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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title English Integrated Skills 2
Module Code EN307 (ITS) / ESL1006 (Banner)
Faculty Humanities & Social Sciences School SALIS
Module Co-ordinatorFiona Gallagher
Module TeachersBarra O Seaghdha, Martin Toal
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
None
As for initial assessment
Description

To increase all language skills to upper intermediate level; to equip the student to participate effectively in discussions; to widen the students' structural and lexical choices in all settings; to enable students to write appropriately in a variety of contexts. The minimum exit level for this module is B2:2(CEFR).

Learning Outcomes

1. Express themselves orally and in writing at level B2 of the CEFR.
2. Use appropriate communicative strategies in oral and written situations.
3. Express themselves orally without hesitation in a range of contexts.
4. Write with a good degree of accuracy on a range of topics.
5. Extract information from texts.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24No Description
Assignment Completion30No Description
Independent Study71No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Content
Students will examine a range of authentic material for both content and the grammatical structures used to convey meaning.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment0% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
AssignmentStudents complete a language awareness assignment at the end of the semester which focuses on aspects of language examined during the module.100%
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories:
Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module.
Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category -
Indicative Reading List

  • Paul Hancock, Annie McDonald,: 0, English Result Upper-intermediate: Student's Book with DVD Pack, Oxford University Press, 978-0-19- 412957-2
  • Oxford University Press: 0, Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 978-0194799003
Other Resources

None

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