English for Academic Purposes
Department
Languages
Campus
Colombo /
Level
Certificate
Method
Full Time
Duration
04 monthsENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- School leavers
- Undergraduates
- Students following diploma programmes in any field
- Students awaiting university entrance
Commencement
- Colombo – 24th September 2022
Course structure and modules
Academic writing skills
- Introduction to different forms of writing
- Sentence patterns and punctuations
- Forms of combining ideas in sentences
- Paragraphing
- Research proposals
- Referencing, plagiarism
- Interpreting charts and graphs
- Formatting academic texts, numbering and footnotes
Speaking skills for academic purposes
- Types of presentations (Academic/business/professional)
- Academic presentations
- Practice sessions
- Public speaking for academic purposes
Reading skills for academic purposes
- Reading strategies : skimming, scanning, intensive reading , critical reading, analytical reading
- Analyzing a text
- Words, terms and their meanings
Programme Fees
- Course Fee: LKR 30,000 + Registration Fee: LKR 1,000