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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Considers English as a language of communication for participation in society. It provides students with opportunities to demonstrate English language and literacy usage to the high standard required for professional practice.
Unit content
Module 1: The Literacy Demands of the 21st Century
Module 2: Literacy for All
Module 3: Concepts of writing and composition I for professionals
Module 4: Concepts of writing and composition II for professionals
Module 5: Speaking and listening professionally
Module 6: Concepts of reading and viewing for professional learning
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
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| 1 | demonstrate knowledge and understandings of the pervasive nature of English and literacy and their role in everyday situations |
| 2 | demonstrate personal literacy to the high standard required for professional practice |
| 3 | analyse a range of texts for their text structure and language features |
| 4 | create a range of texts for a professional context |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge and understandings of the pervasive nature of English and literacy and their role in everyday situations
- demonstrate personal literacy to the high standard required for professional practice
- analyse a range of texts for their text structure and language features
- create a range of texts for a professional context
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.