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Interactive English: Production
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The course develops the speaking and writing skills of students in the academic setting. Thus said, at the end of the course, the students must be those who:
(a) Genuinely recognize the role and importance of speaking and writing in the academia;
(b) Adequately address issues in their field of expertise by means of spoken and written communication;
(c) Progressively develop an academic paper on a specific issue that is of interest to them;
(d) Eloquently deliver an academic lecture in relation to the paper they have written; and
(e) Efficiently organize an academic discussion/forum on a specific theme.
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The course focuses on the speaking and writing skills of students in the academic setting. It enhances their critical thinking skills required in academic speaking and writing, most especially in communicating within their own academic community. The course will progress from writing an academic paper to delivering a lecture to putting up an academic discussion/forum. Needless to say, the course takes an English-for-academic-purposes (EAP) approach.
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Academic speaking, academic writing, English for academic purposes
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1. Introduction to the course 2. Introduction to English for academic purposes 3. Spontaneous speeches 4. Academic lecture 5. Panel discussion
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Every anticipated learner attribute, expected learning outcome, and directed course objective have corresponding gradable outputs; these attributes, outcomes, and objectives are achieved progressively and outputs submitted over the course of time. Accordingly, every required output is given a grade allotment commensurate to its intellectual difficulty and preparatory burden and time:
Spontaneous speeches -- 30% Academic lecture -- 30% Panel discussion -- 30% English Language Center (ELC) tasks -- 10%
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It is expected that students will diligently accomplish tasks that need to be done beyond the classroom hours to be able to complete the paper and deliver the presentation on time.
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It is expected that students will diligently accomplish tasks that need to be done beyond the classroom hours to be able to complete the paper and deliver the presentation on time.
Students are to submit their due requirements on the specified time period, and never beyond. (Prompt) submission of a requirement will not necessarily result in a passing assessment to that requirement. Needless to say, a requirement submitted – even on time – could still merit a failing assessment, if deemed appropriate by the instructor.
All requirements submitted should be the students’ own. Any references used in the requirement submitted must be properly documented following The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2009). A student caught plagiarizing will be given a failing assessment in the requirement in question in particular and/or the course as a whole.
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Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills (3rd ed.)
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John M. Swales & Christine B. Feak
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The University of Michigan Press
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2012
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