FS0100 - English Fundamentals 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2019
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
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This subject is designed to provide students with academic skills required to improve writing, speaking, reading and listening. The subject is designed for students who have basic knowledge in expressing their ideas in an academic structure. Through this subject, they will enhance their abilities to write, speak, listen and read as the contents include rephrasing, crediting the source, essay structures and organisation, presentation skills and learning and reading techniques.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate the ability to write and speak using proper grammar and vocabulary;
• analyse and write a literary analysis exploring themes, characters and plots of a given text or movie;
• assess information critically to deliver a news presentation using the Cause & Effect or Compare & Contrast essay models;
• comprehend and analyse given text;
• extract pertinent information from given text to write a summary.

Prerequisites:

5.5 IELTS Equivalence

Availabilities
JCU Singapore, , Study Period 51
Census Date 11-Apr-2019
Contact hours:	36 hours - 3 hrs per week over 12 weeks 24 hours - 2 hrs per week over 12 weeks 12 hours - Consultation/Review - 1 hr per week over 12 weeks
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (10%); presentations (10%); movie/book review (20%); grammar quiz in weeks 3 and 8 (10%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
JCU Singapore, , Study Period 52
Census Date 08-Aug-2019
Contact hours:	36 hours - 3 hrs per week for 12 weeks 24 hours - 2 hrs per week for 12 weeks 12 hours - Consultation/Review - 1 hr per week over 12 weeks
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (10%); presentations (10%); movie/book review (20%); grammar quiz in weeks 3 and 8 (10%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
JCU Singapore, , Study Period 53
Census Date 05-Dec-2019
Contact hours:	36 hours - 3 hrs per week over 12 weeks 24 hours - 2 hrs per week over 12 weeks 12 hours - Consultation/Review - 1 hr per week over 12 weeks
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (10%); presentations (10%); movie/book review (20%); grammar quiz in weeks 3 and 8 (10%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

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.