2021/22 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ELU0500 Online Academic English Presessional (10 weeks)

Module manager: Rachel Robinson
Email: R.C.Robinson@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Jun to 30 Sep View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

On this module, you will be developing your ability to think about an issue from a range of perspectives and come to your own conclusions. You will develop your understanding of, and ability to use academic English in both written and spoken communication. You will focus on synthesising secondary evidence in order to write a thematic paper. You will learn about the differences between spoken and written academic discourse and take part in an online conference.

Objectives

This module provides students with the opportunity to:

1. Meet the language requirements of their future academic programme.
2. Display linguistic and literacy skills to a level that will enable them to communicate competently within the UK academic context.
3. Develop an awareness and understanding of the culture, context and discourse of academic study in UK Higher Education.
4. Develop into autonomous, reflective learners, with a cultural understanding of ethical academic practices.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should have developed:

1. the use of written and spoken academic language to suit a clear communicative purpose through a coherent, accurate and fluent range of appropriate lexical and grammatical structures relevant to specific disciplinary contexts; 
2. an awareness of relevant academic genre, discourse and function; making appropriate language choices in relation to audience and purpose at whole text, paragraph and sentence level;
3. the ability to follow appropriate academic conventions in both spoken and written tasks, such as referencing, synthesising sources and their own argument, meeting task requirements and building collaborative understanding;
4. a critical approach to their own work and the work of others through use of a range of appropriate sources to develop an argument with a clear position;
5. the ability to critically reflect on their own learning and demonstrate awareness of resources and techniques they could employ to continue their own development;
6. the ability to communicate an awareness of the cultural and ethical issues of academic study within UK Higher Education.

Syllabus

The overall theme of the module is interdisciplinarity and you will develop a full understanding of this concept over the summer. There will also be a secondary theme, such as growth, boundaries OR connections. You will explore the role of this secondary theme in your discipline.

Through your exploration of interdisciplinarity and the secondary theme, you will study a wide range of other areas, including using the work of others, working effectively in groups and across cultures, structuring academic assignments, being an independent and reflective learner, developing an argument, expressing your own voice and demonstrating criticality.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
On-line Learning	40	2.00	80.00
Consultation	10	0.30	3.00
Lectures	10	1.00	10.00
Coursework	40	3.00	120.00
Independent online learning hours			87.00
Private study hours			100.00
Total Contact hours			213.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Private study

This is a full-time course. Students will have 8 hours of live (synchronous) tuition and a 20-minute individual consultation or 40-minute group consultation per week.

They are required to do an additional 12 hours of online (asynchronous) activities each week, linked to the live sessions.

Students will also be expected to undertake independent online learning, which includes reading and preparing for live seminars and lectures, and completing formative learning tasks (approximately 87 hours). They will also be expected to undertake private study in preparation for the thematic essay (approximately 60 hours) and the conference presentation (approximately 40 hours).

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students receive regular written feedback on writing tasks submitted through Turnitin. This allows them to improve their writing and language skills before they submit their summative assessments. Students submit a rationale, plan and draft before they submit their final thematic essay. This ensures that they are supported through every stage of the essay-writing process. As well as regular class activities in groups, students work in groups to prepare and deliver their conference presentation, which forms part of their summative assessment.

Formative tasks include:
- Diagnostic writing task
- Summaries of academic articles
- Proposal for thematic essay
- Syntheses of academic texts
- Formative presentations
- Plan for thematic essay
- Draft academic profile and conference proposal
- Draft thematic essay
- Practice conference presentation

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	Tasks include summary of an academic lecture (300 words), mini presentation on essay plan with viva (10 mins), essay draft (up to 600 words), thematic essay body paragraph (300-500 words), thematic essay (1000 UG/ 1500 PGT/ 2000 words PGR), conference presentation (7-8mins +2-3 mins questions)	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally, further attempts are offered for students who do not meet the expected level of attainment on any assessment component.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 29/04/2022

Disclaimer

Browse Other Catalogues

• Undergraduate module catalogue
• Taught Postgraduate module catalogue
• Undergraduate programme catalogue
• Taught Postgraduate programme catalogue

Errors, omissions, failed links etc should be notified to the Catalogue Team.PROD