Unit name | Academic English for Engineers: lab reports |
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Unit code | LANG10015 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Miss. Lisa Hanson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | Centre for Academic Language and Development |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit is designed for international students with English as a foreign language, who have met the University's minimum English language entry requirements for Engineering and wish to develop their competence in English for specific academic purposes.
You will develop awareness of:
At the end of the unit, students will be able to:
LANG10002 comprises 20 teaching hours, and is delivered by the Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies from weeks 4-10. As this is a 10 credit unit, students are expected to use the other 80 hours for independent study. This will involve preparation for set homework tasks each week as well as self directed work on grammar and vocabulary using on-line interactive resources.
Teaching and Learning will focus on the development of the student as an independent and critical thinker, capable of setting goals and implementing strategies, resulting from a heightened awareness of the written communication skills required. Students will be given practice in the planning and writing of such texts and will receive formative feedback to them to reflect more effectively on their written skills. Students will be encouraged to ‘notice’ the features of the target texts (vocabulary, grammar and style) and the ways in which written texts are organised and presented within their academic discipline.
Formative assessment: Students will work to improve an initial lab report based on learning each week in class. (ILOs 1-4)
Submission of the final lab report (1000 words) (ILOs 1,2,3,4) 60%
A final summative assessment will test skills and language addressed by the Unit and will take the form of a written examination in the January exam period. (ILO 1) 40%
Materials made available on Blackboard