English for Academic Purposes - International Foundation

Module description

This module provides you with the skills you need to express yourself through speaking and writing within a variety of academic contexts in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It also aims to develop reading and listening skills within those same contexts. The module focuses on understanding your strengths and weaknesses, reflecting on and redrafting work using feedback, and working effectively under pressure. The module helps you develop an ability to understand and make effective use of academic articles, books and lectures while avoiding plagiarism and misuse of generative AI. It also teaches you to structure and write critical assignments, and to give academic presentations.

Assessment details

You’ll be assessed for this English for Academic Purposes module through coursework (80%) and final exam (20%).

Educational aims & objectives

This English for Academic Purposes module will:

• develop your ability to write critically, fluently and accurately for a variety of academic contexts in the arts, humanities and select social sciences
• increase your ability to read and listen critically and selectively in order to inform academic writing and speaking
• help you learn to communicate appropriately and effectively in a variety of academic contexts, including seminars, presentations and tutorials
• ensure that you can understand and use a wide range of academic vocabulary and grammar relevant to the arts, humanities and select social sciences
• further your ability to learn creatively, independently, responsibly and reflectively.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module students should be able to:

• use a range of strategies to extract general and specific information from authentic academic sources (both written and oral) from the arts, humanities and social sciences for a given purpose
• produce written and oral work that adheres to disciplinary conventions in the arts, humanities and social sciences
• find, critically evaluate, select and use appropriately the work of others in your own work
• demonstrate control of a range of academic lexis and grammar
• actively seek and act on feedback from tutors and peers, reflect on your own work and identify areas for development

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