ES5000

ES5000 - Basic Level Writing

This module is the first level of the Graduate English Course to which international graduate students from non-English medium universities may be channelled, depending on their results in the Diagnostic English Test.

It is a 48 hour module taught over 12 weeks with 2 two-hour tutorials per week.

The module aims to help graduate students from non-English speaking countries enhance their basic academic language competence in writing and reading and acquire a wider academic vocabulary.

Objectives

At the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • minimise basic grammar errors in their writing;
  • use a wider academic vocabulary
  • write well-structured paragraphs using specific organisational patterns;
  • write well-organised texts in response to research issues; and
  • use common reading techniques to comprehend academic texts.

Assessment

  • Continuous Assessment 50%
  • Final Examination 50%

Prerequisites

Only students who have taken the Diagnostic English Test and received a ‘Band 1’ result are allowed to take this module.

Preclusions

None

Modular Credits

Nil

Workload

0-4-0-2-2