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| Unit name |
Advanced Language Studies for Comparative Literatures and Cultures |
| Unit code |
LANGM0004 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
M/7
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
|
| Unit director |
Ms. Taylor |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
Centre for Academic Language and Development |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
Within the themes of comparative literatures and cultures and through discourse and genre analysis, students will develop advanced literacy skills. This will be done by analysing different genres within their discipline and the effect these have on academic language and literacy choices.
Students will have the opportunity to improve their academic oral production through discussion and presentation and written academic English through the production and revision of written texts.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the unit students will be able to:
- Demonstrate improved communicative competence through the use of advanced literacy and language.
- Analyse the audience and purpose of a genre and the effect this has on content, organisation, language and style.
- Demonstrate more confident, effective, academic oral communication.
- Demonstrate more effective academic written communication.
- Reflect critically on their learning at Master’s level.
Teaching Information
There will be one lesson per week of two academic hours with learning facilitated in small group classroom sessions. Individual and group-based work is integrated as appropriate.
As this is a 20-credit unit, students are expected to do a total of 200 hours of study during the unit. Students will study independently as well as preparing tasks for class and assessment. The classes are interactive and students will be expected to take an active part throughout the unit.
Assessment Information
This 20-credit unit involves formative and summative assessment.
Assessment for Learning (formative):
- Oral individual presentation: ILO 1, 3
- Oral paired presentation: ILO 1, 2, 3, 5
- Written report: 1 draft of a written text with evidence of revisions based on student led feedback followed by tutor feedback: ILO 1, 2, 4, 5
Assessment of Learning (summative)
- Portfolio (1500 words x 2 texts): weighting 50% (ILOs 1,2,4,5)
- Individual presentation (10-12 minutes): weighting 25% (ILOs 1,2,3)
- Written report (1000 words): weighting 25% (ILOs 1,2,4)
Reading and References
- Caplan, N. A. (2012). Grammar Choices of Graduate and Professional Writers. USA: University of Michigan Press
- Feak, C. and Swales, J. (2011) Creating Contexts: Writing Introductions across Genres. USA: University of Michigan Press
- Feak, C. and Swales, J. (2009) Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts. USA: University of Michigan Press
- Feak, C. and Swales, J. (2009) Telling a Research Story: Writing a Literature Review. USA: University of Michigan Press
- Hyland, K. and Shaw, P. (2016) The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes. Abingdon: Routledge
- Swales, J. and Feak, C. (2012) Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills. 3rd Ed. USA: University of Michigan Press
