| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Federation TAFE |
| Unit Title: | Introduction to Western Academic Culture |
| Unit ID: | HENAE1001 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (Status as a Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) Fee-paying student and meeting the requirement of a minimum IELTS band score of 5.5 or its equivalent with no band less than 5.0.) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 091501 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This course continues to develop students’ language skills for entry into an Australian Higher Education environment. Students focus on reading and writing skills that include understanding and producing simple academic texts, and recognizing basic academic written structures. Students will also develop their listening and speaking skills in order to participate in a range of simple academic communicative contexts. |
| Grade Scheme: | Ungraded (S, UN) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
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| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory |  | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Reading: Can generally understand straightforward factual texts on familiar topics. |
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| K2. | Listening: Follow the sequence of events in a short, simple academic presentation or narrative. Can follow the main points in a basic academic audio recording, if provided with written supporting material. |
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| K3. | Speaking: Give an extended description of a prepared academic topic. |
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| K4. | Writing: Use common discourse markers to show order of importance. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Reading: Recognise the writer’s point of view in a simple academic text, if guided by questions. |
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| S2. | Listening: Generally identify the topic of a prepared academic discussion around them when conducted slowly and clearly. |
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| S3. | Speaking: Explain key information and answer basic questions about information presented in graphs and charts. |
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| S4. | Writing: Express a personal opinion in a simple academic text. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Reading: Scan a simple academic text to find specific information. |
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| A2. | Listening: Infer opinions in a simple presentation or lecture, if guided by questions. |
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| A3. | Speaking: Contribute to and ask basic questions in a simple academic discussion. |
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| A4. | Writing: Write the concluding sentence or sentences of a basic paragraph, given a model. |
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| Unit Content: |
The following content will be covered: Reading, writing and research techniques; tertiary teaching environments; individual learning styles; reading from academic texts; referencing; listening and note-taking; group work; presentations; academic and discipline-specific discourse and vocabulary. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K2, S2, A2 | Listening tasks, related to the comprehension of academic discussions and interviews. | Listening comprehension test | S/UN | | 2. | K3, S3, A3 | Spoken Presentation on a topic that is researched for the writing task. | Oral Presentation | S/UN | | 3. | K1, S1, A1 | Reading task(s) related to the comprehension of academic texts. | Reading comprehension test | S/UN | | 4. | K4, S4, A4 | Writing task(s) related to the production of academic texts. | Essay, report or poster | S/UN |
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