| CODE | ENG4062 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Writing Skills for Postgraduate Students in the Humanities | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | English | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit is designed to address possible problems of English proficiency at postgraduate level; provide language support useful to students' postgraduate studies; improve students’ written fluency and accuracy specific to academic discourse necessary at this level. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to improve students' level of proficiency in English and their ability to pitch their writing to an academic audience, as well as to help them acquire a writing style appropriate for this level. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Review existing basic knowledge of the structure of English; • Identify and correct errors in their own writing; • Review their basic text organisation strategies; • Summarise and paraphrase scholarly articles; • Identify diverse conceptual structures; • Discern characteristics specific to academic discourse; • Identify relevant referencing styles. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Edit their own writing; • Use cohesive devices to link paragraphs/ideas throughout an extended piece of writing; • Improve summary and paraphrasing skills; • Demonstrate appropriate conceptual structures; • Use appropriate referencing styles. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Students will be given a comprehensive study pack at the start of the study-unit. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Patricia Vella Briffa |
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