This module is designed to develop academic langauge skills, with a focus on academic reading strategies. Classes expose students to a wide variety of academic texts, helping students gain competency in reading, understanding and summarising academic texts.
Students also develop skills for expressing themselves in written English. Particular emphasis is placed on the refinement of grammar and standard English writing conventions, as well as developing English vocabulary.
Structure
Identifying the structure of a text
Re-writing texts
Summarising and paraphrasing texts
Issues in research
Research questions, academic integrity and plagiarism
Vocabulary
Academic vocabulary and cohesive devices
Referencing
Citing and integrating source information
Grammar
Academic grammar; comparing and contrasting
Using sources
Evaluating sources and identifying bias
Editing
Editing and redrafting; common errors in sentence structure
This module will be delivered in line with best practice ELT delivery, namely inclusive, student-centred, communicative methodologies.
The teacher will act as a facilitator in the classroom, ensuring students actively produce English through pair-work, group work and peer learning activities. Students will receive regular feedback on their writing and reading progress in line with the idea of ‘feedback to feedforward’, more specifically, the feedback will inform students on what they need to do to improve their writing and reading and the teacher on how to amend their class materials accordingly to meet students’ needs.
| Module Content & Assessment | |
|---|---|
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |