| CODE | IFS0425 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | English Listening and Speaking | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 00 - Mod Pre-Tert, Foundation, Proficiency & DegreePlus | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | International School for Foundation Studies | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | IFS0425 will help students wishing to join the foundation programme to engage with a variety of verbal communication genres and text types, in order to improve their vocabulary, comprehension and note-taking. They will also develop their own spoken accuracy and presentation skills. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to introduce a variety of academic text types to students with no-to-little prior experience of engaging with lectures, discussion, and other types of verbal communication in an academic context. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify different types of academic verbal communication from lectures to presentations and discussions; - Demonstrate understanding of the format of an academic presentation; - Understand key technical and signposting language in an academic presentation. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Take notes from lectures and presentations; - Use lecture notes to report information and explain concepts from a presentation; - Discuss and evaluate information gathered from a lecture orally and in writing; - Deliver a simple presentation on an academic topic. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Teacher's notes and online lectures. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: High school certificate | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Edward Wilkinson |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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