EL7000 Academic English for Postgraduate Students
This course is for international postgraduate students whose first language is not English. It is primarily for CSSAH students
This course has 2 modules. Each module is 8 weeks. You can choose to study one or both modules
Module 1
| Duration | 8 weeks |
| Classes | 2 hours a week |
| Module leader | Sue Wallin |
| Contact | insessional@le.ac.uk |
Module Content
- Develop strategies to help you with your academic reading
- Explore ways of expanding your general academic and subject specific vocabulary
- Recognize common organizational features of texts
- Learn how to understand assessment briefs and plan and develop ideas for assessment on your master's
- Practise presenting on your academic subject
- Describe, compare and present data related to your academic subject
- Practise using paraphrasing strategies
- Analyse and use cohesive devices to improve your writing
- Apply the key stages of a good introduction and conclusion to your writing
Module 2
| Duration | 8 weeks |
| Classes | 2 hours a week |
| Module leader | Sue Wallin |
| Contact | insessional@le.ac.uk |
Module Content
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Ask for and respond to help with research projects such as your dissertation.
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Recognise the authority of academic resources
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Use techniques for sentence level and text level paraphrasing
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Analyse the organization of literature reviews
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Employ techniques for being persuasive and refuting arguments
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Write an extended definition
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Respond to and ask challenging questions
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Understand the organization of and the differences between abstracts and introductions