CU1000 - English for Academic Purposes
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
Available to Diploma of Higher Education - Business Studies & Information Technology Majors offered at JCU Singapore students only.
This subject will inculcate effective habits and patterns of academic study and successfully engage students in a comprehensive overview of faculty expectations in terms of academic work and in-class participation. The focus of the subject, therefore, is on developing English language and study skills required for developing the critical reading and thinking strategies that academic writing requires in university study. The students will be given guided practice structuring their essays to be reader-centric rather than for self expression. The need for citation and referencing will also be taught so as to acknowledge the work of others. Reading skills will be developed for the purpose of extracting relevant information from resources in order to produce informed essays of substance. Five skills will be built upon namely: essay writing; report writing; oral presentations; listening and note-taking; academic reading.
Learning Outcomes
- analyse essay topics and compose academic essays using appropriate language skills and strategies;
- apply appropriate strategies such as paraphrasing, synthesising and referencing, thus avoiding plagiarism;
- identify key points in academic texts and utilise the information or data acquired in fulfilling written and oral tasks;
- plan and deliver effective oral presentations in an academic setting;
- listen and take notes effectively in a lecture setting.
Availabilities | |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 06-Apr-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Janelle Rose, Ms Pamela Arumynathan. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (20%); participation in class activities (part of portfolio) (10%); essays (30%); assignments (20%); listening test (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 10-Aug-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Janelle Rose, Ms Pamela Arumynathan. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (20%); participation in class activities (part of portfolio) (10%); essays (30%); assignments (20%); listening test (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 07-Dec-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Janelle Rose, Ms Pamela Arumynathan. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (20%); participation in class activities (part of portfolio) (10%); essays (30%); assignments (20%); listening test (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.