EL11010 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT 1

Module Identifier

EL11010

Module Title

ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT 1

Academic Year

2003/2004

Co-ordinator

Mr John D Morgan

Semester

Semester 1

Other staff

Mr John D Morgan

Pre-Requisite

Co-Requisite

Course delivery

Other

20 Hours Contact Hours. (10 weeks x 2 one-hour seminars/workshops)

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Continuous Assessment: Continuous assessment through written assignments, amounting to a total of 2500 words	100%
Supplementary Assessment	One written assignment of uo to 2500 words

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.

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.

Reading Lists

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

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4