Jubilee Campus08 October 202408, 15, 22, 29 October, 05, 12, 19, 26 November, 03 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm14
Jubilee Campus09 October 202409, 16, 23, 30 October, 06, 13, 20, 27 November, 04 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm6
University Park09 October 202409, 16, 23, 30 October, 06, 13, 20, 27 November, 04 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm22
University Park10 October 202410, 17, 24, 31 October, 07, 14, 21, 28 November, 05 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm20
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Jubilee Campus11 October 202411, 18, 25 October, 01, 08, 15, 22, 29 November, 06 December 20241:00pm - 2:00pm21