Module Title: Language for Study III
ENG 009
Semester 4: 2011-2012 Module Leader: Hediyeh Golmohamad Room S.10 Email: h.golmohamad@ukh.ac
Instructor: Lone Bendixen Goulani Room S.1 Email: l.bendixen@ukh.ac
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Introduction
Welcome to Language for Study III. The purpose of this course is to enhance students’ linguistic ability and knowledge of academic skills and activities to equip students for success in undergraduate level study.
Course Description
The module draws on language from Skills for Study III to build vocabulary, grammatical competency, and refine pronunciation, prepare students to understand nuances of spoken and written communication as well as execute accurate use of spoken and written academic work.
Learning Outcomes
1. Develop abilities to use lexical and grammatical knowledge to critically evaluate discourse presented in academic forms. 2. Understand and evaluate persuasive elements in research and discourse. 3. Demonstrate linguistic proficiency to write a critical response to a standpoint or researched position. 4. Produce a range of lexical, phonological, and grammatical features of language to orally respond to excerpts of spoken and written discourse expressing a standpoint or researched position.
Course Outline*
Delivery Plan | Week 1 | Unit 1: An electronic world(Part A)Lesson1: Introduction to the module and syllabus.Lesson 2: Understanding spoken information: identify features of fluent speech. Understand how pauses, intonation and stress influence listeners. pp.7-13 | Week 2 | (Part B)Lesson 3: Become familiar with different types of written text: refer to authors’ ideas. Identify persuasive language. pp. 14-22(Part C)Lesson 4: Investigating: identify grammatical structure of reporting verbs. Identify reporting-verb