EL0009 EAP Foundation Course

Part I Course Duration : 72 Hours Credit Units: 0 Level: AD Medium of Instruction: English Prerequisite(s) : Grade F or below in HKASL Use of English or Grade 2 in HKDSE Precursors(s) : Nil Equivalent Course(s) : NA Exclusive Course(s) : NA Coursework Assessment: 50% End of course examination: 50% Part II Course Aims: This course aims to: provide a bridge to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) enhance students’ proficiency in reading and writing in an academic context to a level benchmarked against international standards develop students’ proficiency in sharing their understanding of reading texts and interacting in a reading group Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs) Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: No. CILOs 1 demonstrate an appropriate reading ability, benchmarked against international standards,  to interpret the content of a range of authentic texts in a university setting 2 communicate their understanding of reading texts in a reading group 3 recognise a range of lexical and grammatical structures and syntax, and text types 4 express their intended meaning in short texts demonstrating a level of writing competence benchmarked against international standards Teaching and learning Activities (TLAs) (Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course) CILO No. TLAs 1 Apply appropriate reading strategies, such as finding main ideas, scanning etc, to comprehend a range of academic and non academic texts   2 discuss language and cultural topics with expert English-speaking members in a reading group 3 use online resources to support their learning of grammar and sentence structures 1,3 analyse the use of grammar and discourse in a range of texts and evaluate the author’s purpose 3 refer to text clues to guess the meaning of difficult words 3 use online resources to find out the meaning of difficult words 4 practise writing short connected texts on familiar topics 4 self-edit and peer-edit during writing practice 4 receive and give feedback on their own or peer’s written work Assessment Tasks/Activities(ATs) (Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course) This course will be 50% assessed by coursework and three assessment tasks, and 50% assessed by an end-of-course examination. Students are expected to fulfil 80% attendance for each of the THREE components of the course, namely classroom tutorials, reading groups and online language learning activities. i) Assessment One: Writing a short text (20%) Task Description This task consists of two drafts. In part I, students will write a short text of about 450 words. Feedback will be given on how to improve the text. This task is worth 5% of the total mark for the course. In part II, students will submit a revised version of the short text. This task is worth 15% of the total mark for the course. CILOs Assessed recognise a range of lexical-grammatical structures and syntax, and text types (CILO3) express their intended meaning in short texts demonstrating a level of writing competence benchmarked against international standards (CILO 4) ii) Assessment Two: Reading Group Activities (15%) Task Description Students need to complete a number of activities for the reading group satisfactorily. CILOs Assessed This task assesses the students’ ability to: communicate their understanding of reading texts in a reading group (CILO2) iii) Assessment Three: Online language tasks (15%) Task Description Students will complete a number of language learning tasks online in the workshops. CILOs Assessed This task assesses the students’ ability to: demonstrate an appropriate reading ability, benchmarked against international standards, to interpret the content of a range of authentic texts in a university setting (CILO 1) recognise a range of lexical-grammatical structures and syntax, and text types (CILO 3) express their intended meaning in short texts demonstrating a level of writing competence benchmarked against international standards (CILO 4) iv) Assessment Four: End-of-Course Exam: Reading and writing (50%) This task consists of 2 parts. In part 1, students will answer a range of questions based on one or more short reading passages. CILOs Assessed demonstrate an appropriate reading ability, benchmarked against international standards, to interpret the content of a range of authentic texts in a university setting (CILO 1) recognise a range of lexical-grammatical structures and syntax, and text types (CILO 3) In part II, students will write a short text to fulfil a writing purpose. CILOs Assessed recognise a range of lexical-grammatical structures and syntax, and text types (CILO3) express their intended meaning in short texts demonstrating a level of writing competence benchmarked against international standards (CILO 4) Grading of Student Achievement : Refer to Grading of Courses in the Academic Regulations (Attachment) and to the Explanatory Notes. Pass / Fail Part III Keyword Syllabus Reading, Writing, Academic English.