Module Details
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Title English for Academic Purposes
Code ENGL660
Coordinator Dr DJ Oakey
English
David.Oakey@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

• develop students’ awareness of what matters in the language learning context: analyzing stakeholder needs in defined academic purpose situations
• increase, through Genre Analysis, students’ understanding of how language varies in different academic contexts: the language and practices in communicative situations in particular discourse communities
• improve students’ understanding of the factors involved in syllabus design: tailoring the scope and sequence of EAP course content to the teaching situation
• provide students with an overview of EAP course assessment: defining and measuring learning outcomes in specific academic contexts

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) On successful completion of the course, students will have an understanding of the development of EAP and ESP over the last 50 years

(LO2) On successful completion of the course, students will have gained and applied knowledge of past and current approaches to EAP syllabus design

(LO3) On successful completion of the course, students will have gained knowledge of EAP assessment practices

(S1) Students will be able to conduct a stakeholder needs analysis in a defined learning situation

(S2) Students will be able to conduct a genre analysis of an EAP situation and identify characteristic language

(S3) Students will be able to apply the results of a needs analysis to EAP classrooms (e.g., when making lesson plans or when designing tasks).

(S4) Students will acquire the skill of being a critical reader who cross-checks with other authors before agreeing with an author's conclusions

Syllabus
 

Module topics will typically include:
• Introduction: Specificity in EAP
• EAP Language and Metadiscourse
• EAP Language and Metadiscourse 2
• Analysis of EAP Genres
• Needs Analysis and Evaluation
• Syllabus Design, Methodology, Materials Design
• Assessment
• Socio-cultural Issues

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 – Workshop (online )
Description: 1 hr per week
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Seminar (face to face) in groups of up to 25
Description: 1 hr per week
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching method 2 –
Workshop (online )
Description: 1 hr per week
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Seminar (online) in small groups of up to 25
Description: 1 hr per week
Attendance Recorded: Yes
OR
Teaching method 3 (If no COVID restrictions)
Teaching method 3 – Workshop (face to face)
Description: 2 hrs per week
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 10

 10

         20
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 130
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Term Assignment EAP Theories and their Application to Language Teaching/Research Anonymous Assessment: Yes  2700-3000 words    100       

Recommended Texts
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