FOIS202 – Writing Skills
Module code
FOIS202
Module title
Writing Skills
Prescription
The aim of the module is to provide students with learning experiences which will help them develop reading and writing strategies necessary for successful study at tertiary level.
NZQA Level
Level 2
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Directed hours
- 100
- Self directed hours
- 50
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Produce transactional written text (i.e. writing that is intended to convey factual information or to argue the validity of a point of view with objective evidence)
2. Develop ideas logically, in sequence and support them with relevant details and/or examples.
3. Demonstrate the appropriate use of conventions of writing for tertiary purposes
4. Proof read and edit writing, with guidance, to reach publication standard
5. Demonstrate basic literacy skills in reading and writing
6. Write complete sentences, and coherent paragraphs with minimal errors in spelling and grammar
7. Use reading strategies appropriate to the text
8. Read a variety of texts to gain knowledge
9. Identify key words in assignment questions/topic
10. Use mind mapping/brainstorming techniques to plan pieces of writing
11. With guidance, locate, use and correctly reference up to date information to support own writing
12. With guidance, use in-text referencing and compile reference lists according to APA formatting - Content
- - Literacy skills
- Reading strategies
- Topic Sentences
- Paraphrasing
- Report Writing
- Review Writing
- Sentence Structure
- Paragraph Structure
- Written Summaries
- Essay Writing
- Short Answer Writing
- Planning, mind mapping, brainstorming
- Understanding questions
- Researching information
- Written responses to texts
- APA referencing
- Writing to publication standards
- Editing strategies: spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, coherence, uniformity
- Letter writing
- Writing: Speech, feature
- Writing: informative, persuasive, expository - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Lecture/Tutorial
Written tasks
Group/class discussions/activities
Reading and writing exercises - Assessment Criteria
- This module is mixed mode assessment based (GM3).
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- The list will be updated annually and distributed to students at commencement of the programme.
