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Through undertaking this course, students are expected to:

1. Develop skills in following the conventions of academic presentations in written and oral formats. 
2. Learn how to use the Internet to find academic materials, through the library and elsewhere.
3. Develop basic logical communication techniques necessary for academic communication and useful in the workplace.
4. Provide opportunities for students to work together, peer teach, receive and provide feedback, discuss work on the MyUni discussion board and interact with academic staff.
5. Develop students’ efficacy with information/communication technologies (including word processing, presentation and note-taking applications) and online learning applications.
6. Develop skills in self-directed- and lifelong learning with an emphasis on English language proficiency in all language macro skills (reading, writing, listening speaking).
7. Develop a variety of English communication skills and tools with a wide application extending beyond university life.
8. Become aware of multicultural perspectives through facilitated discussion on a variety of ethical and social issues.

Dictionary: Oxford is preferred for general English; Macquarie is preferred for 最新糖心Vlogn English. If English is your second language them you may find it useful to have access to a specialised Learners Dictionary such as the Macquarie Learner's Dictionary, as it provide much more information about words and their forms and function.

Harvard referencing guide (最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide Writing Centre)

Faigley, L 2011, The Little Penguin Handbook, Pearson 最新糖心Vlog, Frenchs Forest, NSW.

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide’s Learning Guides are excellent resources for all aspects of learning and study:

MyUni will be used for essential communication including via email, so please check your 最新糖心Vlog email regularly (at least three times a week). If you have a smartphone it is strongly recommended that you set up your email on it for easy and regular access to your 最新糖心Vlog email. For guidance on how to do this, visit:

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Remember, the most useful portal for all 最新糖心Vlog online activities is Unified:

Lectures and problem-solving tutorials based on material covered in lectures.

1 x 1 hour lecture per week (x 12) = 12 hours
1 x 2 hour workshop per week (x 12) = 24 hours  
Independent study = 120 hours spread evenly across the semester
Total: 156 hours

Week 1: Overview; Introductions; Assessment
Week 2: Locating and citing resources
Week 3: Portfolio workshop
Week 4: Annotated bibliographies, Note-taking applications
Week 5: Presentations part A
Week 6: Note-taking & Comprehension
Week 7: Portfolio workshop
Week 8: Basic Sentences and paragraph writing

MID-SEMESTER BREAK

Week 9: Oral presentation skills and use of PowerPoint
Week 10: Portfolio workshop
Week 11: Presentations
Week 12: Course catch up and summary

Order and duration of topics may change depending on class requirement, but every effort will be made to ensure that content coverage is consistent across both workshops, despite having different tutors.

To pass this course, students must attend at least 75% of lectures and tutorials; in cases of absence for medical or compassionate reasons, documentation must be provided and students must still attend at least 50% of classes. If a student attends less than this, they will be deemed to have not submitted one piece of assessment as below, and the ’45 rule’ will apply. If a student fails to attend a class in which in-class assessment is undertaken, alternative arrangements will be made by the lecturer and formative in-class assessments may be counted towards the final result.

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide has committed to a pedagogical approach termed the “Small Group Discovery Experience”, indicating that the SHDE will be a core component in a credit-bearing course of every undergraduate program, and that it will be part of every first-year level from 2014. Since the UPP is not an award-based program, it is not strictly required to include an SGDE in the UPP.

However, since the UPP is designed to prepare students for first-year study, and the SGDE will be a core component of all first-year study, it is important for the UPP to provide some preparation in Small Group Discovery. These should be of a scaffolded, preparatory nature as befits each course within the program, and the philosophy and program objectives of the UPP. The Program has been designed to include preparation for small group work and research activity in many of its courses.

ssessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Comprehension Test 1	Summative	Week 3 in lecture	5%	Develop students’ listening, critical thinking & note-taking skills.
Vocabulary Test 1 (AWL, sublist 1-5)	Summative	Friday, Week 7, 5pm	5%	Increase students’ academic vocabulary.
Comprehension Test 2	Summative	Week 9 in lecture	5%	Develop students’ listening, critical thinking & note-taking skills
Vocabulary Test 2 (AWL, sublist 6-10)	Summative	Friday Week 11, 5pm	5%	Increase students’ academic vocabulary
Oral presentation	Summative	Week 11 in class	20%	Develop students’ basic logical communication skills and facilitate discussion on a variety of ethical and social issues.
Interim portfolio	Formative	9am on the Monday of Week 7	10%	Provides an opportunity to demonstrate out-of-class self-directed learning and self-reflection. Facilitates, vocabulary, grammar and language improvement
Portfolio final assessment: (Vocabulary book, Annotated bibliography, Grammar & Learning reflection)	Summative	Regular progress checks but final submission Week 12 in class	40%	Provides an opportunity to demonstrate out-of-class self-directed learning and self-reflection. Facilitates, vocabulary, grammar and language improvement
Class participation	Summative	Throughout semester	10%	Provides exposure to social & ethical issues. Develops self-regulation in attention and participation in class discussions (oral & written)

Students must sufficiently attempt all assessment tasks to pass this course. Since the 最新糖心Vlog Preparatory Program is designed to prepare students for success at 最新糖心Vlog, completing and submitting all assignments is central to the intended learning outcomes of the program and each course within it. Often, at least attempting and submitting assignments in the face of difficulty or adversity is enough for success at 最新糖心Vlog and the UPP encourages this resilience by employing this policy in select courses.

Please note that the absolute last date for the submission of assignments in Semester 2 is the last day of the examination period. Any assignment handed in late without an authorised extension will be penalised at a rate of 10% of the assigned mark per 24-hour period late, to a maximum of 7 periods. Assignments handed in more than seven periods late without an authorised extension will not be marked and an automatic fail grade for that piece of assessment will be recorded.

If a student fails to submit all assessment tasks and would otherwise have received a grade greater than 45, they will be given a nominal grade of 45 (Fail) for that course in that semester. This will permit them to undertake additional assessment (formerly called academic supplementary assessment) at the Course Coordinator’s discretion, as per policy at 9.1.3 at   

It is not necessary to apply for additional assessment; this assessment will usually consist of the missed pieces of assessment, but the course coordinator may require more. As per policy 9.1.3.3, if the student passes the additional assessment to the Course Coordinator’s satisfaction, the maximum grade they can get for the course is 50 (Pass). If a student’s raw grade is below 45, regardless of whether all tasks have been attempted, this score will stand unless exceptional, documented circumstances apply as per the 最新糖心Vlog’s Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment: /student/exams/mod_arrange.html

Assessment at university can be formative or summative. While all feedback helps you to review and develop your skills, formative assessment aims to help you develop your skills within a course, with further opportunities for improvement on a certain assignment, whereas summative assessment aims to give you final feedback on an assignment.

Comprehension Tests 1 & 2

The test will comprise mostly of multiple-choice questions with the possibility of some short answer questions.

This test assesses students’ listening, critical thinking, note-taking skills and general comprehension. In-class you will be shown a short documentary, lecture or presentation and then asked questions that will test your understanding. You will be able to take notes during the viewing and refer to them during the test. *If a student is absent for one or more of these tests the teacher may, at his or her discretion, use: a) a practice comprehension test, b) the other assessed comprehension test or c) a make-up test in substitution for the missed comprehension test.

It is essential that you attend the lecture for this in-class test. If for any reason you are unable to attend, please notify the lecturer beforehand and provide any relevant documentation, and you will have the opportunity to re-sit the test at the end of the semester.

Vocabulary Tests 1 & 2

These Vocabulary tests are in multiple choice format and done on MyUni. They will help you become more familiar with MyUni’s different features. It will also give you an opportunity to practise, and demonstrate your vocabulary development. The first test will focus on the first half of the Academic Word List (sublists 1-5) and the second test will focus on the second half of the list (sublists 6-10).

It is essential that you attend the lecture for this in-class test. If for any reason you are unable to attend, please notify the lecturer beforehand and provide any relevant documentation, and you will have the opportunity to re-sit the test at the end of the semester.

Oral Presentation

The content of this presentation is flexible and you are encouraged to present on a topic of personal interest to you and potential interest to your peers, however care should be taken to make sure the content of the presentation is foreseeably inoffensive to the most conservative of students in your group. Like the essay, the presentation will give you the opportunity to demonstrate your vocabulary, grammar and logical communication skills. It will also give you practice in presentation software like Powerpoint and give you a platform to share something of interest with your peers. Again, an incorporation of what you have learned during the course should result in an improved presentation. You will be marked on how well you spoke, the logicality your presentation, how interesting it was and the improvement you have demonstrated over your first presentation.

Portfolio

Your portfolio is the most important part of the English Literacies course. Your portfolio consists of 2 main elements: a Language Self-assessment and Perpetual Action Plan;and Evidence of Actions.

The Language Self-assessment and Perpetual Action Plan is a document that you will use to plan and manage your own language progress. Parts of the plan (like vocabulary building strategies) will be provided by your teacher however, you are responsible for managing your own plan. Keep this document at the front of your portfolio. It needs to include the following:

1. An assessment of your language weaknesses that will become your areas of focus.
2. A plan of action that will help you to improve in your weak areas. This will list the specific actions that you will take in detail – including details of how much of each activity you will do per week/fortnight etc.
3. As the course progresses you may find that what you actually did was not actually the same as your plan. You need to record your actual actions against your planned actions.
4. Next you will need to evaluate your progress. Write down what you think is working well and what isn’t. If an action is working, write the reasons why. If your plan doesn’t seem to be working, write the reasons why you think it isn’t effective.
5. If necessary, change some of your planned actions in order to make them more effective. Don’t delete your original plan - just add changes to the end of the document.
6. Follow your new action plan…* * – Repeat steps 3, 4, 5 & 6 a number of times while you make adjustments to achieve a realistic and effective plan for you, that you are able to follow.

The rest of the portfolio is made up of your Evidence of Actions. Your portfolio makes up the bulk of the work you will do in this course and is the biggest component of your assessment, and as such, you will need to be able to demonstrate the actions you have taken to improve your language skills. This section is the proof of your efforts in the actions that you mostly set yourself. The Evidence of actions section will, at least, include:

1. A Vocabulary Bank of 200+ words with corresponding definitions and usage examples of words that you have not been familiar with. These words can come from the Academic Word List (AWL), a Most Frequently Used Word List (MFUWL), journal articles or any other source. Remember to choose words that you believe will be of most help in improving your language. A Vocabulary Bank template will be provided to assist in recording information.

2. Grammar Rule Summaries (at least 1 per week) that explain (with examples) a grammar function/rule that you haven not been very familiar with. A Grammar Rule Summary template will be provided to assist in recording information.

3. An annotated bibliography that summarises a variety of materials (at least 4 per week) that you have chosen to help improve your language. Examples can include books, newspaper articles, journal articles, documentaries, presentations etc. An annotated bibliography template will be provided to assist in recording information.

4. Evidence of other actions you have taken in order to improve your language skills. * – Please bring your portfolio to class every week so that your teacher can verify steady progress and so that you can discuss your work, giving and receiving feedback from your teacher and peers. The philosophy underpinning this course is that improvement in language skills is directly proportional to appropriate language exposure and so demonstration of consistent progress recorded in your portfolio will be a significant factor in both the portfolio and class participation components of assessment. Students feeling comfortable keeping a portfolio in electronic form (i.e. MS Word, Evernote) are encouraged to do so but should take the usual precautions with respect to data backup.

Interim Portfolio Assessment

About halfway through the semester, you will be required to have completed a draft of your Portfolio which comprises 25 pieces in your Annotated Bibliography (please submit this via the Turnitin assignment functionon MyUni). Summative assessement will be based on your completion of the entries in your Annotated Bibliography; for example, if you submit all 25 peices to an adequate standard, you will receive the full 10% for the Interim Assessment. If you only submit 12, your maximum mark will be 5%.

All assignments will be electronically submitted via MyUni, although tests will be administered in class and the Portfolio will be submitted via Turnitin on MyUni (including the Interim assessment). A rubric for the Portfolio will be available via Turnitin - you are strongly advised to check this rubric and complete your assignment with the criteria in mind.

Students may be granted extensions to assignments on medical or compassionate grounds; documentation to support these ground will be required. Requests for extension must be made before the due date; requests for extension submitted after the due date will not be considered. All extension requests must be submitted to the Course Coordinator (Chad Habel: chad.habel@adelaide.edu.au); any extensions granted by the lecturer or tutor will not be considered valid.

All extension requests will be administered according to the
Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy:  

For a concise information sheet on this policy, please visit
 

Penalties for Late Submission

Unless the Course Profile states otherwise when an assessment is submitted after the due date, and without an extension, 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised 5% per day for every day including weekend days and public holidays. This penalty may be increased where the assignment is to be completed in a period of less than a week.

This course aims to return assessed work within 2 weeks of its submission, although this cannot be guaranteed. The resubmission of assignments is not possible for this course, except in exceptional circumstances as approved by the Course Coordinator.