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ACS0003 Advanced Communication Skills Three

Full Year 3, 2022 Springfield On-campus
Units : 2
Faculty or Section : USQ College
School or Department : USQ College
Grading basis : Graded
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Overview

Today’s 21st century work and learning environments demand an accurate, fluent, and flexible range of contextually appropriate communication skills. This course develops students’ capacity to communicate with advanced fluency and accuracy in English, to meet the more complex communication demands of tertiary studies, in both face to face and digital environments (at CEFR C1, IELTS 7.5, Pearson 73, or TOEFL iBT 105). It also aims to enable students to meet future registration requirements of a range of professional disciplines, and to allow them to engage with the academic requirements of a range of UniSQ degree programs.

In this course, activities in English have been organised from an integrated communicative language teaching approach for the development of advanced academic reading, writing, listening, and speaking processes, purposes, attitudes, and strategies. Students should develop a comfortable and flexible command of the English language to support professional and confident expression of `voice' and to manage the comprehension, construction and delivery of a very wide range of texts and academic topics for both technical, academic, and social purposes in his/her field of specialisation. Communicative English language activities are designed to develop students' capacity to integrate academic reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills with confidence and communicate meaning in spoken and written interactions with control. Special focus is given to developing the precision and efficiency of a students' English language skills to an advanced level through emphasis on enabling skills such as grammar, oral fluency, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, coherence and cohesion, and test taking strategies.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Communicate in English with fluency and spontaneity with minimal searching for expressions in integrated academic contexts, at an advanced level.
  2. Comprehend a wide range of demanding, longer English texts and recognize implicit meaning, at an advanced level.
  3. Apply the English language flexibly and effectively for a range of purposes and with a wide range of topics, at an advanced level.
  4. Produce clear, well structured, and detailed integrated text in English on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors, and cohesive devices, at an advanced level.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Academic reading development for flexibility 20.00
2. Academic speaking development for flexibility 20.00
3. Academic listening development for flexibility 20.00
4. Academic writing development for flexibility 20.00
5. Test strategies for internationally recognised English language standardised tests  5.00
6. Academic vocabulary and grammar development for flexibility 15.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Dummett, P, Stephenson, H & Lansford, L 2017, Keynote Proficient Interactive eBook without Key.
Dummett, P, Stephenson, H & Lansford, L 2017, Keynote Proficient Workbook eBook.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
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Assignments Written Quiz No 30
Assignments Written Portfolio No 30
Assignments Written Quiz No 40
Date printed 10 February 2023