Pre-sessional Academic English for Postgraduate Studies (one semester plus summer)

Year 1

Learning outcomes

1. Recognise and apply knowledge of English academic literacy, language and skills required in your future postgraduate programmes.

2. Demonstrate audience and discourse awareness, including an understanding of typical genres in your own discipline.

3. Display awareness of academic integrity conventions and practices.

Skills learning outcomes

4. Use English to communicate competently within academic contexts.

5. Apply appropriate academic integrity conventions and practices within your own studies.

6. Justify appropriate strategies to approach your studies in English.

Competence Standards

1. Effectively evaluate, select and communicate key academic facts, ideas and results in English.

2. Effectively use theoretical and practical knowledge in English to respond to academic tasks.

3. Effectively apply acquired theoretical and practical knowledge of English to academic study.

4. Effectively apply general principles and practices of academic integrity in a Higher Education context.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating competencies in the language, skills, knowledge and understanding required of a student who is about to enter taught postgraduate level study;
- performing effectively in the academic environment of a University through integrated assessment covering all four skills (speaking, writing, reading and listening) required of a SELT.

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