English in Specific Academic Contexts B (Engineering; Comp Sci; Env'mental Sci & Architecture)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| CELEN052 | Centre for English Language Education | 0 | 20 | Spring China |
- Code
- CELEN052
- School
- Centre for English Language Education
- Level
- 0
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring China
Summary
Target Students
UNNC Preliminary Year students only
Classes
- Three 2-hour seminars each week for 12 weeks
Supplemented by a further 140 hours of self-directed study.
Assessment
- 60% IWA: 1 x 1,500 word individual written assignment [sources provided plus own sources can be used]
- 40% Exam 1 (1-hour-30-minute): Delivered at end of semester. Reading to Writing exam. 500-word (approx.) discursive essay, done under exam conditions based on 1 x subject-specific Input Text received by students one week before the exam and 1 x Input Text seen in the exam (90 mins)
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
To equip students with the necessary language, strategies and skills that will enable them to read, write, speak and listen across a range of subject-specific contexts within the academic field of Science and Engineering.Learning Outcomes
a) Knowledge and Understanding
• the ability to apply appropriate academic reading skills and sub-skills and take a critical approach to academic reading within Science & Engineering disciplines e.g. the ability to evaluate the validity of arguments and identify a writer¡¦s stance.
• an understanding of what is typically expected in discipline-specific written examinations and coursework assignments at the undergraduate level and the study approaches needed to meet these requirements.
• an understanding of how to format and structure discipline-specific undergraduate level academic written work appropriately.
• an awareness of the vocabulary appropriate to academic writing in specific Science & Engineering disciplines and the ability to use this effectively.
• the ability to take part in lectures and seminars on topics relating to specific Science & Engineering disciplines.
• the ability to read and write discipline-specific material effectively under timed conditions.
b) Intellectual Skills
• critical thinking, analysis and synthesis.
c) Transferable/Key Skills
• the ability to apply appropriate reading strategies in order to comprehend written academic discourse specific to particular Science & Engineering disciplines.
• the ability to present and communicate ideas and arguments effectively in specific Science & Engineering oral and written contexts.
Conveners
- Mr David Anstey