Undergraduate Course: Foundation English for Academic Purposes 1 Entry (LLLG07126)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | FEAP1 Entry is designed for students who have not yet met the English language requirements for entry to an Undergraduate degree at The University of Edinburgh. It therefore aims to improve students' academic English language and literacy skills to the level where they are able to participate effectively in Year 1 of an undergraduate programme of study. Students will learn how to read, write, listen and speak more effectively in an academic context. They will encounter and produce various spoken and written text types, learning about language conventions of genre, focusing on the required vocabulary and grammar, and learning how to analyse arguments and working on their critical reading, writing and thinking abilities.
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| Course description |
FEAP1 Entry is designed for students who have not yet met the English language requirements for entry to an Undergraduate degree at The University of Edinburgh. It therefore aims to improve students' academic English language and literacy skills to the level where they are able to participate effectively in Year 1 of an undergraduate programme of study. In vocabulary they will be introduced to language that is highly frequent within academic discourse. In reading, they will be introduced to texts of various types, learning how recognise arguments and beginning to critique them and also working with a number of reading strategies to help them process meaning. In writing, there will be a focus on teaching students to analyse and form arguments, using source material to support their ideas and adhering to academic conventions, such as citation and referencing. In speaking, students will learn how to use effective and independent communication skills in a variety of contexts, such as seminars and small group-based work. This skill-based work is underpinned by an introduction to critical thinking at UK universities. Throughout the course, there will be a specific focus on improving students ability to use the grammar and vocabulary typical of academic discourse in both spoken and written contexts, encouraging them to monitor their language use (including proofreading), and working with the language conventions of genre.
Classes of an hour and a half will take place four times a week, with one day a week focusing on vocabulary and the other three days a week focusing on reading and writing. Students will be taught in small groups. They will be expected to work in a number of ways and discussion tasks - where students are expected to speak and give their views - will be frequent and form a key role in developing their interactive speaking skills in an academic context.
Students will be assessed via the following assessments, which relate to the learning outcomes (LOs of the course)
Guided source-based essay (1000 words) - formative (feeds forward to the summative source-based essay) - relates to LOs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Annotated bibliography - 25% (provides practice in summarising, evaluating and citation and referencing and sources will be used in the summative source based-essay) - relates to LOs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Source-based essay (1000 words) - 55% - relates to LOs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Weekly/bi-weekly Vocabulary Quizzes - 20% - Relates to LO1
The course is designed to allow students to respond to new learning they acquire as they progress through. Through the above schedule of assessments, students should have the opportunity to review and revise their work in response to targeted, timely, individualised feedback on their language use, as well as their usage of appropriate academic discourse. By the time they reach the final summative source-based essay, students should have had the opportunity to practise the required knowledge and skills they need to approach the tasks with a degree of confidence.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Show awareness of a range of academic vocabulary and grammar in writing and speaking, such as time tenses, punctuation, and General and Academic Word Lists.
- Use strategies, and begin to use criticality, to read and write academic texts.
- Integrate academic literature and express ideas from sources in a discussion essay.
- Structure coherent pieces of academic writing.
- Show awareness of academic conventions.
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Reading List
Essential:
Bailey, S. (2018) Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students (5th Edition), Oxford: Routledge
Schmitt D. and Schmitt N. (2012) Focus on Vocabulary 2: Mastering the Academic Word List, New York: Pearson Longman. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
An understanding of the difference between explanations based on evidence and/or research and other sources, and of the importance of this difference.
Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas that are routine to a subject/discipline/sector.
Convey complex ideas in well-structured and coherent form.
Use a range of forms of communication effectively in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts.
Taken from SCQF descriptors: http://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/SCQF-LevelDescriptors.pdf
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| Keywords | vocabulary,grammar,reading,writing,listening,speaking,academic conventions |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Philip Davies
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Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
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