Advanced Research and Reading Skills

ENG5010 Advanced Research and Reading Skills (Semester 2) The course is designed to raise your reading comprehension to an advanced level and to improve research skills. The course includes extensive reading and text organisation analysis of the genres: research paper, persuasive essays. It also covers the appropriate micro skills: note taking, summaries, anticipating main ideas from headings, skimming for main ideas, scanning for specific information and grammar and vocabulary practice. An introduction to the research methodology and thesis writing is also included in this course.