| Semester 1, 2023 Springfield On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | USQ College |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Overview
Today’s 21st century work and learning environments demand an accurate, fluent, and flexible range of contextually appropriate communication skills. This course develops students’ capacity to communicate clearly and appropriately in English, to meet the more complex communication demands of tertiary studies in nursing, laws, or research, in both face to face and digital environments to an advanced level, benchmarked to either a score of at least 58 on the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) or the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) C1 level. It also aims to enable students to prepare to meet future registration requirements of a range of professional disciplines and serves as a prerequisite for EUS1008 Communicating Professionally 2.
In this course, activities in English have been organised for the development of advanced and independent academic writing and speaking processes, purposes, attitudes, and strategies that enable the expression of `voice' and support the construction and delivery of a range of advanced academic texts for specific purposes and audiences. In this course, focus is given to constructing texts used in a range of academic contexts, which could include critical and descriptive essays, interviews, reports, presentations, literature reviews, discussions, seminars, and reconstruction of lecture notes, in both traditional and digital education contexts.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will:
- compose and deliver clear detailed explorations on a range of topical issues or specific questions in a range of written and spoken texts for specific academic purposes and audiences at an advanced level, benchmarked to at least 58 on the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) C1 level
- justify claims on a range of topics and issues in written and spoken texts with independent critical analysis and a range of academic sources and data for an unknown questioning reader and listener at an advanced level, benchmarked to at least 58 on the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) C1 level
- select and apply appropriate structural and functional academic English language features flexibly to produce a range of written and spoken academic texts for an academic audience at an advanced level, benchmarked to at least 58 on the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) C1 level.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grammar for academic texts | 25.00 |
| 2. | Generating ideas and stance | 25.00 |
| 3. | Planning, drafting, editing | 10.00 |
| 4. | Organising ideas and communicating ideas | 20.00 |
| 5. | Developing sociocultural competence | 20.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
(This resource is also required for EUS1008 Communicating Professionally 2.)
(This resource is also required for EUS1003 Reading and Critical Thinking 1.)
(This resource is also required for EUS1008 Communicating Professionally 2.)
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Weighting (%) |
|---|---|
| Essay plan | 25 |
| Peer presentation | 25 |
| Essay | 25 |
| Presentation | 25 |