LANG470 – Introduction to Reading and Writing
Module code
LANG470
Module title
Introduction to Reading and Writing
Prescription
Students will be introduced to the reading and writing skills required to communicate independently and effectively in familiar and some less familiar situations with fluency and flexibility in academic settings.
Programmes
- EL2104
NZQA Level
Level 4
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: Locate and process main ideas and supporting details in moderately complex academic texts
LO2: Write a text under test conditions in English for an academic purpose - Content
- • Identify main ideas and supporting details of moderately complex written academic texts
• Apply reading strategies
• Respond to ideas in moderately complex written academic texts
• Identify and summarise arguments and information
• Deduce meaning of new vocabulary from context and word parts
• Make notes from written academic texts
• Analyse essay questions
• Identify and produce academic writing in different genres (e.g. argument, problem-solution essays)
• Write clear introductions and conclusions
• Write structured academic paragraphs with clear topic sentences
• Define and identify instances of plagiarism
• Follow basic referencing conventions (e.g. in-text citations, reporting verbs , reference list)
• Use punctuation appropriate to the academic context (e.g. quotation marks, italicising, brackets, colons and semi-colons)
• Use a range of simple, compound and complex sentence structures
• A range of specialised vocabulary relevant to the academic and/or professional field
• Read extensive texts
• New General Service List, first 2500 words; New Academic Word List - 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 - Learning and Teaching Resource
- • Moodle
• Online facilitator
• Scenarios and simulations (may be used)
• Online resources
• Library including resources
• E-textbook - Assessment Criteria
- In order to pass a course, students must:
• Meet all course learning outcomes
• Pass all summative assessments
• Achieve all unit standards **
• Attend at least 85% of scheduled classes (On campus)
**Unit standard 22751 is partially assessed and awarded in course LANG472.
