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Language for Science: Postgraduate Research(10 weeks)

Year 1

Learning outcomes

On completion of the module students should:
• Be able to use and manipulate written and spoken academic language to suit a clear communicative purpose, including having a wide lexical resource, a range of appropriate structures and the ability to use these coherently, accurately and fluently [MO1]
• Be able to demonstrate an awareness of research specific genre, discourse and rhetorical function; be able to make appropriate choices in relation to audience and purpose at whole text, paragraph and sentence level. [MO2];
• Be able to demonstrate an ability to follow subject specific academic conventions in both spoken and written tasks, such as referencing, citations, synthesising sources and their own argument, meeting task requirements, turn taking and building collaborative understanding [MO3]
• Demonstrate a critical approach to their own work and the work of others through use of a range of sources, counter-argument and/ or evaluation; development of an argument with a clear position [MO3]
• Be able to work effectively with others on a research relevant task; [MO4]
• Be able to critically reflect on their own learning and demonstrate awareness of resources and techniques they could employ to continue their own development [MO4]
• Be able to communicate an awareness of the cultural and ethical issues of academic research. [MO4]

Transferable (key) skills

The programme provides students with the opportunity to:
• Meet the language requirements of their future academic programme;
• Display linguistic and literacy skills to a level that will enable them to communicate competently within their discipline specific academic context at post-graduate level;
• Develop an awareness and understanding of the culture, context and discourse of PhD study at Leeds.
• Develop as reflective learners with a demonstrable ability to work both autonomously and in a group situation, with a cultural awareness and understanding of ethical academic practices.

Assessment

Assessment has been chosen to reflect what students will be required to do on their postgraduate programme and therefore provide skills and practice in those assessments. Although content is the vehicle through which language is being developed in the pre-sessional course the weight of the assessment is given to the ability of the students to express their learning through language. The assessment gives students the opportunity to demonstrate the development of language and skills on the course and provide an opportunity for teachers to provide feedback and measure progress against objectives.

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