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Syllabus ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES - UPPER ADVANCED - 11131
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Last update 13-09-2017
HU Credits: 0

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: english as a foreign language

Semester: 1st and/or 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: English

Campus: E. Safra

Course/Module Coordinator: Tamar Stern


Coordinator Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Staff:
Ms. Nina Luskin
Ms. Tamar Stern
Mr. Jay Berman

Course/Module description:
This course gives students the advanced strategies needed to become independent and critical readers of English. Oral, Listening and writing skills are also developed.

Course/Module aims:
The purpose of the course is to enable students to improve their reading and analysis of academic articles written in English. The goal is for students to become proficient, independent and critical readers of academic texts. Students are taught to integrate and present the information and ideas presented and to respond to these ideas both orally and in writing.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• read, understand and analyse academic texts
• integrate and present the information in the texts in a discussion of the subject as well as in written form
• participate in an academic discussion
• give a presentation
on an academic subject
• understand lectures such as TED talks
• write a short cohesive text

Attendance requirements(%):
compulsory

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal teaching, individual, pair and group work.

Course/Module Content:
Amongst the reading strategies taught:
• identifying different genres of academic writing
• recognizing the structure of an article
• knowing when to employ different reading strategies such as skimming and scanning
• recognizing the writer's point of view
• recognizing the use of hedging
• becoming familiar with the language and vocabulary common to various fields of study
• to converse and express their opinions in English

Required Reading:
Pharmacy, Medicine and Medical Science Texts - Upper Advanced Level

Additional Reading Material:
-

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 40 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 60 %
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Additional information:
End of course written examination: 40%
Class grade: 60%

Components of the class grade:
Exams during the semester
Presentation/project
Homework assignments
Classwork
Quizzes
Active participation in the class.

The pass grade for the course is 70.
60% of the grade is the class grade; 40% of the grade is the final exam.
Students need a minimum 60 class grade in order to take the final exam, and a minimum of 60 on the final exam in order for the class grade to be taken into account.
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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