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ACADENG 104 - Academic English for Business

SEMESTER 2, 2020

15 points

Course Coordinator 
Lizzy Roe - l.roe@auckland.ac.nz

Course delivery format
One 1-hr lecture and one 2-hr tutorial per week.
(Timetable and room details can be viewed on Student Services Online)

Course Description 
ACADENG 104 targets academic English skills to help Business students understand and express business-related concepts. Students develop effective strategies for reading, writing, and vocabulary-building by studying the language features of texts for academic style and communicative effect. Students will apply the process of research, writing, revising and editing to produce accurate texts with clear communicative purpose and leaning. 

AELR information: ACADENG 104 is an approved course for Business degree students who have not met the Academic English Language Requirement (AELR). The course is not available as an AELR course to students from other faculties, unless prior approval has been granted.

Students from other faculties who wish to take ACADENG 104 as an elective course, i.e. not for AELR purposes, can do so if there are places available (priority for enrolment goes to AELR Business degree students).

 

 Course outcomes:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Identify, learn and use academic and business-related vocabulary

• Read a range of texts relevant to academic business studies for overall understanding

• Select and use strategies appropriate to the reading purpose: predicting, surveying, scanning, skim-reading, close-reading, SQ3R, summarising, inferring

• Understand text organisation and language for academic text-types: expository, compare/contrast, cause and effect, argument/counterargument/refutation, problem-solution-evaluation

• Use critical thinking to: distinguish key points from supporting evidence, separate fact from opinion, analyse and evaluate key ideas, synthesise information, argue with justification

• Write well-structured paragraphs that are clear and coherent

• Write researched, referenced essays/reports with ideas expressed in paraphrase or summary

• Use processes for effective writing (planning, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading)

• Evaluate and edit own and others’ writing for content and expression

Class limits information for 2020

Semester 2: There are 90 places available. Entry is guaranteed for BCom and BProp students who need this course to meet the AELR requirement or for whom DELNA indicates this is the appropriate academic English course. Thereafter students will be enrolled on a first-in first-enrolled basis.

Coursework Assessment and Exam Details: May be subject to change prior to the beginning of Semester.

Coursework - 50%

Coursework Assessment:
Assignment 1 Paragraph (200 words)  5%  
Assignment 2 Essay (1000 words)      20%
Test (held in the evening, mid-semester)  15%
Vocab Quizzes (online through Canvas) - 3 quizzes 3%, 3%, 4%: Total = 10%

Examination - 50%, 2 hours City Campus, Closed Book, No Calculators

Weekly Topics:

Each week has a focus on language, reading and writing.
Texts use ‘academic’ style and cover a range of disciplines. 

Week 1: Academic vs. business culture/genre. Informal and academic text types
Week 2: Business/paragraph structure, academic/business vocabulary
Week 3: Reading strategies, writing an outline and summary. Critical thinking
Week 4: Reading to remember. Compare & contrast text. Reading graphics. writing evaluatively
Week 5: Cause and effect text. Language analysis. Paragraph coherence. Editing for accuracy
Week 6: Test revision: Reading comprehension, language analysis, writing
Week 7: Process of writing:brainstorm, plan, outline, research skills. Evaluating sources
Week 8: Argument essay features. Assuming a viewpoint. Logical reasoning
Week 9: Integrating sources. Citation,referencing,avoiding plagiarism: paraphrase/summarising
Week 10: Rewriting for clarity: revising, editing, proofing
Week 11: Report writing for business. Writing to accompany graphics
Week 12: review and exam preparation: Problem-Solution-Evaluation-Recommendation

Prescribed Texts:

The coursebook 'ACADENG 104' is required for every class. Students buy it from UBIQ - the university bookshop on campus in the Kate Edger Information Centre. You must be enrolled in the course and will need to show your student ID when you buy it. Each student needs their own, new coursebook (using a second-hand book from a previous semester is not permitted).

The UBIQ book shop is in the Kate Edger Information Commons (building no. 315 on the campus map). It is open Saturday 10am-4pm and Monday to Friday 8.30am-5.30pm.

If possible, please have the book in class from your first lesson.

Workload and deadlines for submission of coursework:           

The University of Auckland's expectation is that students spend 10 hours per week on a 15-point course, including time in class and personal study. Students should manage their academic workload and other commitments accordingly. Deadlines for coursework are set by course convenors and will be advertised in course material. You should submit your work on time. In extreme circumstances, such as illness, you may seek an extension but you may be required to provide supporting information before the assignment is due. Late assignments without a pre-approved extension may be penalised by loss of marks – check course information for details.

Course summary:

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