Academic English for International Students 2 (pm) (U03956)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 7 ? Acronym : PPL-1-AEIS2

This course is designed to increase the students' ability to understand natural speech, to develop their critical reading skills, to promote fluency and confidence in spoken interaction. It familiarises them with the cyclical proces of research writing (selecting and delimiting a topic, drawing up a reading list, insetive text study, drafting, revising, through to final proofreading). The main course components are: Listening and note-taking from lectures; Reading and text analysis; Discussion skills; two Projects - one carried out in pairs, and one individually; and Presentation skills.

? Keywords : Academic English, non-native speakers

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Overall 6.5 IELTS with a minimum of 6.0 in each section (or TOEFL equivalents). Students who have not taken IELTS or TOEFL will be asked to take an entry test on Wednesday 9 January 2008 (2 pm or 4 pm) in room G36 at Paterson's Land, Moray House School of Education.

? Prohibited combinations : U03886 Academic English for International Students 2

? Special Arrangements for Entry : *Please note that admission to this class is very limited.*

Please therefore refer ANY interested students to Alex Baker in the CHSS Visiting Student Office (2.19 DHT; 50 4094/3572) in the first instance to check for spaces and arrange enrolment.

? Costs : There is one set book for the course: "Study Speaking" by Anderson, Maclean and Lynch (Cambridge University Press, 2004), which costs around £14.00 (paperback). Students do not need to buy the audio material.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

English - Academic (International Students Only), (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 6 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
14/01/2008	14:00	15:50	Room G36, Patersons Land	Central	Test for new students 9 Jan 2008

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will have
- gained experience in executing all the stages of a research project;
- sharpened their critical reading skills;
- raised their ability to contribute effectively to small-group discussion;
- taken notes from lectures;
- delivered two spoken presentations based on their own research.

Assessment Information

• Two graded projects (750-1,000 words for the paired project; 1,000-1,200 words for the individual);
• Two graded oral presentations (5 minutes as one of a pair; 10 minutes as an individual presenter);
• English Proficiency Test Battery to allow assessment of overall linguistic progress (IELTS equivalent).