English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

Descripción del curso

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses will prepare students who want to achieve academic success in English-speaking universities. Courses cover a variety of relevant and interesting topics, both Canadian and international. As well, EAP will also provide a solid foundation of language skills for students preparing for high stakes official exams such as IELTS, CAE, and BULATS.

Reading
Apply strategies to read, comprehend, analyze, and respond critically to a variety of different academic text types, including locating specific information through skimming and scanning, creating an outline to understand how a text is organized, previewing a text through a variety of strategies, and reading for main ideas and details to create a summary, chart, or graphic.

Writing
Demonstrate the use of writing strategies such as researching information, creating an outline, understanding the elements of different essay types, writing 5+ paragraph essays, and using editing and peer feedback strategies using a rubric.

Listening
Demonstrate strategies for active listening including understanding main ideas and details, predicting the content and structure of a listening, understanding the speaker’s idioms, tone, and intention.

Speaking
Demonstrate strategies for active listening including understanding main ideas and details, predicting the content and structure of a listening, understanding the speaker’s idioms, tone, and intention.