| CODE | LLT1699 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Academic Communication and Understanding Scientific Research | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will cover skills for academic reading and writing, including library skills, referencing for academic writing, with reference also to the avoidance of plagiarism, structuring written/recorded essays, presentation skills, reading academic articles, professional behaviour in Deaf & Hearing culture. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to establish good academic practice especially with respect to academic writing which uses the correct conventions for referencing and avoiding plagiarism. Presentation skills for video, live presentations, and written work, will be dealt with. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Outline the importance and make appropriate use of referencing; - Avoid plagiarism and outline why this is important; - Produce work such as written and video essays in an appropriate style; - Critically consider the role of AI in academic practice. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use appropriate academic resources to find information; - Recognise the value of different types of references. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Rose, M., & Kiniry, M. (1997). Critical strategies for academic thinking and writing (3rd ed.). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin鈥檚. Supplementary Readings - American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. - Bazerman, C. (1994). The informed writer: Using sources in the disciplines (5th ed.). Retrieved from http://writing.colostate.edu/textbooks/informedwriter/informedwriter.pdf - Greetham, B. (2008). How to write better essays (2nd ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan. - Pears, R., & Shields, G. (2010). Cite them right: The essential referencing guide (8th ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan. - Ramage, J. D., Bean, J. C., & Johnson, J. (2010). The Allyn & Bacon guide to writing (6th ed.). London: Longman. - Van Emden, J., & Becker, L. (2010). Presentation skills for students (2nd ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jessica Nieder Lynne Bernadette Barnes Luigi Lerose Benjamin Matthews (Co-ord.) Natalie Schembri |
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