IL1PIALS4N-Integrated Academic Language Skills 4

Module Provider: International Study and Language Institute
Number of credits: 0 [0 ECTS credits]
Level:4
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Summer term module
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Current from: 2022/3

Module Convenor: Mr Ash Bannister
Email: a.bannister@reading.ac.uk

Module Co-convenor: Mr Anastasios Asimakopoulos
Email: a.asimakopoulos@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This module is taught twice to two different cohorts of students, one in the Autumn term and one in the Summer vacation.Ìý The contact hours are listed for the first iteration of teaching in the Autumn term and these same contact hours are repeated for the second iteration of teaching in the Summer vacation.

As a final - or 'exit' - component of the Pre-sessional English Language Programme (PSE), this module aims to help students develop their academic language skills to the level necessary for successful engagement with their university degree programme study.ÌýÌýÌý

The module will take a task-based, contextualised approach which integrates practice and development of receptive (listening, reading) and productive (speaking, writing) academic English communication skills around accessible, interdisciplinary academic themes. It will include some focus on exam practice activities in preparation for the Test of English for Educational Purposes (TEEP) which assesses students on their integrated academic language skill proficiency.

Aims:

This module aims to help students develop their academic language proficiency for successful engagement with their university degree programme study, integrating practice of the fours skills, reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Assessable learning outcomes:

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

• listen to and understand the key points from academic lectures, taking effective and selective notes to meet the required purpose.


• read academic texts purposefully to identify main ideas, key points and particular details.


• use listening-into-writing and reading-into-writing skills to develop arguments within a written text.


• write clear, detailed exam-style academic Essay texts in response to prompts and under timed conditions, synthesising and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources.


• participate in discussions in a range of academic contexts,Ìý conveying information clearly, expressing and seeking opinions andÌý responding appropriately to interlocutors.


• draw on a wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary to express complex ideas with reasonable fluency and accuracy.

Additional outcomes:

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be better able to:

• exercise autonomy and initiative in time management


• use a variety of strategies and resources for the purpose of independent language study


• become a confident user of the university’s VLE [Blackboard], submission and assessment tools e.g. Feedback Studio, and other learning technologies e.g. Office 365


• reflect on the skills and language needed to continue developing


• understand how to use tutor feedback to identify areas for improvement

Outline content:

The content of this module will be organised via two consecutive accessible interdisciplinary academic topics based on ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø research themes.

Written and spoken texts on each theme will be used to practice:

• academic reading and reading-into-writing skills


• academic listening and listening-into-writing skills


• skills for integrating sources, including paraphrasing, summarising and synthesising


• expository timed writing skills


• speaking skills for seminar discussions


• related exam skills for the Test of English for Educational Purposes (TEEP)

Global context:

This module supports international