Paper Profile

ESLA202-10A (HAM) & 10B (HAM)
Academic Oral Discourse

20 Points

Aim/Objectives

This paper provides EAL students enrolled in any school of studies with the ability to critically reflect upon, discuss and question academic texts with a view to participating in seminar and tutorial presentations. In conjunction with the core focus of intensive reading and enquiry of academic texts in this course, students are also expected to voice opinions, question views and engage those around them in academic discussions to raise awareness. Students also undertake the design and development of supporting materials for tutorials and seminars to aid individual and group learning. Moodle is used as an integral part of this course.

The course emphasises:

• the reading of texts of a general academic nature and the ability to recognise main points, extract relevant information and make useful notes,
• recognition of a writer's attitude and interpretation of a writer's intention,
• paraphrasing and summarising,
• the ability to work in co-operative groups for the production of work,
• speaking practice in the academic situations of tutorials and seminars,
• a development in confidence, competence and fluency in English, with a particular focus on academic study,
• provision of exposure to a variety of aural text-types in order to develop proficiency in processing information effectively,
• recognition of contextual indicators that contribute to the message conveyed.

Requisite(s)

Restriction(s):	--
Equivalent(s):	0215202
Prerequisite(s):	--
Corequisite(s):	--

Assessment

Internal assessment/examination ratio: 1 : 0

This course will be 100% internally assessed. Assessment will be based on mini lectures, personal reflections, questions and answers around reading material and student comments done throughout the course.

Students Input
This is a course that promotes listening, reading and oral skills. To achieve the most from this course, students are expected to work co-operatively and collaboratively. This means that emphasis will be put, and time set aside within the lecture, for students to work together in pairs or small groups. To work in a co-operative and collaborative manner means that students must be prepared, and are expected to exchange ideas and information with each other. This means that within the class students are able to share learning styles, ideas and difficulties, and through co-operation and collaboration receive feedback and help from others. Such work builds confidence and brings about a wider knowledge. The class is multi-cultural and so allows for a wide exchange of views and information. Students taking the course are expected to share information freely. Group mini lectures are expected to be an example of co-operation and collaboration. As a required part of the assessed course work, students must cooperate and collaborate with other members of the class in groups. Co-operation of this type is compulsory for this course and students are expected to contribute work and engage in discussion and debate with their group members within and outside lecture time. Participation within groups and completion of group assignments is required for successful completion of the course.

Classtimes

Timetable

Attendance is compulsory. Students are expected to attend 80% of the lectures, i.e. 20 out of the 24 lectures. Regardless of the fulfillment of the assignment requirement, if any student fails to attend the number of lectures required, they will be awarded a fail for the course, unless medical certificates are provided. The workload for the course will be easier to manage if you attend class, review your lecture material and allow yourself plenty of lead-in time for the assessments. You should also make sure that you take advantage of tutorial help during the semester.

Resources

Required
There is a set of Course Materials that have to be purchased for this course, which are:

ESLA202 Academic Oral Discourse, Course Materials.

These notes can be purchased from Campus Copy at the beginning of each Semester.

Book:
A copy of the prescribed set text has been placed on Desk Copy in the main library and is also available in the University Book Centre (Bennett's).

Wallace, A., Schirato, T., & Bright, P. (1999). Beginning university. Thinking, researching and writing for success. Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Contact

Lecturer:	Lucy Campbell
Phone: Room: Fax: Email:	+64 7 838 4466, extn. 8051 JK3.01 +64 7 838 4788 lucy@waikato.ac.nz

Regulations and Policies

Your attention is drawn to the following regulations and policies which are published in The University of Waikato Calendar:

• Regulations Governing Examinations and Assessment
• Discipline Regulations
• Computer System Regulations
• Policy on the Use of Māori for Assessment
• Policy on the Ethical Conduct of Coursework Assignments
• Regulations on Plagiarism