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Curricular information is subject to change
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand information encountered in conversations at university and academic lectures - Apply different reading skills and strategies - Make effective notes during a lecture and when reading academic texts and use notes to
summarise information - Produce short written texts on topics of personal and general academic interest (e.g. an
email, an opinion essay, a report on data) - Participate in group discussions and deliver short presentations on topics of social and
academic interest - Use appropriate language for different functional purposes - Use effective strategies to enhance their language knowledge and skills
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 0 |
Small Group | 120 |
Specified Learning Activities | 60 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Total | 220 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Exam (In-person): Reading exam (mid-term and final) | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
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Group Work Assignment: Group Discussion -- students will be graded individually for their contribution to a group discussion (evaluating solutions to a problem related to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals). | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
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Exam (In-person): Writing -- Timed argument essay based on topic addressed during the semester (related to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals). | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
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Exam (In-person): Listening exam (mid-term and final exam) | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Dr Stephen Kelly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |