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ENL-90003 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

ENL-90003 - Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
Coordinator: Manuela Contardi-Lane Room: CBB0.033 Tel: +44 1782 7 34269
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

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

Drawing on business-related themes, this module will help Keele Business School students to develop and refine the specific writing, reading and verbal communication skills they need to succeed in their studies. Through a series of classes, workshops, assignments, online and practical tasks, students will improve their ability to write academic essays and reports. Students will also develop the skills necessary to prepare and deliver academic presentations and take part in seminars. You will improve and develop transferable academic skills that can help you to succeed not only in this module, but also in your other business modules or future career.

Aims
To develop academic communication skills, primarily in reading and writing, with some development of academic English vocabulary and language structures, for use on other modules across Keele Business School.

Intended Learning Outcomes

utilise appropriate language to express business-related concepts in English: 1,2,3,4,5,6
produce clear and linguistically accurate writing: 1,2,3,4,5,6
research, prepare and deliver a presentation on a business-related topic: 3,4,6
respond to unprepared questions: 3,6
extract information from business-related academic texts and reformulate to communicate ideas in an academic context: 1,2,3,4,5,6
write in an academic style, cite sources accurately and produce a bibliography: 1,2,3,4,5,6
participate in academic discussions with peers and teachers: 3,6
read, extract relevant information, summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from academic business texts: 1,2,3,4,5,6

Study hours

44 hours contact time in class or tutorials
63 hours - asynchronous online learning, coursework
43 hours - assessment preparation


School Rules

Open only to non-native speakers of English by recommendation of the Language Centre.
Barred combinations: any other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Assignment weighted 20%
Writing Task 1
Students must produce a written piece of work of up to 500 words ( +/- 10%) to demonstrate an ability to produce an original, concise and coherent piece of academic writing relevant to written academic texts or written business genres and in line with academic style and conventions. Examples may include introductions, conclusions, body paragraphs, discussion of literature, recommendations, limitations, proposals.

2: Assignment weighted 20%
Writing Task 2
Students must produce a written piece of work of up to 500 words ( +/- 10%) to demonstrate an ability to produce an original, concise and coherent piece of academic writing relevant to written academic texts or written business genres and in line with academic style and conventions. Examples may include introductions, conclusions, body paragraphs, discussion of literature, recommendations, limitations, proposals.

3: Presentation weighted 10%
Poster Presentation
Description: Students must individually create a poster and a 5-minute recorded presentation that effectively communicates a business-related topic. Students will demonstrate their ability to communicate, synthesize and organise relevant information and present it in a visually engaging way in line with academic style and conventions.

4: Assignment weighted 20%
Writing Task 3
Students must produce a written piece of work of up to 500 words ( +/- 10%) to demonstrate an ability to produce an original, concise and coherent piece of academic writing relevant to written academic texts or written business genres and in line with academic style and conventions. Examples may include introductions, conclusions, body paragraphs, discussion of literature, recommendations, limitations, proposals.

5: Assignment weighted 20%
Writing Task 4
Students must produce a written piece of work of up to 500 words ( +/- 10%) to demonstrate an ability to produce an original, concise and coherent piece of academic writing relevant to written academic texts or written business genres and in line with academic style and conventions. Examples may include introductions, conclusions, body paragraphs, discussion of literature, recommendations, limitations, proposals.

6: Presentation weighted 10%
Group Presentation
Students must produce a 10-15 minute presentation on a topic supplied by the tutor. Numbers per presentation group to be determined by student numbers and/or mode of delivery. Students must produce a PPT in line with academic style and conventions and deliver the presentation live in front of the tutor and peers. Students will demonstrate their ability to communicate, synthesize and organise relevant information and present it in a visually engaging way in line with academic style and conventions. Assessment criteria incorporate both individual and group components

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Last Updated: 04 December 2025