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Sample subject outline - 12 Week Teaching Period - 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

this unit provides assistance to international students to upgrade your English proficiency level to meet university entry requirements for QUT Degree and Post-Graduate programs.

Aims

The aims of the EAP unit are to:

(a) assist you to upgrade your Engligh proficiency level in speaking, listening, reading and writing to meet university entry requirements.

(b) prepare you for independent study and to familiarise you with an Australian academic context.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this unit, you should be able to speak, listen, read and write in academic contexts.

In particular you should be able to:

• Organise and deliver an oral presentation;
  
• Research and write formal essays;
  
• Listen and read in academic contexts.

Content

The unit consists of the following integrated modules:

1. Academic reading and note taking;
   
2. Academic writing;
   
3. Listening and note taking from lectures;
   
4. Speaking in an academic setting, including seminar presentations;
   
5. Study Skills
   
6. Assignment preparation and Internet research skills;
   
7. Library research skills.

   Approaches to Teaching and Learning

   Proficiency is developed through the presentation and practice of relevant topics, genres, structures and vocabulary. Content knowledge and skills are developed in small classes through interactive, task based, student centred activities and simulated academic contexts.

   Assessment

   Weeks 1-7
   

   • Writing portfolio items
     
   • Reading examinations
     
   • Listening examination 1
   
   
   Weeks 8-10
   
   • Assignment (800 words)
     
   • Oral Presentations
     
   • Reading examination 2
     
   • Reading examination 3
     
   • Listening examination 2
     
   • In-class Essay 1 and In-Class Essay 2
   
   
   Totals
   Writing 35%
   Reading 30%
   Speaking 15%
   Listening 20%

   Assessment name: Writing Examinations
   Description: Examination
   Relates to objectives: NA
   Weight: 35%
   Internal or external: Internal
   Group or individual: Individual
   Due date: Various
   

   Assessment name: Reading Examinations
   Description: Examination
   Relates to objectives: NA
   Weight: 30%
   Internal or external: Internal
   Group or individual: Individual
   Due date: Various
   

   Assessment name: Speaking Examination
   Description: Group Presentation.
   Relates to objectives: NA
   Weight: 15%
   Internal or external: Internal
   Group or individual: Group
   Due date: Various
   

   Assessment name: Listening Examinations
   Description: Examination
   Relates to objectives: NA
   Weight: 20%
   Internal or external: Internal
   Group or individual: Individual
   Due date: Various
   

   Academic Honesty

   QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

   A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

   Resource materials

   A comprehensive range of resources is used throughout the unit. A range of QUT International College publications are provided to students. You are not required to purchase any specific unit text. It is expected, however, that you will have your own monolingual (English-English) dictionary. Some key titles used in the unit include:
   
   AuthorGardner, P.S.
   TitleNew Directions: An Integrated Approach to Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking
   Year1998
   PublisherCambridge University Press
   
   AuthorGlendinning, E.H. and B. Holmstrom
   TitleStudy Reading: A Course in Reading Skills for Academic Purposes
   Year2004
   PublisherCambridge University Press
   Edition2nd
   
   AuthorJordan, R.R.
   TitleAcademic Writing Course: Study Skills in English
   Year1999
   PublisherPearson Education Limited
   Edition3rd
   
   AuthorLe Bauer, R.S.
   TitleLearn to Listen, Listen to Learn
   Year2000
   PublisherPrentice Hall Regents
   Edition2nd
   
   AuthorAnderson, K, J.MacClean and T. Lynch
   TitleStudy Speaking: A Course in Spoken English for Academic Purposes
   Year2004
   PublisherCambridge University Press
   Edition2nd
   
   AuthorMikulecky, B.S. and L. Jeffries
   TitleMore Reading Power
   Year2004
   PublisherPearson Education Inc.
   Edition2nd
   
   AuthorOshima, A. and A. Hogue
   TitleWriting Academic English
   Year1999
   PublisherAddison Wesley Longman
   Edition3rd
   
   AuthorRost, M. ed.
   TitleContemporary Topics: Listening and Note Taking Skills
   Year2002
   PublisherPearson Education Inc.
   Edition2nd
   
   AuthorWholey, M.L. and M. Henein
   TitleReading Matters 3: An Interactive Approached to Reading
   Year2001
   PublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.

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   Risk assessment statement

   There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

   Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

   Last modified: 18-Mar-2013