English language

Key Information

Duration

10 weeks

Intake date

April 2025

Fees

IDR 51,000,000

About Academic English

Preparing you for undergraduate studies, delivered in English

Overview

The Academic English 1 and Academic English 2 courses aim to equip learners with the competencies and skills to access a range of contemporary learning opportunities. 

While keeping language literacy at its core, the Academic English curriculum is shaped around five other key literacy streams: cultural, information, critical, digital and assessment. By working through these literacy streams and successfully completing assessment, learners will develop their English language skills to a B2 Independent User on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). 

When learners successfully exit this course, they will be well-prepared for success in further studies.

Course structure and entry requirements

Course structure:

Academic English 1 (AE1) and Academic English 2 (AE2) are both 10-week courses, divided into two 5-week modules, with 20 hours of face-to-face teaching and five hours of scheduled independent learning time per week.

Entry requirements:

AE1: IELTS overall band 4.5, writing 4.5, no other band less than 4.0 (or equivalent)

AE2: IELTS overall band 5.0, writing 5.0, no other band less than 4.5 (or equivalent)

AE1 Assessment

AE1 : Summative Assessment Schedule:
Writing Skills

  • Reflective Task: critical thinking, writing, description & summary. Unit A Week 5 (weighted 10% of total)

  • Argument Essay: critical reading, argumentative writing, synthesis, summary & paraphrase. Unit B Week 4 (weighted 10% of total)

Reading Skills
  • Unit A Exam (week 5) and Unit B Exam (week 5): interpreting argument & supporting detail on concrete & abstract themes (each weighted 10% of total)
Listening Skills
  • Unit A Exam (week 5) and Unit B Exam (week 5): identifying main ideas & detail in well-structured discourse on concrete and abstract topics (each weighted 10% of total)
Speaking Skills

  • Seminar Presentation: structured monologue with visual support & facilitated post discussion. Unit A week 5 (weighted 10% of total)

  • Collaborative Speaking: expository discussion, mediation, analysis & evaluation. Unit B Week 5 (weighted 10% of total)

ePortfolio

  • Micro-tasks developing skills. Across all 10 weeks (weighted 10% of total)
Moodle Assignments
  • Before and after class learning activities. Across all 10 weeks (weighted 10% of total)

AE2 Assessment

AE2: Summative assessment schedule:
Reading Skills
  • Unit A Exam (week 5) and Unit B Exam (week 5): interpreting argument & supporting detail on concrete & abstract themes (each weighted 10% of total)
Listening Skills
  • Unit A Exam (week 5) and Unit B Exam (week 5): identifying main ideas & detail in well-structured discourse on concrete and abstract topics (each weighted 10% of total)
Speaking Skills

  • Collaborative Speaking: expository discussion, mediation, analysis & evaluation. Unit A Week 5 (weighted 10% of total)

  • Seminar Presentation: structured monologue with visual support & facilitated post discussion. Unit B week 5 (weighted 10% of total)

ePortfolio
  • Micro-tasks developing skills. Across all 10 weeks (weighted 10% of total)
Moodle Assignments
  • Before and after class learning activities. Across all 10 weeks (weighted 10% of total)
  

Progression

To successfully pass AE1 and AE2 courses students must achieve an overall total of at least 60% with a minimum of 55% in each course component.