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ENL-90008 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

ENL-90008 - Language Development for Academic Study
Coordinator: Suzanne Heaton Tel: +44 1782 7 33293
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733960

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

This module will equip students with the key speaking, reading and writing skills and vocabulary necessary for success in a wide range of communication activities, with particular focus on those needed for undergraduate academic study. Emphasis will be placed on developing the ability to produce clear and grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs, developing efficient and effective reading and note-taking strategies and building a core active vocabulary both for everyday and academic purposes. Small class size ensures maximum attention to the particular needs of each student.

Aims
The module aims to provide students with the key reading, speaking and writing skills and vocabulary necessary for success in their academic subjects. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing the ability to write coherent and grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs, developing efficient and effective reading and note-taking strategies and building a core active academic and semi-technical vocabulary.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Produce coherent and grammatically correct English sentences and paragraphs using key grammatical structures accurately and appropriately, with particular focus on those structures most relevant to academic writing and speaking: 1
Extract key and supporting information more efficiently from increasingly lengthy and increasingly 'academic' texts: 1
Take comprehensive useful notes and summarise spoken and/or written sources based on these notes: 1
Understand and use a broader range of both academic and semi-technical vocabulary in their own writing and speaking: 1
Self-correct and edit their own written work: 1

Study hours

40 hours of classroom time across semesters 1 and 2.
30 hours assessment preparation
80 hours guided independent study

School Rules

This module is available only to students on recommendation of Language Centre staff.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Portfolio weighted 100%
Tasks
The portfolio consists of a series of 6 tasks totalling no more than 2,000 words. Each task will be between 250 and 800 words increasing in length and complexity over the course of the module to assess ability to form and use key grammatical structures, vocabulary, source material and appropriate connectors. The tasks will mirror the writing and speaking genres required of the students in their main fields of study.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024