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On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:
Participate in discussions on familiar and less familiar topics and be able to interact effectively in a group.
To use selected grammar and general and subject specific vocabulary items accurately and appropriately.
Follow extended speech and lectures, identifying the main points. Understand a variety of everyday and subject specific listening situations and be able to identify the main points from a range of listening texts.
Identify the main points of reading texts, distinguish meaning from general and subject specific meaning and understand the writer’s angle and approach.
Order written ideas logically into clear paragraphs with suitable topic sentences and use techniques to link written phrases together smoothly.
This unit aims to develop students’ confidence and proficiency in English language, in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It will develop fluency and accuracy and help students to understand and respond appropriately to both written and spoken texts. There will be a focus on improving students’ understanding of key grammatical areas, such as verb forms and tenses and use of articles, etc. There will also be a focus on vocabulary extension, including vocabulary development specific to students’ area of future study. The unit will develop linguistic competency in a progressive way through the use of interactive teaching and participatory exercises, including group/team discussions and presentations. The unit will support learning in the Academic Skills 1 unit as well as provide communicational development, which will help in social situations.
The unit will be taught in a series of interactive seminars and workshops, providing a highly supportive environment through which students will develop their language and communication skills.
Formative assessments and feedback will be provided to students during seminar/workshop sessions throughout the unit on the basis of home/classroom tasks (individual and group). Formative assessments will help students to prepare for summative assessment at the end of the unit.
Seminars and workshops
Contact hours: 120
Intended Group size: 15
Guided independent study
Hours: 72
001 Team Presentation and discussion 10 mins per person during sem 1 15%
002 Listening test 1 x 1 hour during semester 1 25%
003 Unseen reading and writing in class test 2 hours end of sem 1 60%
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