| Unit name | Academic Speaking |
|---|---|
| Unit code | LANG00007 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | QCA-3 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Ms. Taylor |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
IELTS 5.5 overall (minimum) or equivalent |
| Co-requisites |
Academic Writing and Text Response |
| School/department | Centre for Academic Language and Development |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Academic Speaking is a mandatory 10-credit unit within the International Foundation Programme, which is designed to prepare international students for undergraduate study in the UK. It is one of a number of complementary units whose overall aims are to improve the language, academic literacy and subject knowledge required to succeed at a British university.
Academic Speaking aims to introduce and practise the skills and language required for effective participation in academic seminars and presentations in a UK HE setting. It explores the features of interactional and transactional language within a range of university scenarios and topics.
At the end of this unit, students will be able to:
performance.
Learning is facilitated in small groups (12-16). Individual and group-based work is integrated through online discussion boards and online video work on Blackboard VLE.In addition to a range of textbooks and published language materials, authentic materials (text, audio and audio-visual) will be exploited. Situations will be created which replicate the study contexts that students will encounter in a UK HE setting.
This mandatory 10-credit unit involves:
Seminar skills assessment(40%); Presentation skills assessment (40%); Reflective weekly blog on seminar performances (10%); Reflective weekly blog on performance of presentations (10%).
Bell, D.(2008) Passport to Academic Presentations. Reading: Garnet Publishing Ltd.
Beglar, D., N. Murray &M. Rost.(2009). Contemporary Topics 3 - Advanced. NY: Pearson Longman.
