ENGL 2200EED consists of this Course Guide, five study units, assignments and a reading booklet for each unit, all of which are provided by HKMU.
Course Guide
The Course Guide tells you briefly what the course is about, what it contains and how you can work through it. It also gives you some information about tutorials and assessment.
Study units
As you saw in the 'Course overview', ENGL 2200EED contains five study units.
- Unit 1 is concerned with explaining, describing and defining ideas and concepts.
- Unit 2 focuses on comparing and contrasting ideas and sequencing events.
- Unit 3 deals with the analysis and presentation of causal relationships.
- Unit 4 considers the analysis of logical relationships and argument in persuasive writing.
- Unit 5 covers different kinds of negotiation.
Each unit includes a very wide range of practice activities to help you to improve your English language skills.
Reading Files and recommended books
ENGL 2200EED involves the study of a large number of texts from a wide range of sources and subject areas. In most cases, these are included in separate reading booklets for each unit, which you will need to refer to while studying the units.
There is no set text for the course.
However, for ENGL 2200EED — and indeed all your degree courses in English medium — you will need a good English dictionary. We recommend either the most current edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English or Collins Cobuild English Dictionary, though there are also other very useful ones such as the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
Also, if you feel the need to improve your grammar, we suggest you consult Collins Cobuild English Grammar: Helping Learners with Real English (1992), London: Collins ELT.
Assignment File
The Assignment File, available on the HKMU Online Learning Environment (OLE), gives you details of what is required in your assignments, their due dates, how many marks each is worth, and how each will be graded. Assignments must reach your tutor on or before the due date. Please read the Student Handbook for the University's policy on late assignments.