Unit Outline

The purpose of this unit is to develop your skills in reading, writing, listening to and speaking English at undergraduate university level with attention to academic vocabulary and common text types. You will read textbook sections and other material from the core courses you are taking and analyse them for discourse, syntactic and lexical features. You will then develop appropriate written and spoken responses to spoken and written texts. You will also develop transferable skills in summarising, paraphrasing, referencing, evaluating, planning, editing, and research.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Demonstrate understanding of the main ideas and supporting details in a range of spoken and written texts.
2.	Critically analyse a range of written texts.
3.	Participate effectively in sustained spoken academic discourse including discussion about the research process.
4.	Create extended academic written texts that present logical and coherent argument and demonstrate paraphrasing, summarising and referencing skills.
5.	Use grammar, syntax and vocabulary with consistent accuracy to support effective communication.

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Oral Presentation	See the MyLO site for the due date	10 %	LO1, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Homework Essays	See the MyLO site for the due date	10 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Participation	See the MyLO site for the due date	10 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 4:	AWL Vocabulary Tests	See the MyLO site for the due date	20 %	LO5
Assessment Task 5:	Topic Report	See the MyLO site for the due date	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 6:	Final Essay	See the MyLO site for the due date	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Oral Presentation

Task Description:

Assessment 3

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Content: Two views are summarised, compared and evaluated.	LO1, LO3
2	Delivery: Delivery is fluent, accurate and holds the attention of the audience (e.g. with appropriate visual material).	LO4
3	Participation: Able to answer questions and to ask relevant questions of at least two others.	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Homework Essays

Task Description:

Assessment 4

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Participation in pair and group exercises.	LO3
2	Understand and incorporate into own writing references to an academic text.	LO1, LO2, LO5
3	Respond in writing to issues raised in an academic text.	LO1, LO2, LO4, LO5

Assessment Task 3: Participation

Task Description:

Assessment 6

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	ILO 1, ILO 2, ILO 3, ILO 4, ILO 5	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment Task 4: AWL Vocabulary Tests

Task Description:

Assessment 1

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	The correct item from the academic word list is supplied for a missing gap in a sentence.	LO5
2	20 The correct item from the academic word list is supplied for a missing gap in a sentence.	LO5

Assessment Task 5: Topic Report

Task Description:

Assessment 2

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	ILO 1, ILO 2, ILO 3, ILO 4, ILO 5	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment Task 6: Final Essay

Task Description:

Assessment 5

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Content and Task Requirements: Completes the task with relevant and developed content and examples using an academic tone.	LO1, LO2
2	Structure and Organisation: Good overall organisation. Introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion are evident and cohesive devices are used.	LO4
3	Referencing: Citations are appropriate and integrated, writer’s voice is retained. Accurate summaries and paraphrases with little copying. Quotations are accurate and not over-used. Citation formatting is accurate.	LO1, LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.