Course syllabus

ACADENG 100 - FORMS IN ACADEMIC ENGLISH

SUMMER SCHOOL,  2021

15 points

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

Course delivery format
8 hours of class per week, 2 hours (1pm-3pm NZ time) on consecutive days: Monday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
No class on Wednesdays. (Timetable and room details can be viewed on Student Services Online)

Course delivery format for on-campus students - 2 x 1-hour Zoom tutorials per week

Attendance requirement: 70 % of classes for on-campus students (that is 14 out of 20 classes), and ALL Zoom tutorials for offshore students, that is 12 classes, (unless permission is given to miss a class). Students who do not meet the attendance requirement will receive a fail grade of DNC (Did Not Compete) for the course.

Summary of Course Description:         

This course will help you to write sentences and paragraphs with clear meaning and accurate language. You develop editing skills so you can correct your writing to improve the quality of your work. We analyse the types of texts that university students are expected to read and write and learn to use the style of language that is appropriate for the academic context. Building up word knowledge, especially vocabulary found most often in university texts, is an important part of the course.

Overall, this course covers reading, vocabulary and writing that helps you to understand and produce written texts at university level. 

ACADENG 100 is also an approved course for students who have not met the Academic English Language Requirement (AELR). The course is available as an AELR course to students from all faculties except Business.

ACADENG 100 is intended for students who do not have English as their first language (also referred to as students who have English as an "additional" language). If English is your first language, then the course to take is ENGWRIT 101. 

Note: All students must do a writing and/or grammar test at the beginning of this course.
Any student whose results show a higher level of language proficiency than is appropriate for this course will not be permitted to take this course.

 Course outcomes:

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

• Identify academic vocabulary and understand its use in sentences
• Recognise and understand main ideas and supporting information in short academic texts
• Use appropriate academic language and style to create meaning in short writing tasks
• Understand the text organisation and language of various types of academic texts
• Use more accurate sentence structures in short writing tasks
• Use appropriate paragraph structure in short writing tasks
• Write more coherent, cohesive paragraphs on selected academic topics
• Edit writing to minimise errors of sentence structure, language form and vocabulary use

Weekly Topics
week 1: Grammar basics, academic Language
week 1: Paragraph and sentence structure 
week 2: Academic text analysis 1
week 2: Writing and coherence
week 3: Editing for meaning and accuracy 
week 3: Verbs in academic writing
week 4: Academic text analysis 2
week 4: Writing and sentence variety
week 5: Editing common academic errors
week 5: Grammar patterns of academic text
week 6: Academic text analysis 3
week 6: Reading, Writing, Editing

Prescribed Texts: The coursebook 'ACADENG 100' is required for every class. On-campus 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. You must buy your own new copy - you cannot use an already used book from a previous semester.

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.

OFFSHORE students: You will have access to the pdf (e-version) of the coursebook each week in your separate part of Canvas.

Coursework Assessment and Exam Details:

Coursework 60%:
Assignment 1  (220 words)   10%
Assignment 2   (220 words)  10%
Test 1    (Reading/Grammar/Editing/Writing  200 words)          15%
Test 2    (Reading/Grammar/Editing/Writing  200 words          15%
Vocab quizzes (5 quizzes 2% each) = 10%

Final Exam 40% - (Reading/Vocabulary/Grammar Editing/ Writing  500 words)

                                     - 2 hours,  City Campus Closed Book, No Calculators

 Workload and deadlines for submission of coursework:           

The University of Auckland's expectation for summer school is that students spend 20 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.