31045 ENGLISH - LEVEL F

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
98	31045 	S1  	D 	ENGLISH - LEVEL F         	4.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details

STAFFING:

Other Teaching Staff:

RATIONALE:

To develop confidence in the use of more academic English, both in the
oral and written forms.

SYNOPSIS:

1. Speaking 5 hours per week X 13 weeks = 65 hours
2. Listening 5 hours per week X 13 weeks = 65 hours
3. Reading 6 hours per week X 13 weeks = 78 hours
4. Writing 6 hours per week X 13 weeks = 78 hours
5. Self-access 3 hours per week X 13 weeks = 39 hours

OBJECTIVES:

On completion of this unit, the student should be able to:

1. carry out all the basic social activities and be able to use
   oral English for more academic purposes also
   
2. read newspapers, magazines, novels, letters to editors etc.
   and some academic writing with understanding
   
3. show mastery of vocabulary required for social purposes as
   well as elementary academic purposes
   
4. write complex sentences with few errors
   
5. use a wider range of connectives in both oral and written
   forms that are appropriate to academic contexts
   
6. apply study skills to time organisation, researching materials
   and preparing talks
   
7. compare, evaluate, give opinions, criticise both orally and in
   writing
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

Listening and speaking                                                40.00

Reading and writing                                                   52.00

Self-access                                                           8.00

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Directed Study                                	325
Private Study                                 	195

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   F              WK 5      TEST OF SPKING LSTNING, RDING WRTING                N
2   F              WK 10     TEST - SPEECH, LISTEN, WRITING & READ               N
3   S              WK 13     TEST IN ALL MACROSKILLS                             N