Module: English Oral Skills Advanced

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	English Oral Skills Advanced
Module Code	EN321 (ITS) / ESL1007 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	SALIS
Module Co-ordinator	Fiona Gallagher
Module Teachers	Catherine Geraghty, Martin Toal
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

To promote oral fluency at an advanced level; to highlight some of the more difficult areas of syntax and vocabulary associated with advanced fluency; to develop students' awareness of register and appropriate language in spoken situations;to improve and develop oral skills at individual and group level as a transferable skill. Materials used in this module are mainly pitched at CEFR level B2.2 or higher

Learning Outcomes

1. Participate effectively in discussions.
2. Defend a point of view coherently.
3. Demonstrate a good standard of pronunciation and intonation.
4. Research and orally present key points about a topic in a coherent, structured manner.
5. Summarise information orally.
6. manage, interpret and create meaning using a variety of digital devices and tools

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	101	researching and planning for discussion; completion of language tasks
Total Workload: 125

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative content
A number of topics will be presented and discussed over the course of the module. Emphasis will be on pair / group discussions to promote fluency and accuracy in formal and informal oral discourse.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Practical/skills evaluation	informal oral discussion	30%	n/a
Practical/skills evaluation	Research and present key points about a topic	70%	n/a

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 1

Indicative Reading List

Other Resources

None