University of Central Lancashire
School of Languages & International Studies
EF1700 Study & Communication Skills
MODULE INFORMATION PACK
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Module Title: Study & Communication Skills
Module Leader: Richard Hewitt (UESTC, GDUFS): [email protected]
Module Tutors: Alison Roberts (GDUFS), Li Dongyun – Stacy (GDUFS),
Zhou Zhanhong – Jo (GDUFS), Tang Yimei – May (UESTC).
My EF1700 Tutor’s E-mail: _____________________________________
My EF1700 Lesson Time: _____________________________________
MIP Contents
? Module description including module content, assessment method and reading list
? Marking criteria for note-taking, essay writing and portfolios
? Essay assessment task
? Academic regulations relating to late submission of assessed work and regulations relating to plagiarism and other forms of cheating
? Teaching plan
MODULE TITLE
Study and Communication Skills
MODULE CODE
EF1700
CREDIT
VALUE
20 credit module
MODULE DELIVERY
Year long module
MODULE AIMS
• to enable non-native English speakers to develop the skills necessary for study at university
• to develop practical awareness of:
o the students’ own learning styles - strengths & weaknesses and strategies for improvement
o time & resource management
o techniques for learning from lectures
o effective reading strategies
o information processing
o essay writing
o report writing
o giving oral presentations
• to develop students’ independent learning skills
MODULE CONTENT
The module introduces students to a range of study and communication skills needed for effective study in a British university, with specific emphasis on studying business related topics. The module also http://www.ttc-switch.com/Thesis_Writing/Marketing/introduces and develops knowledge and skills necessary for personal development planning (PDP).
Topics covered in the module may include:
? Introduction to study skills; approach and rationale
? Learning Styles - questionnaire and analysis
? Time Management - timetabling, prioritising tasks
? Listening and note-taking skills
? Reading and note-making skills
? Writing essays and bibliographies
? Writing reports and presenting numerical data
? Giving oral presentations
? Using portfolios for independent learning and reflection#p#分頁標題#e#
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this module a student will be able to:
1
reflect on and demonstrate awareness of their learning style(s) and skills, and undertake PDP activities oriented to the development of identified weaknesses
2
record information in note form from lectures and books
3
use strategies for effective reading (e.g. SQ3R)
4
use a process writing approach to essays
5
demonstrate an understanding of the issue of plagiarism, use in-text citation appropriately and be able to write bibliographies correctly
TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY
This module introduces and practises the study skills required for a student to study and perform effectively at University. Teaching and learning strategies are negotiated regularly, based on student needs and abilities. Group work and peer evaluation are employed as well as self assessment. Students will be encouraged to set personal learning objectives and to record learning in a learning diary which is part of a portfolio of tasks.
INDICATIVE CLASS CONTACT
Class contact is 1 x 2 (academic) hour session per week over 2 semesters (approx. 60 hours).
INDICATIVE ASSESSMENT
No. of Assess-ments
Assessment
Weighting %
Type/Duration/
Word count (indicative only)
Learning Outcomes and Employability Skills being assessed
1
Note-taking from lectures and texts
20%
Listening and reading note-taking tasks under test conditions
2, 3
1
Planning & Writing Essays
30%
Detailed essay plan with
indicative bibliography and correctly referenced essay (800 words)
4, 5
2
Semester Portfolio
25% (Semester 1)
25%
(Semester 2)
A portfolio of specific tasks and evidence of reflection on learning and independent language learning
1
MODULE PASS REQUIREMENTS
Students must attempt all assessed elements and achieve an overall weighted mark of 40% or above to pass the module. Students are expected to attend all classes. Unexplained absence may incur penalties, see Student Handbook for details.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LEARNING SUPPORT MATERIAL
Cameron, S. (1999) The Business Student’s Handbook: Developing Transferable Skills, London: Financial Times/Pitman
Cottrell,S. (2003) Skills for Success: The Personal Development Planning Handbook, Houndmills: Palgrave-Macmillan
Cottrell, S. (1999) The Study Skills Handbook, Houndmills: Palgrave-MacMillan
Donald, S. & P. Kneale (2001) Study Skills for Language Students, London: Arnold
Drew, S. & R. Bingham (2001)The Student Skills Guide, (2nd edition), London: Gower
Lewis, R. (1999) How to Write Essays (3rd edition), Cambridge: National Extension College
McGovern, D. (1994) Reading, Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall Int.
Smith, P. (2002) Writing an Assignment (5th edition), Oxford: How to Books#p#分頁標題#e#
Trzeciak, J. & S. Mackay (1994) Study Skills for Academic Writing Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall Int.
White, R. & D. McGovern (1994) Writing, Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall Int.
Marking criteria for assessed note- taking tasks
mark range
marking criteria
70+
good structure – notes clearly show the main points and the important details supporting each point – information;
correct information – including all the important details – correctly noted;
complete clarity – e.g. notes make sense and would be useful in 3 months time;
extremely good use of abbreviations etc.
60-69%
good structure – notes clearly show the main points and the important details;
almost all the information is correct – including all the important details, there may be some omissions or slight mistakes;
notes are generally very clear and well-organised and would be useful in 3 months time;
good use of abbreviations etc.
50-59%
structure shows the main points but misses some of the important details or does not clearly attach some details to relevant headings;
most of the information is correct – there may be some omissions or mistakes;
notes are reasonably clear and well-organised;
some use of abbreviations etc. .
45-49%
structure shows the main points but misses many of the details or does not organise details effectively;
there is a lot of information missing or incorrectly noted;
notes are not clear or well-organised;
limited use of appropriate abbreviations etc.
40-44%
structure shows some of the main points but little more;
failure to note many of the details;
weak attempt to produce well-organised pattern notes;
no use of appropriate abbreviations etc. .
30-40%
little attempt made to write notes – not even the main points are clearly noted or information is copied directly from the article;
a few details but no obvious organisation.
0%
no attempt made
Marking criteria for assessed essays
mark range
marking criteria
70+
An excellent piece of work, written in academic style following all the major conventions, clear ability to handle the descriptive, narrative and discursive elements of the question;
Content well-organised- clear signs of an underlying structure;
Arguments well-developed, signs of synthesis of ideas and critical thinking; reference to a range of appropriate sources;
Good range of vocab and grammar, accurately and appropriately used, minimal number of errors;
Presentation – excellent
60-69%
A very good piece of work, mostly written in academic style though with perhaps a few minor lapses;
Content generally well-organised and clear structure;
Clear development of arguments and ideas; reference to sources and evidence of critical thinking and synthesis of ideas;#p#分頁標題#e#
Good range of vocab and grammar, occasional inaccuracies or inappropriate use of vocab.
Presentation – good
50-59%
An average to reasonably good piece of work showing evidence of academic style though this might not be apparent throughout;
Content fairly well-organised and some evidence of an underlying structure;
Some development of ideas, reference to sources and evidence of critical thinking;
Reasonable range of vocab and grammatical structures – quite a few inaccuracies or inappropriate uses of vocab. but generally not impeding communication;
Presentation – generally good
45-49%
Fairly weak; style not convincingly academic; limited evidence of ability to handle the elements of the question;
Content not very well-handled, ideas not well developed or argued in such as way as to show evidence of critical thinking;
Limited range of vocab and grammatical structures and many mistakes in the use of these;
Presentation – generally okay
40-44%
Weak; style not academic and little evidence of ability to appropriately handle the different elements of the question;
Content very poorly handled – mainly paraphrased (or copied) from the sources without much attempt to synthesise or discuss ideas;
Very limited range of vocab. and structures and many errors with the use of these;
Presentation – generally ok
30-40%
Very weak: very little evidence of ability to write in academic style;
Content very poorly handled – paraphrased or copied from sources with little attempt to synthesise of discuss ideas;
Extremely limited range of vocab. and structures and many errors with these;
Presentation – not up to standard
0%
no attempt made
SEMESTER 1 & 2 PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS:
1. Personal Skills Assessment
2. X8 Learning Logs – 1 for each UCLan and GDUFS module. One should be written each week.
3. Evidence of independent language learning (not from any module) addressing weaknesses identified in the personal skills assessment.
i. Reading task e.g. British newspaper reading and note-taking with comments.
ii. Listening task e.g. listening and note-taking with comments.
iii. Writing task e.g. a piece of writing 250 words (could be an optional task from the Academic Writing handouts).
4. Evidence of reading (semester 1) or listening (semester 2) and note-taking for one week from MK1101/ MD1401/EB1300 / EB1107
5. Essay Plan (semester 1) – a detailed plan including topic sentences, examples and references for the assessed essay,
or Rewritten Essay (semester 2) – a fully rewritten essay taking into account teacher feedback.
INDICATIVE MARKING GRID
TASK
COMMENT
MARK
Personal Skills Assessment
/10
Learning Logs
/25
Independent Learning
/25
Reading & Note-taking homework evidence#p#分頁標題#e#
/10
Essay Plan/Essay Rewrite
/20
Folder Presentation
/10
Overall Comments
TOTAL MARK /100
Essay Assessment Required Tasks
1. Essay Plan
2. Essay
3. Portfolio
Title:
Pollution from cars is harmful to people’s health and to the environment, contributing to global warming. Taxis and private cars appear to be on the increase and can be seen blocking city roads pumping pollutants into the atmosphere every day. Should private car ownership and travel by taxis be banned? Give reasons and evidence to support your answer.
Instructions:
Write a detailed essay plan for a 800 word essay answering the question above. The plan should have the following sections:
? Introduction – written in full. Underline your thesis statement.
? Main body paragraphs – write topic sentences in full and give supporting details in note form with full in-text citations in the correct format
? Conclusion – written in full
? Bibliography – written in the correct format.
Essay Plan and Essay Deadlines:
1) Detailed Plan: E-mail your teacher by ____________________________________ 2009.
2) Essay with updated plan: Hand in to your teacher by ________________________ 2010.
Stage One: Research
Research the essay topic using the Internet and other sources. You should use English sources as much as possible. Write down the exact website of every Internet site that you use and the date that you read the page. If you use books and magazines then you need to write down all the bibliographical information such as title, author, date published, place published, edition etc.
After you have researched the essay, plan your ideas according to the instructions below.
Stage Two: Essay Planning
Your essay plan must state the thesis statement clearly. For each paragraph you must write the complete topic sentence and then in notes write which supporting information you will use. You also need to show where you found the supporting information. Use the essay plan template on the reverse of this sheet.
Stage Three: Essay Writing
Referencing:
All reference to information from sources such as books, magazines and any Internet sources must have an accompanying in-text citation and must also be included in a reference list (bibliography) at the end of the essay with all the details about the source. Failure to reference outside sources could lead to a fail mark being awarded.
NB See next page for how to write your detailed essay plan. Do not use this actual sheet though as there is not enough space!
Introduction
Body Paragraph 1
? Topic Sentence:
? Support a:
o Reference a:
? Support b:
o Reference b
Body Paragraph 2
? Topic Sentence:
? Support a:
o Reference a:
? Support b:
o Reference b
Body Paragraph 3
? Topic Sentence:#p#分頁標題#e#
? Support a:
o Reference a:
? Support b:
o Reference b
Body Paragraph 4
? Topic Sentence:
? Support a:
o Reference a:
? Support b:
o Reference b
Etc.
Conclusion
Bibliography
Regulations regarding late submission of assessed work
We divide late submission into two categories: late with good cause – a student has a good reason for submitting their work late and late without good cause – there is no good reason.
Late with good cause
If you have a health or personal problem which means that you cannot submit your work on time, you can be given an authorised extension. You should contact the module leader or the programme coordinator before the submission deadline and you will need to provide evidence of the reason for needing additional time. The module leader will ask you to complete an extension request form and will then decide whether to give you a short extension of 1-10 days or in some cases, to allow you to submit the work later.
Please note that extensions will not normally be granted for problems with computers or printers, so make sure you make copies of everything you write and save all your tasks in more than one place. Don’t keep everything on one computer or one disk, if the computer crashes or you lose the disk you will lose everything and have to start again or risk failing the module.
Late without good cause
If you submit an assignment late and without an authorised extension, your tutor will record how late it is and you will be penalised accordingly.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PENALITIES FOR UNAUTHORISED LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSED WORK
Up to 5 days late - maximum mark = 40%
More than 5 days late - 0%
In the case of failure to attend for oral or aural assessment, you must contact the UCLan module tutor as soon as possible. If you do not contact the tutor before a test which you miss, you will be awarded 0% for that component.
Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
Academic honesty means giving other people credit for the work they have done. When you are writing assignments we expect you to read what other people have written and sometimes we expect you to use other people's ideas and words in your work. Whenever you do this, you must say clearly whose work you are using and give some details of that work so that other people can find it if they want to read it too. If you use work which somebody else has written and pretend that it is your own, or simply forget to say where the words or ideas came from, we call this 'plagiarism'.
There are 3 other ways in which students sometimes use unfair means to get higher marks than they deserve. These are cheating in exams, copying another student’s work and collusion (asking someone such as another teacher or a friend to help you with your assessed work). If a student is caught cheating in an examination or is found to have copied another student’s work or is found to be guilty of collusion, the same penalties apply as in cases of plagiarism. You should also remember that if you permit another student to copy your work, you will be penalised too as you have consented to this unfair action.#p#分頁標題#e#
If a tutor suspects there has been plagiarism, we follow the process illustrated in the students’ handbook. Please read the handbook for more details.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PENALTIES FOR PLAGIARISM
UCLan takes plagiarism very seriously and the penalties are severe:
Warning student gets an official warning and is reassessed on the offence: assignment. The maximum assignment mark is 40%
1st offence: student gets an official warning & is reassessed on the assignment. The maximum module mark = 40%
2nd offence: student fails the module with no opportunity for reassessment in the current year. Module mark = 0%
Study and Communication: Indicative Scheme of Work
Session
Topic & Tasks
Materials & Homework
1
Introduction to Study Skills
? Module information
? Workshop: introductory activities
? S&C handout 1
? SESSION 01 handout
H/W
? Finish activities on handout
2
? Review of homework
Setup Portfolios
? Introduction to the portfolio
? Introduction to learning logs
? Introduction to skills analysis and independent learning
Learning styles & time management
? Workshop
? Learning log & personal skills assessment handout
? Learning about thinking handout
? Time management handout
H/W
? Setup portfolio folders
? Write learning logs for Weeks 1 & 2
? Complete Personal Skills Assessment
? Continue Time Management work from class
3
Consolidation
? Check status of portfolios
? Review of homework
Note-taking
? Introduce SQ3R for reading and note-taking
? Portfolios
? Personal skills assessment
? Time management handout
? SQ3R worksheets (introduce in class then finish for h/w)
4
Consolidation
? Check portfolios & homework
? Continue & complete SQ3R
? Portfolios
? SQ3R worksheets
5
Academic Writing
Unit 4 Oshima & Hogue’s Introduction to Academic Writing p.68-74: Brainstorming, Parts of a Paragraph, Topic Sentence, Writing Practice
? Academic writing handout ‘Oshima & Hogue: Introduction to Academic Writing’ (complete writing exercises for homework)
6
? Spotcheck of h/w
? Oshima & Hogue p75-84: Supporting Sentences, Concluding Sentence, Concluding Comment.
? Oshima & Hogue (complete writing exercises for homework)
7
? Spotcheck of h/w
? Oshima & Hogue Unit 5 p91-98: Independent Clauses, Dependent Clauses/Complex Sentences, Complex Sentences with Adverb Clauses (relative clauses), Sentence Combining.
? Oshima & Hogue (complete writing exercises for homework)
8
? Unit 5 p98-111: Paragraph Unity, Coherence, Transition Signals, Consistent Pronouns.#p#分頁標題#e#
? Oshima & Hogue (complete writing exercises for homework)
9
? Unit 6 p115-126: Essay Organisation, Introductory Paragraph, Body Paragraphs,
? Oshima & Hogue (complete writing exercises for homework)
Concluding Paragraphs, Transitions between Paragraphs.
10
? Unit 6 p126-131: Outlining an Essay, Model Essay.
? Oshima & Hogue (complete writing exercises for homework)
? MIP’s essay assessment information (prepare plan for homework)
11
Referencing
? Referencing lecture. Review assessed essay title.
? Review referencing
? Essay planning
12
? Referencing continued– in-text citation & bibliographies
? Review referencing
? Essay planning
13
Essay Tutorials
? Individual essay plan tutorials / unsupervised reading and note-taking practice in class.
? Essay planning
14
Reading & Note-taking Test 1
? Reading & Note-taking test (45mins).
Essay Tutorials
? Individual essay plan tutorials.
? Essay planning
15
Submission of Assessed Work
Submit portfolio and essay plan
? Submit semester 1 portfolio
? Submit essay plan
16
Essay Plan Feedback Tutorials
? Teacher feedback on essay plans
? Assessed essay to be completed over vacation
? Spring Festival portfolio to be complete over vacation
Semester 2
1
Semester 1 Portfolio Review
Feedback on S1 portfolios
Set-up S2 portfolios
Discuss teaching and assessment plan
? Hand in assessed essay
? Return marked portfolios with feedback
2
Listening & Note-taking (handout & practice)
? Practice note-taking and include copies of notes in portfolio
3
Listening & Note-taking (handout & practice)
? Practice note-taking and include copies of notes in portfolio
4
Listening & Note-taking (handout & practice)
? Practice note-taking and include copies of notes in portfolio
5
Listening & Note-taking Test
6
Lecture/Workshop: Report Writing vs Essay writing (1)
?
7
Lecture/Workshop: Report Writing vs Essay Writing (2)
? Finish writing exercises
8
Report Writing Workshop: Introduction
? Finish writing exercises
9
Report Writing Worshop: Presenting your findings
? Finish writing exercises
10
Report Writing Workshop: Presenting Conclusions
? Finish writing exercises
11
Report Writing Workshop: Making Recommendations
? Finish writing exercises
12
Lecture: Giving Presentations
?
13
Presentations Workshop (1)
?
14
http://www.ttc-switch.com/Thesis_Writing/Marketing/#p#分頁標題#e#Presentations Workshop (2)
?
15
Semester Review
? Submit Semester 2 Portfolios
16
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