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Department
Department
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE
Campus
Campus
Colombo Campus
Level
Level
Certificate Programmes
Method
Method
Full Time
Duration
Method
04 months
Medium
Medium
English

Entry Requirements

  • School leavers

  • Undergraduates

  • Students following diploma programmes in any field

  • Students awaiting university entrance

Commencement

  • Colombo – Pending

Programme Fees

Current Fee Structure
  • Course Fee: LKR 30,000 + Registration Fee: LKR 1,000

*Subject to change without prior notice. Conditions apply.

Course Structure And Modules

Academic writing skills

  • Introduction to different forms of writing

  • Sentence patterns and punctuations

  • Forms of combining ideas in sentences

  • Paragraphing

  • Research proposals

  • Referencing, plagiarism

  • Interpreting charts and graphs

  • Formatting academic texts, numbering and footnotes

Speaking skills for academic purposes

  • Types of presentations (Academic/business/professional)

  • Academic presentations

  • Practice sessions

  • Public speaking for academic purposes

Reading skills for academic purposes

  • Reading strategies : skimming, scanning, intensive reading , critical reading, analytical reading

  • Analyzing a text

  • Words, terms and their meanings