ENL-40001: Academic English for Postgraduate Students 1

To build on international non-native-English speaking postgraduate students' knowledge and use of the conventions of academic English and the linguistic, rhetorical and critical competencies essential to the attainment of the learning outcomes of their chosen programme. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing a clear academic style of writing and equipping students with a 'toolkit' for avoiding plagiarism in their writing, as well as developing the critical and analytical skills needed to approach scholarship and research.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify and draw from a range of academic and research skills to systematically and effectively exploit, appraise and critically evaluate scholarship within their field will be achieved by assessments: 01, 02, 03
employ appropriate academic conventions such as paraphrasing, summarising, referencing and citation to produce original work that is free of plagiarism will be achieved by assessments: 01, 02, 03
communicate discipline-specific ideas and issues clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences, adapting lexical register and utilising appropriate semantic markers and functional expressions will be achieved by assessments: 01,02,03
plan, structure and produce a critical evaluation of research and literature in their discipline in an academic style, particularly with reference to lexical and syntactic features and in conformity with postgraduate essay conventions and principles will be achieved by assessments: 01,03
independently advance their own knowledge and understanding of acquired transferable skills and increase their capacity to autonomously develop correlative new skills will be achieved by assessments: 03

Study hours

20 hours classroom time
75 hours pre-class preparation and coursework
55 hours private study

Description of Module Assessment

01: Coursework weighted 70%

A series of in-class tasks and assignments
A series of 4 written tasks of up to 250 words to demonstrate ability to produce original writing in line with academic style and conventions: work that demonstrates awareness of the pitfalls of plagiarism and practical understanding of and competency with referencing and citation conventions and summarising, paraphrasing and critiquing using an appropriate lexicon and register. Three task-based assignments will focus specifically on activating and applying high-frequency discipline-specific language items.

02: Presentation weighted 10%

10-minute oral presentation
A 10-minute oral presentation on a selected key text from the student's discipline, followed by a brief question-and-answer session.

03: Class Participation weighted 20%

Participation in class sessions
Participation in class sessions and activities is essential to achieving the outcomes of the module.

Version: (1.06B) Updated: 03/Mar/2013

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