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QB1002: ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


Course Overview

This course aims to provide students with relevant competencies and skills in the use of English for academic purposes, to critically engage with reading and listening material, and to develop skills for analysis and critical assessment

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr Russell Williams

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

On completion of the course students will:

- Be able to comprehend text at sentence, paragraph and text level

- Identify key information in listening and reading texts

- Be aware of academic conventions and guidelines and apply them to outputs

- Extract, synthesise and analyse information from a range of sources and formulate responses to specific question

- Research, develop and deliver a presentation

- Produce written work which is well organised, relevant and uses appropriate terminology


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1 x 1200 word Essay (30%)

1 x 1 hr Online Time-Constrained Activity - 2 questions (20%).

1 x 1 hr Online Time-Constrained Activity - 3 questions (30%).

1 x1 hr Online Quiz (20%).

Alternative Resit Arrangements for students taking course in Academic Year 2020/21

Resit: 1,200 word essay (100%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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