The Transferable Academic Skills Kit (TASK) is a series of study skills textbooks created by members of the academic staff of the International Foundation Programme at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø.
This successful series is now in its second edition (2015), published by Garnet Education, a division of Garnet Publishing.
The TASK learning materials benefit from the International Foundation Programme's thirty years of experience in meeting the educational needs of international students. It is a flexible learning resource that has been carefully designed to develop the key transferable skills which promote students' success in university and college-based study. Aimed at students or teachers, the TASK series provides a tried and tested teaching and learning tool suitable for a broad range of academic disciplines and forms a part of the University's academic skills provision for home and international students at all levels.
A series of supported exercises relates theory to practice and provides students with the tools to develop a framework of skills that can then be used in a broad range of contexts both inside and outside the academic world.
TASK learning materials can be followed as a complete course or, alternatively, individual modules may be selected to address specific needs. The twelve titles in the series are available separately or as a boxed set.
A teacher's book is also available.
- Module 1 Academic Culture
- Module 2 Group Work and Projects
- Module 3 Critical Thinking
- Module 4 Essay Writing
- Module 5 Scientific Writing
- Module 6 Research and Online Sources
- Module 7 Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Module 8 Presentations
- Module 9 Assessments, Exams and Revision
- Module 10 Numeracy
- Teachers Book
- Boxed set of 10 Modules
"The course focuses on skills which are not specific to one particular academic discipline but which are relevant to all areas of study."