Unit name | Academic English for Engineers: critical thinking |
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Unit code | LANG10016 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Mr. Tony Prince |
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.
Students will develop their ability to:
At the end of the unit, students will be able to:
Combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions based on Blackboard VLE involving practical task based work. This will focus on the development of the student as an idependent thinker, who can notice the features of a target text and apply this to work in their own field.
Summative essay (1000 words) 60% (ILOs 1-6)
Poster presentation 40% (ILOs 2-7)
Materials provided by the Centre