EL11010 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT 1

Module Identifier	EL11010
Module Title	ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT 1
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Ms Pauline Worthington
Semester	Semester 1
Other staff	Mr John Morgan
Pre-Requisite
Co-Requisite
Course delivery	Contact Hours	20 Hours (10 weeks x 2 one-hour seminars/workshops)
Assessment	Continuous assessment	Continuous assessment through written assignments, amounting to a total of 2500 words	100%
	Resit assessment	One written assignment of uo to 2500 words

Brief description

Available only to non-native speakers of English. This module aims to develop a critical understanding of the processes involved in preparing to write an academic text. Through workshops and seminars the module will focus upon such key issues as analysis of purpose, the identification and use of primary and secondary source material, and development of awareness of semantic patterns within academic text. Through the sub-skills of information searching, effective reading skills and recording and retrieval of information in different forms, students will develop and practice the skills that lead to high quality academic writing. This module is further developed in module EL11110 in Semester 2.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to

analyse and appropriately interpret writing tasks in their own subject discipline;
display a critical awareness of linguistic features of academic discourse;
organise a logical and coherent argument within a recommended format for an appropriate academic assignment.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Phyllis Creme and Mary R Lea. (1992) Writing at University.
Lorraine Marshall and Frances Rowland. (1993) A Guide to Learning Independently.
Andy Northedge. The Good Study Guide.
** Reference Text
Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary. Collins
Collins Paperback Thesaurus in AZ form. Collins
Collins Cobuild Student's Grammar. Collins