Paper Profile

ESLA302-10A (HAM)
English as an International Language

20 Points

Aim/Objectives

This paper aims to help EAL students enrolled in any school of studies develop critical and analytical skills to enable them to gain greater levels of sophistication in their use of English within academic contexts. There is a balance of skills and Applied Linguistic content, developing from topics covered in ESLA level 1 and 2 papers. The skills include argumentation within and across disciplines, whilst the major content area is Contrastive Rhetoric, in particular text and discourse structure across cultures in the specific context of academic writing. Moodle is used as an integral part of this course.

There is a balance of skills and Applied Linguistic content, developing from topics covered in EAL 100 level and 200 level papers. The skills include:
- Argumentation within and across disciplines
- Argumentation within and across cultures
- Collaborative writing
- Issues relating to referencing and text ownership

Content areas:
- Contrastive Rhetoric
- Text and discourse structure across cultures in the specific context of academic writing
- English as an International Language
- English as an academic lingua franca
- Anglocentrism and Native-speakerism
- Centre and periphery perspectives

Lecture input will be supported by the Moodle online learning platform, which all students will need to access regularly.

Requisite(s)

Restriction(s):	only students for whom English is an additional language may enrol in this course
Equivalent(s):	at least 90 points at 100 and 200 level in any subject(s)
Prerequisite(s):	--
Corequisite(s):	--

Assessment

Internal assessment/examination ratio: 1 : 0

This course will be 100% internally assessed.
20% in class activities (forum, discussions)
20% on-line tasks
60% assignments

Classtimes

Timetable

Attendance is compulsory. Students are expected to attend 80% of the lectures, i.e. 29 out of the 36 lectures. Regardless of the fulfilment 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 or counsellor’s certificates are provided

Resources

Highly Recommended Book(s):
Perrin, R. (2006). Pocket guide to APA style (2nd ed.) Boston, MA; & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Grabe, W. & Kaplan, R.B. (1996) Theory and practice of writing. Harlow, UK: Longman

Contact

Lecturer:	Dr James McLellan
Phone: Room: Fax: Email:	+64 7 838 4466, ext. 7955 J3.17 +64 7 838 4788 mclellan@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