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ENL-10038 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 16 December 2025

ENL-10038 - English for Academic Purposes - Study Abroad
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 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

Upon recommendation by the Language Centre.


Barred Combinations

Any of the following EAP modules within the same academic year:
English for Academic Purposes 1 (EAP 1)
English for Academic Purposes 2 (EAP 2)
English for Academic Purposes 3 (EAP 3)
English for Academic Purposes 4 (EAP 4)
Academic English for Business Students 1 (AEB1)
Academic English for Business Students 2 (AEB2)
English for Academic Purposes for Science Students


Description for 2025/26

ENL 10038 is designed specifically to accommodate students visiting Keele for only one semester on Study Abroad, Erasmus and Exchange programmes. An initial assessment upon arrival at Keele will be used to place students into one of the following English for Academic Purposes (EAP) modules:
ENL 10031 EAP 1 English for Academic Purposes 1
ENL 90006 EAP 2 English for Academic Purposes 2
ENL 90001 EAP 3 English for Academic Purposes 3
ENL 90003 AEB1 Academic English for Business Students 1
ENL-90004 AEB2 Academic English for Business Students 2
ENL-90013 Academic English for Science Students

Aims
Designed for students with strong basic skills, this module will help enhance the academic reading, writing and vocabulary skills needed for study, and will provide targeted pronunciation and oral communication practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Research, prepare and construct an organised, focussed and coherent undergraduate academic piece of writing using appropriate citation and referencing.: 1
Extract, critically assess and report key information from extended academic texts by summarising, paraphrasing and synthesising: 1,2
Extend their working academic and subject-specific vocabularies.: 1,2
Participate appropriately in a seminar, debate, interview or presentation.: 2
Identify authorial stance and interpret data: 1,2

Study hours

20 hours of contact time in class
30 hours assessment preparation
100 hours guided independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Portfolio weighted 80%
A series of writing tasks ranging from 250 to not more than 1000 words per task


2: Oral Presentation weighted 20%
Oral Assessment


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. 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/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 16 December 2025