Apple courses are fresh, exciting and effective. Our courses are designed to meet student learning goals and draw on our own teaching experience. Our classes are planned and delivered using communicative teaching methods and a learner-centred approach.
We understand that you want to enjoy your learning. We design each lesson to include activities that not only help you to learn quickly and effectively, but that you will also enjoy.
We see your time at Apple as one part of your ongoing learning experience and so our courses aim to go beyond the limits of the classroom. We teach you the learning skills you need for your further studies, so our materials are designed to be useful to you now and into the future.
Apple’s EAP program is special because it specifically targets the current nature of academic work you can expect at Australian tertiary institutions .
Apple's EAP Program
Apple's EAP program focuses on the most important skills in key areas:
Apple EAP program provides:
Assessment and feedback
You will be assessed throughout the course on your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Formal assessment is conducted at the end of every five weeks. A performance report is provided to you every five weeks to assist you and your teachers in monitoring your learning progress.
Course details
| Name | English for Academic Purposes (EAP) |
| Course duration | 1-45 weeks |
| CRICOS CODE | 068577G |
| Modules | Intermediate 15 weeks |
| Upper Intermediate 15 weeks | |
| Advanced 15 weeks | |
| Entry requirements | Successful completion of GE at Upper Intermediate level or IELTS 5.0 or equivalent |
Places on the Apple EAP Program are subject to availability
| Time | Skill/language focus | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.00am | Vocabulary | Pre-teach vocab and matching exercises for listening text | Vocab learning strategies | Spot test: Academic Vocabulary | Consolidation/review The language of continuing ideas |
| 10.00-10.30 | Listening | Listening and note-taking | Vocab learning strategies | Listen and summarise peer presentations orally. Listen and write down 10 words from each peer presentation | Listen and summarise Break |
| 10.30-10.45 Break |
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| 10.45-12.15pm | Reading | Homework review Vocabulary test Speed reading | Scanning | Speed reading | Predicting content |
| Grammar Focus | Verb tense review | Subject-verb agreement | Connecting conjunctions | Connecting conjunctions | |
| 12.15 Lunch break | |||||
| 1pm | Writing | Fluency writing Descriptions of place. | Feedback and discussion | Essay planning | Feedback/peer review |
| 2pm-3pm | Speaking | Newspaper article summary presentation | Two minute presentation | Repeat presentations (assessed) | Fluency practice Pronunciation /s/ /z/ and /iz/ endings |
| Homework | Subject-verb agreement | Subject-verb agreement Review folders | Academic Vocabulary Subject-verb agreement Writing Task ( 200 words) | Reading task, Summary writing, Vocabulary review | |