| CODE | ENG1062 | ||||||
| TITLE | English Proficiency | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for English Language Proficiency | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit is designed to address problems of English proficiency at undergraduate level; provide language support that may be useful to the students' undergraduate studies; improve written and spoken grammar accuracy. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to improve the students' level of proficiency in English. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - broaden their range of sentence structure varying in complexity; - improve their knowledge of the structure of English; - work with a variety of text types; - review their basic organisational strategies; - discern the subtleties and effectiveness of punctuation; - identify the function of, and write effective, topic sentences; - identify and correct errors in their own writing. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - write a text using a variety of complex sentence patterns; - use appropriate verb tense according to section type; - punctuate accurately and effectively; - use cohesive devices to link paragraphs, and ideas throughout a piece of writing - improve note-taking and paraphrasing skills; - write effective topic sentences and appropriate supporting sentences; - edit their own writing. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Students will be made aware of resource material they can make use of individually to improve their grasp of the language on an ongoing basis. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Larissa Jonk Jean Theuma |
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