| CODE | ELP1106 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Advanced English Writing Skills | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for English Language Proficiency | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit offers first year students an introduction to some of the key academic writing skills that are required at undergraduate level. It achieves its aims through a series of lectures and seminars designed to give students individualised feedback in the context of small groups. The study-unit comprises focuses on key aspects of academic writing, including: - pre-writing strategies; - paraphrase and explanatory synthesis; - use of academic sources and referencing styles; - commentary and techniques of argumentation. In some of the unit’s sessions students are given individual, detailed feedback on their writing. The feedback allows students to recognise their strengths and weaknesses, and to understand what they need to do to improve their academic writing skills. Students are also expected to conduct relevant and effective independent study. Study-Unit Aims: - To introduce students to the demands of academic writing in English at undergraduate level; - To provide students with an understanding of the key aspects of academic writing in English; - To show students the importance of pre-writing strategies in academic writing; - To provide students with detailed feedback about their use of English; - To show students what they need to do to improve their academic writing in English through further study. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify and describe what makes a well-structured text in academic writing; - Understand the way in which pre-writing strategies improve clarity and coherence in academic writing; - Identify basic weaknesses in their own writing skills and the ways in which these may be addressed; - Understand the rationale behind the use of referencing styles in academic writing and how to use a style sheet in their own writing. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Paraphrase effectively and accurately; - Organise their ideas for academic writing in a coherent and logical way; - Use sources in various ways in their writing; - Synthesise information from multiple academic sources in their writing; - Identify and act upon areas of weakness in their own writing. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Oshima, A & Hogue, Ann (2006), Writing Academic English, 4th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This study-unit is offered to students of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences only. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Seminar & Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Larissa Jonk Jean Theuma Daniel Xerri |
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