Language and Academic Skills Support (LAS)
Workshops – Hawthorn campus
Are you worried about your essays or reports?
Come and see us – we can help you 'stay on track'
The Language and Academic Skills (LAS) team provides free language advice and teaching to international students. We help you get better results by improving your academic language in the following areas:
Improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills which will help you in understanding assignment requirements/questions, conduct oral presentations and with your expression, grammar and punctuation. You will also get help with critical analysis, developing an academic argument, referencing and study and exam strategies.
Hawthorn
Available: Monday – Friday
To book an individual or group appointment, please:
Visit: GS 202, The George,
Telephone: (03) 9214 5583, or
Prahran
Available: Tuesday and Wednesday
To book an individual or group appointment, please:
Visit: PD 207,
Mobile: 0410 569 383, or
Lilydale
Available: Monday – Friday
To book an individual or group appointment, please:
Visit: LD 110,
Telephone: (03) 9215 7238, or
Wantirna
Available: Wednesday
Lilydale Drop-in Sessions
Drop-in sessions ar also available. No appointment necessary.
Available: Monday – Friday
Time: 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Room: LD 110
Learn lots of useful information so that you can work faster on the computer using lots of shortcuts. You'll also discover how to make your assignments and reports look professional. You can also receive help researching your assignment and using the library catalogue and databases.
Hawthorn
Available: Friday
To visit the workshops on Fridays or to book an individual or group appointment, please:
Telephone: 03 9214 5644 or
Get help with calculator use, business math, statistics, calculus based math, English used in math and statistics and basic maths revision.
Hawthorn
Available: Monday and Tuesday
To book an individual or group appointment, please:
Telephone: 03 9214 8806 or
You can get support in the above areas by attending one of the following sessions.
Individuals or small groups (2 to 3 people) can book a 30 to 60 minute appointment with LAS advisers at the Hawthorn, Prahran, Lilydale and Wantirna campuses.
Hawthorn:
Monday – Friday
Telephone:(03) 9214 5583
Lilydale:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Telephone:(03) 9215 7238
Prahran:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Telephone:(03) 9214 6434
Wantirna:
Wednesday
One of the best ways to practise English conversation is in an informal setting with a friendly English-speaker and interesting students from different courses. Conversation groups are held at lunchtime, so feel free to bring your lunch with you.
Hawthorn:
No appointment necessary.
Available: Monday – Friday
Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Room: GS 203, The George building
Lilydale:
No appointment necessary.
Available: Monday and Thursday
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Room: LD 110
Workshops
Our next workshops will be in Semester 2, 2012. At Hawthorn campus workshops you learn about Australian Culture & Social Language; improve your Writing Skills; communicate better in Speaking & Listening; make your Reading more effective; use shortcuts to create professional documents in Computing and Research more effectively. For other campuses check website information.
English and Study Skills FREE Refresher Course – Hawthorn
Higher education students - study more effectively. Learn more about reading and writing strategies, group discussion, oral presentations, understanding Aussie slang as well as research, referencing, computer skills and how to avoid plagiarism.
Join this one-week course at the beginning of Semester 1 and Semester 2. There are morning and afternoon sessions each day and you can attend as many of these sessions as you like.
Hawthorn
Available: Monday – Friday
Room: GS 202, The George,
Telephone: (03) 9214 5583
Lilydale
Available: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Room: LD 110
Telephone: (03) 9215 7238
