• Bos Shane

This course is part of the Advanced English Programme: Year One - Part One. In the Autumn Semester 2019, Guided Autonomous Study (GAS) involves the completion of 10 portfolio tasks. These tasks will be discussed at the beginning of the course.

The overall aim of the Guided Autonomous Study (GAS) project is to develop your ability to improve your English on your own. Independent language learning far outweighs any time you will spend in the language learning classroom explicitly learning English with the help of your peers and the lecturer.

The GAS project is worth 0.75 ECTS and represents 22.5 hours of self-study throughout the semester. Completion of a total of 10 portfolio tasks will ensure that you reach this required amount of self-study outside the classroom throughout the semester.

Guided Autonomous Study (GAS) has three main objectives:

1. To increase your out-of-class exposure to English, particularly in terms of the variety, complexity, and frequency of the listening, reading and writing you do outside of the classroom

2. To use this out-of-class exposure as input for in-class work and/or for completing portfolio tasks or formal assignments

3. To improve your oracy (speaking and listening) skills as well as your reading and writing skills over the short and long term via engagement with a diverse range of authentic resources

See course description under 'Documents'.

See course description under 'Documents'.

See course description under 'Documents'.

See course description under 'Documents'.