EL7200 Academic English for Postgraduate Media Students

This course is for non-native international postgraduate students from MA Media programmes

This course has 2 modules. Each module is 8 weeks. You can choose to study one or both modules.

Module 1

Discuss issues connected to media
Learn how to read academic texts critically
Identify the author’s opinion in academic texts
Learn how to develop an effective argument
Write a paragraph to summarise, paraphrase and link different authors’ opinions
Recognise sentence functions in a paragraph
Use evaluative language to express your opinion on sources, both in writing and speaking
Use sources to support your argument
Evaluate an introduction and conclusion you have written for your course
Reference your sources correctly in line with the media department requirements
Expand your discipline-specific and general academic vocabulary
Collect fixed academic phrases for writing
Revise complex grammatical structures used in academic writing
Apply these language items or features to your own writing

Study grammatical features to write your dissertation title
Write formal and extended definitions for your literature review
Analyse the function and features of a literature review
Analyse the function and features of a methodology chapter
Analyse the function and features of a findings and discussion chapter
Analyse the function and features of a dissertation proposal
Revise the use of cohesive devices to make links between different sources in your writing
Expand your discipline-specific and general academic vocabulary
Collect fixed academic phrases for dissertation writing
Revise complex grammatical structures used in academic writing
Apply these language items or features to your own writing