Module manager: Harry Harrop
Email: G.E.Harrop@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: 1 Jul to 15 Sep (2.5mth), 1 July to 30 Sep(3mth)(adv yr) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
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This module is not approved as a discovery module
On this module you will develop English language and academic study skills, learn how to cope with the demands of future undergraduate courses, develop the ability to work independently, and explore the facilities available as part of an introduction to life and study in the UK. The academic skills classes use an academic topic as context for developing language (e.g. vocabulary, grammar etc.) and integrated skills (e.g. reading, speaking etc.). Typically, you will have input at the beginning of the week through reading and listening, and your lessons will build towards producing a piece of written work or participating in a spoken task by the end of the week for the portfolio task.
This module provides you with the opportunity to: develop a thorough foundation in the use of English for Academic Purposes; revise and develop study skills such as note-taking and research skills, so that you can cope with the language demands of your future academic courses; Acquire strategies to become an independent learner.
1. Demonstrate an awareness of relevant written and spoken conventions, academic genre, and discourse
2. Evaluate the appropriacy of sources for academic contexts and display an understanding of academic integrity issues when using those sources, including the use of Generative AI.
3. Use written and spoken academic language to suit a clear communicative purpose through a coherent, accurate, and fluent range of appropriate lexical and grammatical structures
4. Employ appropriate language choices in relation to audience and purpose at whole text, paragraph and sentence level while following academic conventions such as referencing, synthesis and meeting task requirements
5. Select and use information from sources to suit a clear academic purpose, such as developing an argument, synthesising sources or reflecting on experience.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 2 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Seminar | 21 | 2 | 42 |
| Seminar | 26 | 2.5 | 65 |
| Independent online learning hours | 30 | ||
| Private study hours | 98 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 112 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 240 | ||
Your performance will be closely monitored throughout the module. As well as ad hoc feedback from tutors during classes, you will receive tailored feedback on writing and speaking tasks. The work you complete will be evaluated and your personal tutor will provide oral and written feedback indicating your ongoing performance and how you can improve. You will regularly meet your personal tutor and will have the opportunity to ask specific questions about your progress.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Portfolio | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally, further attempts are offered for students who need to progress and who either do not meet the expected level of attainment or reach the required overall level but do not reach the required level on more than one assessment component.
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Last updated: 08/07/2025
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