• Develop and transfer generic academic literacy and mediation skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking to their own discipline
• Analyse and evaluate own and other's ideas in order to develop an academic voice in written and spoken English
• Develop English language proficiency applying knowledge of grammatical structures, vocabulary and phonology in order to write and speak, accurate, meaningful and comprehensible English
• Develop knowledge of and apply academic language and study skills to suit the conventions of a variety of local disciplines
• Develop and reflect on the learning process to develop autonomous learning strategies and life-long skills
• Show an awareness of current global issues and how they impact on local cultures
• Recognise the importance of various cultural and linguistic perspectives including those of Indigenous Australians
• Apply mediation skills to show comprehension of reading and listening sources to support writing and speaking
• Develop English language proficiency in listening and reading in order to comprehend a variety of complex, academic listening and reading sources