Unit name | Academic Writing |
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Unit code | LANG00006 |
Credit points | 30 |
Level of study | QCA-3 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Ms. Katherine High |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
IELTS: min. 5.5 overall; min. 5.0 in writing and 4.5 in other components or equivalent |
Co-requisites |
Text Response (LANG00010) |
School/department | Centre for Academic Language and Development |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Academic Writing is a 30-credit unit within the International Foundation Programme, which is designed to prepare international students for undergraduate study in the UK. The unit is one of a number of complementary units whose overall aims are to improve the language, academic literacy and subject knowledge required to succeed at a British university.
Academic Writing aims to introduce and practise the process of planning, drafting, evaluating and editing written academic work. It explores a range of academic functions, features of academic style and organisation, and academic grammar and vocabulary in order to improve the students' overall academic literacy.
At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Students will attend 6 hours of study per week; there will be 3 lessons of two academic hours per week. Learning is facilitated in group classroom sessions (12-16). Individual and group-based work is integrated as appropriate. In addition to a range of textbooks and authentic texts, use will be made of appropriate e-learning technologies for self-study and self-assessment as well as work in class.
This 30-credit unit involves both formative and summative assessment.
Assessment for learning:
Bailey, S. (2011) Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. Abingdon: Routledge
Paterson, K. & Wedge, R. (2013). Oxford Grammar for EAP. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Targeted materials are available on Blackboard VLE (self-assessment tools, interactive tutorials and all course documents).