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EL10271: Critical reading

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2015/6
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Academic Skills Centre
Further information on credits Credits: 3
Further information on unit levels Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • EU10442 Assignments (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
To enable students to raise the standard of their degree course work through reading academic texts more effectively and critically.

Learning Outcomes:
Having completed this unit students will be better able to:
* evaluate texts critically;
* understand academic written texts;
* read more quickly and efficiently;
* take notes from academic written texts .

Skills:
Having completed this unit students will be better able to:
* Approach new reading material with confidence.

Content:

* Prediction
* Skimming and scanning
* Reading for gist
* Improving reading efficiency
* Note-taking from academic written texts
* Understanding the writer's intention
* Understanding the meaning of a text
* Distinguishing fact from opinion
* Evaluating an academic text critically.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

EL10271 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.

English Language Centre
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2015/16 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2016/17 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2015/16.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.