Module: English Oral Skills Advanced

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	English Oral Skills Advanced
Module Code	ESL1007 (ITS: EN321)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

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 presentation skills at individual and group level as a transferable skill.

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 a topic thoroughly and present it orally in a coherent, structured manner.
5. Summarise information orally.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Tutorial	24	No Description
Group work	30	No Description
Independent Study	71	No Description
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	20437	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Fiona Gallagher	Module Teacher	Catherine Geraghty, Martin Toal

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Presentation	Research a topic, present it and participate in a subsequent discussion	100%	Week 1

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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 be provided with a list of discussion topics during the course and one topic per session will usually be dealt with. Participants will be divided into pairs and groups which will change several times. The initial emphasis will be in promoting fluency and this emphasis will then shift to techniques of oral presentation, leading towards the preparation and delivery of a talk by each group. There will be an evaluation of oral presentation skills before the final assessment consisting of the team oral presentation.

Indicative Reading List

Books:
None

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None