General Academic and Study Skills is one of the core, compulsory subjects of the Advanced Level Foundation. You will develop broad study skills and the important skills needed to follow an academic course.
General Academic and Study Skills syllabus overview:
- Academic writing
- Listening and note-taking
- Effective reading
- Discussion and presentation skills
At the end of this core subject in General Academic and Study Skills you will be able to:
- read critically about the real world and apply theoretical knowledge and constructs to dynamic real world situations
- espouse a particular view while analysing alternatives objectively and acknowledging all sides of an argument
- focus on the main features in a lecture or seminar and take concise and relevant notes
- gather information for an assignment from a range of written and verbal sources, making full use of library and ICT resources
- extract and interpret information from graphical sources
- construct coherent written arguments and oral presentations using language appropriate to the subject and to the style of presentation
- support these by appropriate use of tables, maps, charts and diagrams, making good use of the possibilities offered by word processing and spreadsheet software.
