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Objectives

This course is designed to develop students’ awareness of academic and professional communication and focuses on foundational skills needed to communicate effectively in academic contexts and generate academically sound work. Students will develop their academic skills (e.g. search strategies and active listening), and language skills (e.g. vocabulary development and communicative competence).

On completion of KIEN2161 English: Academic & Professional Skills I for Humanities, students will be better equipped to:
- read authentic academic texts related to their field taken from journals, textbooks, and online sources
- develop strategies to read authentic texts effectively
- cultivate academic vocabulary and vocabulary development strategies
- listen to lectures on academic topics and take notes
- practise strategies for active listening
- practise using English academic writing conventions, leading to short written assignments
- participate in small study group discussions, and give short presentations