2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ELU0201 Academic English for Postgraduate Studies (AEPS) Level 2

Module manager: Deirdre McKenna
Email: d.mckenna@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

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 continue to work on developing your understanding of, and ability to use academic English in both written and spoken communication. You will focus on synthesising both primary and secondary evidence in order to write an academic report and deliver a presentation.

Objectives

This module provides students with the opportunity to:
1. Meet the language requirements for progression onto the next level module.
2. Display increasing linguistic and literacy skills to a level that will enable them to mostly communicate competently within the UK academic context at postgraduate level.
3. Develop an increasing awareness and understanding of the culture, context and discourse of postgraduate academic study in UK Higher Education.
4. Begin to develop into autonomous, reflective learners, with increasing 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 mostly coherent, accurate and fluent range of appropriate lexical and grammatical structures;
2. an awareness of aspects of relevant academic genre, discourse and function; making mostly appropriate language choices in relation to audience and purpose at whole text, paragraph and sentence level;
3. the ability to deliver a presentation to a mostly competent standard, using a mostly coherent, accurate and fluent range of appropriate lexical and grammatical structures
4. the ability to mostly 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;
5. a mostly critical approach to their own work and the work of others through use of a reasonable range of appropriate sources to develop an argument with a mostly clear position;
6. some ability to critically reflect on their own learning and demonstrate some awareness of resources and techniques they could employ to continue their own development;
7. the ability to communicate some awareness of the cultural and ethical issues of academic study within postgraduate academic study in UK Higher Education.

Syllabus

The overall theme of the module is ‘The International Student Experience’. In exploring this theme, indicative content may include the following topics: awareness of genres, reading for research, research ethics, research methods, preparing for and conducting research, collecting and analysing data, writing an academic case study, presenting research, and reflecting on progress.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	11	3.00	33.00
Seminar	66	2.00	132.00
Tutorial	11	0.30	3.30
Independent online learning hours			82.50
Private study hours			189.20
Total Contact hours			168.30
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			440.00

Private study

This is a full-time course. On average students will have 15 hours of tuition and a 20 minute consultation per week (per student) and will be expected to do approximately 23 hours of additional private study / independent learning each week, which will include reading and preparing for seminars formative and summative assessments using both online digital and print resources, and completing learning tasks.

The number of hours for each activity will vary over the duration of the module. For example, in the earlier weeks, students will have more reading to do, while in later weeks they will be expected to be spend more time on their summative assessment preparation. Students will be guided on how best to use their private study hours as the develop their learner autonomy.

Approximate breakdown for a typical week (23 hours):
- 8 hours per week of reading and preparing for seminars
- 4 hours per week to prepare for and review lectures/ listening activities
- 6 hours per week to work on assessments (formative/ summative)
- 5 hours per week to complete other assigned independent study tasks

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Progress will be monitored through:
- Checking and formative feedback on students’ weekly performance on written tasks, seminar participation and reflections.
- In class informal observation by teachers on students’ use of language and level of engagement.

Formative tasks include:
- Formative Writing (150-200 words)
- Summary writing (150-250 words)
- Annotated bibliography ( 450-600 words)
- Literature Review (400 words)
- Draft report (1500 words)
- Practice presentations (5-8 mins)

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Oral Presentation	Verbal Presentation (8 Mins)	50.00
Project	Project Report (1500 Words)	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally, further attempts are offered for students who need to progress and who either do not meet the expected level of attainment or reach the required overall level but do not reach the required level on more than one assessment component.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 29/04/2024 16:13:38

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