Students learn skills for effective self-correction. This paper enables students to be competent users of English language in most situations. They learn to communicate effectively and accurately, having mastered a range of lexical, grammatical and discoursal patterns. There is a particular focus on literary and academic contexts. There is a particular focus on language in academic and literary contexts.
Students consolidate the skills of operating competently in an English speaking university context.
The Certificate of Attainment in Foundation Studies is specially designed to prepare international and permanent resident students from non-English speaking backgrounds for study in a New Zealand university. Candidates must enrol on a full-time basis and must complete the equivalent of six papers. All students must include English for Foundation Studies, Language and Learning Skills for Foundation Studies and either Mathematics with Calculus for Foundation Studies or Mathematics with Statistics for Foundation Studies. Students are expected to bring an English dictionary to each class. The Collins Cobuild or Oxford Learner's Dictionary is recommended.