2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ELU2008 English for Academic Study

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Helen Finnerty
Email: H.C.Finnerty@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

- Restricted to international students whose first language is not English.

- You must have an advanced level of English at or above IELTS 6.5, or equivalent.

- If the Language Centre is not able to identify your level of English, you may be contacted before the start of the semester or be asked to complete a placement English Language Test before being accepted onto the module.

- This module is available to incoming Study Abroad students.

This module is mutually exclusive with

ELU2007

English for Academic Study

Module replaces

ELU2003

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module is designed for students with a Humanities/Social Sciences/Arts or Science/STEM background and international students with a minimum overall IELTS score of 6.5 or CEF C1. You will develop your awareness of academic genre, style and critical thinking, as well as reading skills, summarising and essay planning. Speaking skills in academic contexts will be developed through the analysis and discussion of texts. You will also have the opportunity to focus on one issue in greater depth, for which you will undertake independent research in preparation for assessed written and spoken tasks.

Objectives

This module aims to develop students' awareness of genre and features of English Language used in academic contexts. It will also develop research and study skills, specifically those required in academic contexts for effective undergraduate study.

Students will develop their critical thinking, reading, summarising and speaking skills in academic contexts through the analysis of texts. English Language will also be developed through the skills of reading, analysis of features in texts and writing. Students will also have the opportunity to focus on one issue in greater depth, for which they will undertake independent research in preparation for assessed written and spoken tasks.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:

1. demonstrate their knowledge of academic language and referencing conventions
2. demonstrate their understanding of key concepts in critical thinking and apply those to the analysis of student selected source materials.
3. demonstrate reflective practice
4. critically review and evaluate a range of sources with the purpose of writing an annotated bibliography in preparation for a student led seminar
5. lead a seminar on an education or language related topic or subject related to their discipline

Skills outcomes
- Awareness of Academic Style
- Essay Planning
- Summary Writing
- Language Editing
- Reflective Practice

Syllabus

Indicative content areas include:
- Academic Texts/Referencing Skills
- Academic Style
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Critical Reading and Reasoning
- Structure of Academic Writing
- Summarising and Synthesising
- Cohesion and Coherence
- Reflective Practice
- Seminar Skills
- Student-Led Seminars

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	3	0.30	1.00
Seminar	30	1.00	30.00
Tutorial	1	0.20	0.20
Private study hours			168.80
Total Contact hours			31.20
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Formative Tasks (48 hours) include:
Writing a Reference List, transforming an informal text to a more academic style, completing a draft summary and evaluation for the written assessment and writing a draft Reflection

Language Tasks: (20.75 hours)
Links to further language practice will be provided. For example, noun phrases.

Preparation for Seminars: (40 hours)
Students will be asked to look at some texts before the live/face to face sessions and sometimes prepare a short piece of writing for analysis.

Preparation for Assessment: (60 hours)
Literature Searching: Students will be searching for sources relevant to their individual research question

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Individual formative feedback will be given on 4 tasks in Weeks 3, 4, 8 and 9. The first task is a Reference List and is set in Week 1 and due in in week 2. The second is a Style Task which involves rewriting a text using a more formal academic style. This is set in Week 2 and due in in week 3. The third task is a draft of a summary and critical evaluation of one of the sources selected for the Assessed Annotated Bibliography. This is set in week 6 and due in for Week 7. There is also an opportunity to submit a draft Reflection at the end of Week 9.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Student-led seminar and reflection of approximately 20 mins	50.00
Assignment	Annotated bibliography of approximately 2,000 words	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

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

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