《學術英語II-Academic English II》課程教學大綱

SyllabusofMathematicsandAppliedMathematicsatHaideCollege

AcademicEnglishII

Description

ThecoursefocusesonAcademicEnglishattheIntermediatelevelbasedaroundthetextbookPathwaystoAcademicSuccess:Foundation.Thiscoursecoversarangeoflearningoutcomes,IELTSoutcomesandkeygenericskillsthatareprogressivelyreviewedoveravarietyofmultidisciplinaryassessmenttasks.Thecourselastsfor160hoursintotal,thatis,10hoursperweekin16weeks.

Pre-requisites

ThestudentsEnglishlevelisaround5.0-5.5IELTS,thatisattheIntermediateEnglishlevel.

IntendedLearningOutcomes

Aftersuccessfullycompletingthiscourse,studentswillbeableto:

Area

Outcomes

Speaking

Participateandcontributeingroup,pairandwholeclassdiscussion

Uselanguageforagreementanddisagreement

Usepersuasivelanguage

Usedescriptivelanguage

Demonstratedebatingskills

Deliveranoralpresentation

Useformalandinformallanguageincontext

Listening

Identifymainpointsandspecificinformation

Recognisefactandopinion

Reading

Predictmaintopicofatextbylookingatheadlines,skimmingandscanninginformation

Identifymainideas

Infermeaningfromcontext

Predictmeaningofwordsfromcontext

Identifyorderofeventsbyrecognisingsequencinginatext

Makecomparisonsacrosstexts

Writing

Composepersuasive,descriptiveandreflectiveparagraphs

Planandcomposeapersuasiveessay

Constructconcisenotes

VocabularyandGrammar

Developvocabularyrelatedtostudytopics

Usepresentperfect,perfectpresent,pastandfuturesimpletenses

Usecollocationsincontext

Useconnectivesandconjunctions

Demonstrateanunderstandingofprepositionalidiomsandidiomaticphrases

Useverbs,adverbsandadjectivesinvariouscontexts

Usesynonymsandantonyms

LearningSchedule

Week

Topic

CloudcampusandTextbookFocus

Assessment

Week1

Unit6Journeys

(PartsA&B)

pp.105-113

·Vocabularytodescribeajourney

-Practicepronunciation

-Writeaparagraphaboutajourney

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Practicenotetakingskills

-Grammar-collocations

Formative(on-going)assessmentthroughoutthesemester:

?Attendance(5%

?ParticipationonCloudcampus(10%)

?Participationin-classand

Homework(10%)

Week2

Unit6Journeys

(PartsC&D)

pp.113-122

Usepersuasivelanguageanddevices

-Practicereadingstrategies

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Writeanewsreport

-Planandwriteapersuasiveessay

-Groupproject鈥designatravelbrochure

-Expressopinionusingrelevantsupporting

points

Week3

Unit6Journeys

(PartE)

pp.122-124

Unit7SportandLeisure

(PartA)

pp.125-131

Participateininformalconversation

-Summarisesurveydata

-Evaluatereliabilityofdata

-Writeawell-organisedparagraph

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Expressopinion

-Grammar-pastsimple,presentperfectand

pastperfecttenses

Week4

Unit7SportandLeisure

(PartsB&C)

pp.131-136

Vocabularydevelopment

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Writeanopinionparagraph

-Writeasummary

-Participateingroupdiscussion

-Grammar-prepositionalidioms,connectives,

cohesion

Week5

Unit7SportandLeisure

(PartsD&E)

pp.136-148

textsincludingpoems

-Understandmeaningandusesofjargon

-Practicepronunciation

-Writeaparagraph

-Grammar-conjunctions

-Punctuation-commas

SpeakingTest

(grouppresentation)

–apartofmiddleofsemester(MOS)exams

Week6

-Unit8Languageand

Culture(PartsA&B)

pp.149-162

Vocabularydevelopment:influenceofLatin,

French,GreekandShakespeareEnglish

-Usebasicresearchskillstofindinformation

-Workonagroupproject

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Writeresponsestoshortanswerquestions

-Participateinclassdiscussion

-Expressopinion

Week7

Unit8Languageand

Culture(PartsC&D)

pp.163-171

Vocabularydevelopment:slang,influenceofindigenouswordsonAustralianvocabulary

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Grammar-functionandmeaningofsimilar

soundingwords

Week8

Unit8Languageand

Culture(PartE)

pp.171-172

Pronunciation-wordemphasis

-Punctuation--comma

-Paragraphwritingreview

-Essaywritingreview

MiddleofSemester(MOS)Exam(25%)

Week9

-Unit9TheNatural

World(PartA)

pp.173-178

Vocabularydevelopmentrelatedtoclimatechange

-Practicenotetakingskills

-Describeaphotousingclimatechangevocab.

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Basicresearchonanendangeredspecies

-Writeanoutlineforanoralpresentation

Week10

Unit9TheNatural

World(PartsB&C)

pp.179-185

Deliveranoralpresentationonanendangeredspecies

-Usesignpostinglanguageinanoral

presentation

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Userelevantevidencetostrengthenand

supportmainideasinwrittenandoraltexts

-Participateingroupdiscussion

-Collaborativegroupwork:produceaposter

Week11

Unit9TheNatural

World(PartsD&E)

pp.179-185

-Practicereadingcomprehension

-Vocabulary--persuasivelanguage

-Usepersuasivedevicesinwrittentext

-Writeapersuasiveessay

-Writeaparagraph

Week12

Unit10Self-evaluation

andtesting(PartC)

p.194

-Practicespeaking:acurrentissueinthenews,

futureoftheplanetearth,apersonaljourneyor

experience

-Prepareandgiveanimpromptuspeech:receive

formativefeedbackfromteacherandpeers.

-Usetransitionsignalsinspeech

-Grammar-verbs,presenttense,futuretense,

pasttense

SpeakingTest(individualassessment–apartofEndofSemester(EOS)exams

Week13

Unit10Self-evaluation

andtesting(PartsA&B)

pp.190-193

-Practicereadingcomprehensi