2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

XJFY0100 English for Engineering

60 creditsClass Size: 400

Module manager: Alister Drury
Email: A.J.Drury@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

Module replaces

XJFY0025 English Study Skills for Engineering

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

The module aims to ensure the students:
1. Are prepared, linguistically and academically, for subsequent years of their degree.
2. Develop language and skills to study their other Year 1 modules.
3. Transition from Chinese high school to Transnational Education.
4. Meet the language requirements for progression to Year 2 of their degree.

Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. Communicate intelligibly and confidently in spoken English.
2. Interact appropriately in synchronous English situations (seminars, discussions, one-to-one tutorials, lectures).
3. Demonstrate understanding of spoken academic English.
4. Demonstrate understanding of different written texts by responding to them appropriately.
5. Evaluate/synthesise different sources of information.
6. Produce relevant and accurate written language in response to set questions using different genres/rhetorical functions of English.
7. Demonstrate awareness and understanding of academic culture (including academic integrity).
8. Incorporate an appropriate range of academic vocabulary accurately into their writing and speaking

Skills outcomes
Students will develop the following skills:
1. Digital literacy
2. Assessment literacy
3. Information literacy
4. Autonomy as learners
5. Teamwork
6. English language skills (listening strategies, reading strategies)*

*English is central to this programme. This module is the main way for students to improve their English language skills.

Syllabus

This syllabus has several strands which run throughout the academic year. These include: ·
University Culture
Genres at University
Rhetorical Functions of Language in Engineering
Research Skills
Synthesis and Author Voice
Assessment Literacy
Digital Literacy

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	2.00	20.00
Seminar	40	2.00	80.00
Seminar	68	3.00	204.00
Independent online learning hours			90.00
Private study hours			206.00
Total Contact hours			304.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			600.00

Private study

Independent Online Learning activities are designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop their English language knowledge and appropriate academic study skills. This component will be particularly important as a way of giving the students exposure to the English language, given that the module will be taught within a non-English speaking environment.

Private study tasks relate to the content of the course and the preparation of any assessed pieces of work.

Please note: all delivery types and number of hours are subject to variation, depending on immediate delivery needs. An 'hour' refers to one session in the timetable which is approximately 45 minutes long.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students' progress is monitored on a continuous basis by each tutor through their participation in class activities and through the grading of assessed pieces of work.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	1000 Word Report	15.00
Essay	Several Written Pieces of Work	5.00
Group Discussion	Assessed Discussions	20.00
Presentation	Individual Presentation - 10 mins Presentation & 5 mins Q&A	20.00
In-course Assessment	Timed Writing	20.00
Presentation	Formative	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		80.00

Students will only be eligible for a resit if they have made an attempt at each assessment, assuming no mitigating circumstances have prevented them from doing so. Resits will be based on single skills tests dependent on which one needs to be re-assessed. The format of the resit of each component will be as similar as possible to the assessment which was failed. Details of all assessments, procedures, rubrics and marking criteria will be available on Minerva for staff and students.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S1)	3 hr 00 mins	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		20.00

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

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 20/06/2024 15:45:04

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