The main aims of the EAP course are to develop the language skills, academic skills, and cultural awareness needed for successful living in Australia and studying in Australian universities. Language skills include: Study Skills, Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. These areas of study include preparation for the following situations or study activities:
- Lectures/talks listening and understanding, note-taking, asking questions
- Seminars/tutorials listening and note-taking, asking and answering questions, agreeing, disagreeing, expressing and supporting opinions, interpreting data
- Private study reading efficiently, skimming and scanning, analyzing data, note-taking, summarising
- Research skills library skills, Internet search engines, summary writing, and critical reviews
- Essays/reports and presentations
- planning, writing drafts, revising, organizing information, using quotations, footnotes, referencing, using data, proofreading, oral summaries, and presentations