LANG320 – Introduction to Reading and Writing
Module code
LANG320
Module title
Introduction to Reading and Writing
Prescription
Students will be introduced to the reading and writing skills required to participate with increasing independence and fluency in academic, community and/or employment English language contexts.
Programmes
- EL2113
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
LO1: Respond to the main point and some specific details in a moderately complex text relating to reasonably familiar topics relevant to the applied context.
LO2: Write a connected text on a reasonably familiar topic relevant to the applied context. - Content
- • Making notes from a reading
• Planning and writing a for and against essay
• Skimming and scanning
• Identifying topic sentences
• Organising a paragraph
• Using topic sentences
• Writing biographical profiles
• Writing cover letters and CVs
• Summarising a text
• Scanning for specific information
• Describing charts and tables
• Writing a report
• Identifying main ideas and genres of text
• Planning an essay
• Writing opinion essays
• Evaluating arguments
• Referencing in texts
• Predicting, skimming and scanning
• Inferring bias
• New General Service List, first 2000 words - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- May include:
• Experiential and task-based learning
• Online activities
• Group/collaborative projects Downloadable pre-recorded lectures
• Online forums and discussion groups
• Presentations with or without voice-over
• Worksheets and other directed tasks Demonstrations
• Role plays
• Cultural awareness activities - Assessment Criteria
- In order to pass a course, students must:
• Meet all course learning outcomes
• Pass all summative assessments
• Attend at least 85% of scheduled classes (On campus) - Learning and Teaching Resource
- • Moodle
• Online facilitator
• Scenarios and simulations (may be used)
• Online resources
• Library including resources
• E-textbook
