| CODE | IFS0126 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | English Grammar and Logic | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 00 - Mod Pre-Tert, Foundation, Proficiency & DegreePlus | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 4 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Engineering and ICT | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is designed to develop the grammar and formal logic skills necessary to function effectively as a student of engineering, architecture or basic sciences at the University of Malta. Study-unit Aims: The principal aim of the study-unit is to prepare students so to deal effectively with the reading load required by first year science, engineering or architecture degree students. The study-unit will give students the opportunity to consolidate and clarify grammatical structures needed in completing and organizing lecture notes. It will also give them a grounding in the central aspects of formal logic. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use a wide range of grammatical structures accurately and appropriately to enhance their writing and ensure that note taking is coherent; - Understand the notation of symbolic logic; - Evaluate and complete formulae in predicate logic; - Construct and truth tables and use them to solve problems; - Understand notions of ambiguity and tautology; - Use tableau to evaluate consistency; - Use logical quantifiers. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate effective use of appropriate grammar in writing; - Apply scientific reasoning skills to the analysis of arguments and evaluation of evidence; - Use grammar and logic together to precisely understand questions in English and differentiate between similar statements and ideas; - Apply formal logic to scientific problems; - Analyse a set of statements as logical propositions; - Use logic to evaluate validity of arguments. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Technical and Academic English Workbook (University of Malta), 2015. Will be provided to each student. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Please note that a pass in the Examination component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Edward Wilkinson |
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