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ENGL 1101AED

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UNIVERSITY ENGLISH: READING AND WRITING

ENGL 1101AED

學科指南

UNIVERSITY ENGLISH: READING AND WRITING

開課日期
2024年秋季
學科程度
1000
修讀期
一學期
學分
3
教學語言
英文
學費($) (含實驗室費用)
4,500
行將開課日期
學額及上課時間
開課日期
學科程度修讀期學分
教學語言
學費($) (含實驗室費用)
行將開課日期
2024年秋季
1000一學期3
英文
4,500

Course Coordinator:

Dr Patrick Lee, MA (HKBU); MA (City University of HK); MBA (University of Leicester, UK); PhD (Newcastle University, UK); Chartered Linguist (CIOL)

Course Developer:

Dr Ada Young

Aims

This course aims to improve students' abilities to read, interpret and select materials from different sources and further incorporate selected material into an academic essay that avoids plagiarism.

Contents

The course covers primarily the following topics:

  • Planning for writing
  • Developing reading skills
  • Integrating sources of information: How to summarise and paraphrase
  • Referencing and avoiding plagiarism
  • Obtaining information from primary sources
  • Organising academic writing
  • Evaluating and revising writing
  • Communicating in academic writing

Learning support

There will be four two-hour tutorials and one supplementary lecture.

Assessment

There are two assignments and a final examination.

Online requirement

Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).