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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English - Academic (International Students Only)

Undergraduate Course: Foundation English for Academic Purposes 1 (ENAI07010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course is for HSS International Foundation Programme students only. It is not available for undergraduate or postgraduate students. This course will be offered as a part of the HSS International Foundation Programme, intended to provide non-native speaker pre-undergraduate students with the necessary linguistic, cognitive and cultural knowledge/skills to join Year 1 of an undergraduate programme of study in Humanities or Social Science.

Foundation English for Academic Purposes 1 aims to improve the students' English knowledge and skills to the point where they can participate effectively in undergraduate courses. To that end, the Semester 1 FEAP 1 course will focus on academic reading and writing skills and on extending the students' knowledge of relevant vocabulary - both general academic lexis and the specific/technical terminology of Humanities and Social Science. Academic Reading and Writing sessions will familiarise the students with fundamental structures of academic texts including argumentation as well as providing practice in sentence and paragraph construction. Lexical development will be organised in separate strands (Key Vocabulary for Philosophy; Key Vocabulary for Social Science; Key Vocabulary for Psychology), which will be based on the reading and listening input provided in the Philosophy, Social Science, and Psychology session 1 Foundation Programme courses.



Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  0
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 45, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 151 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 40 %, Coursework 60 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) This course will be assessed by two components.
1. 'Unseen' test of Philosophy, Social Science, and Psychology vocabulary, according to courses taken, (multiple-choice and gap-fill) - weighted at 40%.
2. 'Seen' written assignment: a 1,000-word opinion-based essay - weighted at 60%.
To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40% in the combined mark (and a minimum of 30% in each assessment component).
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand and use general academic vocabulary
  2. Understand and use the specialist (techinical) vocabulary featured in session one courses (two from the following: Philosophy, Social Science, Psychology)
  3. Follow and discuss arguments used by academic writers
  4. Analyse the structure of academic texts and be able to use those structures in academic writing
  5. Write accurate English, using academic conventions, such as summary, paraphrase, hedging and citation and referencing
Reading List
Students are required to purchase the book below before their first class.

Bailey, S. 2011. Academic writing: a handbook for international students. 3rd ed. Oxon: Routledge

In addition, they will receive copies of the relevant FEAP materials (Key Vocabulary for Philosophy; Key Vocabulary for Social Science; Key Vocabulary for Psychology) prepared by ELTC staff.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserMs Kathryn Redpath
Tel: (0131 6)50 9429
Email: Kathryn.Redpath@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Anthea Coleman-Chan
Tel: (0131 6)51 1589
Email: Anthea.Coleman-Chan@ed.ac.uk
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