Graduate English Speaking and Writing Enhancement Programme (Intermediate) 研究生英語口語和寫作提升課程（中級）

持續進修中心課程

Lifelong Learning Office (LLO) is offering a course to our internal graduate students.

The course aims at helping students develop their speaking and writing skills necessary for their academic work, and for appropriate participation in social communication in an English-speaking community. This course will provide students with opportunities to engage in small group and class discussions on academic and general topics to communicate their ideas in both written and oral forms. They will develop new strategies for communicating and listening and comprehending conversations. Students will develop and deliver modified general and academic presentation and discussions on a spectrum of general and academic genres, including:

General and academic speaking skills

Everyday general and specific academic topics will be used to explore the key elements for students to effectively speak publicly through the use of short presentations targeting the use of aim, topic and audience.

General and academic writing skills

Students will develop effective argumentation techniques and organizational strategies in using appropriate language to craft different sections of their written and spoken presentations.

Annotated Bibliography:

Students will be able to construct a list of relevant citations to books, articles, and documents that follows the appropriate style format for the discipline. Each citation will be followed by a brief descriptive, critical and evaluative paragraph.

Academic presentations

Students will learn how audience and purpose influence the content, organization and language style of a presentation.

Aims of the course: Intended Learning Outcomes

1.Knowledge and Content Related	Students can: a) identify and address the needs and concerns of a variety of audiences in speaking and writing b) identify the overall structure and function of English articles c) critically analyse and discuss current issues and recent developments in your major area of study d) support ideas with appropriate evidence, and properly acknowledge sources
2. Academic Skills and Competencies	Students can: a) make use of appropriate organizational structures, tones and formats in speaking and writing for different audiences and purposes b) include citations and quotations in research writing, and effectively synthesize different viewpoints to form a coherent argument c) use accurate, fluent and persuasive language to speak and write based on quantitative data, and to engage the audience from the beginning to the conclusion
3. Ethical Standards	Students can: demonstrate academic integrity in course assignments.
4. Vision and Orientation to the Future	Students can: recognize the need to communicate courteously and appropriately in professional contexts.

Course Outline for Academic Programme for Postgraduate Students

Class	Topics
1	– Using general topics for speaking and writing – Brainstorming topics
2	– Organizing information about a topic – Narrowing down a topic and finding a focus – Informative presentation (5%)
3	– Evaluating texts: – Reliable & Unreliable Sources, Bias & Neutral perspectives
4	– Effective article notetaking – Summarizing & Paraphrasing
5	– Presentation organization and audience engagement – Written and spoken presentation on general text (20%)
6	– Academic language & style I: – Writer’s logic & Argumentation, Hedging, Academic Word List
7	– Academic language & style II: – Structure, Improving paragraphs – Cohesion and Linking ideas – Annotated Bibliography (10%)
8	– Identifying an author’s stance, support and responding to them
9	– Synthesizing multiple sources – Expressing your opinions about a topic
10	– Addressing counter-arguments and rebuttals – Discussion on Academic text (25%)
11	– Slide Design, Layout and Content – Establishing the overarching message – Clarifying purpose
12	– Transforming written language into spoken language – Gathering the message components
13	– Engaging your audience – Presenting without a script
14	– Presenting creatively for different purposes – Rehearsing and polishing
15	– Presentation on academic topic (20%) – Written essay on academic topic (20%)

課程資料：

導師：	Duncan Miers 導師
日期：	2023年10月20日至 12月13日（2023年12月08日除外）
時間：	週三、五 13:00-15:00 （上課日子詳情請按此連結）
課時：	30小時（共15節）
地點：	聖若瑟大學青洲校舍
語言：	英語授課
模式：	面授教學
學費：	澳門幣2,000
對象：	聖若瑟大學在讀研究生