This Unit is archived with an end date of 23/09/2020

Overview

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Academic contacts

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Offerings

DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2020-ONGOING

DUBAI-ISC-TMD-INT-2019-2019

DUBAI-ISC-TMD-INT-2020-ONGOING

DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2019-2019

DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2020-ONGOING

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate an understanding of the various oral and written skills necessary to
communicate in English in an academic and workplace context;

2.

Demonstrate an understanding of discourse grammar and structures underlying a range of contexts;

3.

Demonstrate an understanding of the key features and values of a western tertiary education system reflected in English language practices;

4.

Produce a variety of oral and written texts;

5.

Critically analyse authentic texts in English, including assessment tasks, relevant to an academic and professional context;

6.

Successfully engage in an academic and simulated professional context with appropriate communication and interactional strategies.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

·         Introduction

o    Outlining aims, assessment and expectations

o    Expressing agreement/disagreement

o    Comparative structures

o    Subject verb agreement

o    Question forms

·         Business:

o    Subordinating/Correlative conjunctions

o    Making comparisons

o    Articles

o    Prepositions of place/time

o    Making plans

o    Phrasal verbs

·         Information Technology:

o    Verb forms (gerund vs infinitive)

o    Gerund phrases

o    Modal verbs (ability/possibility/advice/permission

o    Hedging language

o    Creating rules

·         Communication discipline:

o    Conditional clauses (1st/2nd/3rd/zero/mixed)

o    Expressing dreams/regret/ hypothetical situations

o    Reported speech/ reporting information

o    Embedded questions

o    Polite questioning

·         Psychology

o    Relative clauses

o    Appositive phrases

o    Sentence reduction

o    Active vs passive voice

o    Participle clauses

o    Expressing cause and effect

o    Nominalisation

Other notes:

To undertake study in this unit, students will need internet access for accessing the Learning Management System which will contain online material (assessment and supplementary material) used for this unit.