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Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand information encountered in conversations at university and academic lectures
- Apply different reading skills and strategies
- Make effective notes during a lecture and when reading academic texts and use notes to summarise information
- Produce short written texts on topics of personal and general academic interest (e.g. an email, an opinion essay, a report on data) - Participate in group discussions and deliver short presentations on topics of social and academic interest
- Use appropriate language for different functional purposes
- Use effective strategies to enhance their language knowledge and skills
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Small Group | 160 |
Specified Learning Activities | 40 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
Total | 260 |
This module is delivered overseas and is not available to students based at the UCD Belfield or UCD Blackrock campuses.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: Timed Essay based on reading throughout the semester. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 25 |
Oral Examination: Final Group Discussion and in-module tasks. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Class Test: Listening Assessment: based on mid-term and final exams, as well as in-module tasks. | 1 hour End of Trimester Exam | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Examination: Mid-term and final Reading exams and in-module tasks. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 25 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Dr Stephen Kelly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |