FS0300 - Academic Communications 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2018
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	Division of Tropical Environments & Societies

This subject is designed for students who have basic knowledge in expressing their ideas in an academic setting. Through this subject, students will learn to listen, speak, read and write in English to communicate effectively at a university level. In this subject, students are guided in their reading of academic, media and literary texts. The structures of texts are explained; vocabulary is clarified, and students are required to engage with the texts and find the key ideas, arguments and information. Students discuss the concepts and ideas using the new vocabulary. Students are given practice in writing up these ideas and information in a summary task; in a news presentation and in a review task. Students learn about themes; characters; plots, and devices of literary texts.

Learning Outcomes

• write and speak communicatively at a university level, using appropriate grammar and vocabulary;
• analyse and write a literary analysis exploring themes, characters and plots of a given text;
• assess information critically to deliver a news presentation;
• comprehend and analyse a given text;
• extract pertinent information from a given text to write a summary;
• demonstrate the ability to listen to oral information and interpret it accurately.

Assumed Knowledge:

Students will have basic knowledge in expressing their ideas in an academic setting.

Availabilities
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coordinator:	Ms Barbara Carter
Lecturer:	jc248054.
Contact hours:	65 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (10%); presentations (10%); listening quiz (15%); assignments (15%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2018
Coordinator:	Ms Barbara Carter
Lecturer:	jc248054.
Contact hours:	65 hours lectures
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (10%); presentations (10%); listening quiz (15%); assignments (15%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

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