LPC
EAPB3017
English for Academic Purposes 2
Spring 2019
Coursework Brief
Handout: Teaching week 2
Deadline for Submission: 25 April 2019 by 2 pm
Submit this coursework through the Student Portal
Word Limit: 900 words (+/-10%) for the essay and
approximately 700 words for the other tasks
Learning outcomes assessed:
• Produce elements of a cohesive and coherent researched essay
• Listen to an academic lecture whilst taking coherent notes
• Read, compare and summarise a number of written academic texts.
This coursework is worth 100% of the total marks for this module.
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Coursework Instructions
Please read carefully
• Carefully read the module handbook, the marking criteria and the grade
descriptors.
Academic Misconduct
You are responsible for ensuring you understand the policy and regulations
about academic misconduct. You must:
• Complete this work alone except where required or allowed by this
assignment
iefing paper and ensure it has not been written or composed
y or with the assistance of any other person.
• Make sure all sentences or passages quoted from other people’s work in
this assignment (with or without trivial changes) are in quotation marks, and
are specifically acknowledged by reference to the author, work and page.
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ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
Portfolio (100% of final grade)
What is the English for Academic Purposes 2 Portfolio?
• English for Academic Purposes 2 is a core module designed to equip you with the
necessary skills to succeed in your degree programme. Over 10 weeks, you are
equired to complete a range of tasks related to the production of a researched
essay and demonstrate effective note-taking skills.
• Certain tasks will be drafted in tutorials and completed outside of class. In some
tasks, you will be working in groups and you will also be required to exchange
feedback with your classmates about written or oral work.
• Tasks will sometimes initially be completed in hard copy, but all tasks must be
submitted electronically within the English for Academic Purposes 2 Portfolio,
which can be downloaded from GSM Learn.
Week Table of Contents Page Learning Outcome
1 Where are you now? 3 LO 1, 2 & 3
1 & 10 Personal Development Plan 4 LO 1, 2 & 3
2 – 9 Organising your ideas 5 LO 1 & 3
6 Listening task - making notes with confidence 8 LO 2
3 – 8 Developing your arguments 7 LO 1, 2 & 3
6 – 9 Writing your researched essay (900 words) 10 LO 1 & 3
10 Getting a First! 11 LO 1 & 3
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Portfolio task: Researched essay explained
What am I writing about?
o This task requires you to write a 900-word researched essay on the topic below:
Choose one or two successful companies related to your degree programme.
Discuss to what extent these companies demonstrated ethical behaviour and
integrity in achieving their success, using evidence and examples of their business
practices.
o Building on your knowledge of the career areas from the elective modules and
esearch on your chosen degree programmes, develop your arguments in favour of
and against this topic.
What is the structure of an argumentative essay?
o Introduction XXXXXXXXXX150 words) [use evidence
esearch throughout]
▪ What is your question about?
XXXXXXXXXXgive the background to your topic)
▪ Include some detail on the topic
(na
ow your focus - what exactly are you focusing on? Who are the companies
involved? What is their idea of integrity?)
▪ What is your opinion of this topic?
XXXXXXXXXXthis is your thesis statement)
▪ How are you going to structure your arguments?
XXXXXXXXXXthis is the overview of your main arguments)
o Body paragraph 1 – sub-topic XXXXXXXXXXwords) [use evidence
esearch throughout]
▪ Say why this is a key issue (this is the topic sentence)
▪ What do the company say they do?
XXXXXXXXXXthis is based on their mission statement / code of conduct / advertising / PR /
their business promise to the stakeholders / etc.)
▪ What evidence is there to prove or disprove that the company does what they set
out to do?
XXXXXXXXXXthis is based on your investigation into their business practices and how they
achieved their success)
o What evidence / examples do you have to support this?
▪ What can you conclude from this? What are the implications? (this is the
concluding sentence)
o Body paragraph 2 – sub-topic XXXXXXXXXXwords) [use evidence
esearch throughout]
▪ Say why this is a key issue (this is the topic sentence)
▪ What do the company say they do?
XXXXXXXXXXthis is based on their mission statement / code of conduct / advertising / PR /
their business promise to the stakeholders / etc.)
▪ What evidence is there to prove or disprove that the company does what they set
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out to do?
XXXXXXXXXXthis is based on your investigation into their business practices and how they
achieved their success)
o What evidence / examples do you have to support this?
▪ What can you conclude from this? What are the implications? (this is the
concluding sentence)
o Conclusion XXXXXXXXXX150 words) [refer back to key evidence
esearch]
▪ Give a summary of your key points from your body paragraphs.
▪ Include a summary of your key conclusions from your body paragraphs.
XXXXXXXXXXthis is the justification of your opinion)
▪ What would you recommend needs to happen now / in the future?
o Reference list XXXXXXXXXXword count is not applicable)
▪ Include a full reference for all the sources you have cited in your text.
Glossary
Portfolio
It is a collection of student work that shows evidence of
learning and progress in one or more areas. This collection
“represents a personal investment on behalf of the student
that is evident through the student’s participation in the
selection of the contents….and self-reflection” (Gisselle and
Martin-Kniep, 2000).
Learning outcome
Learning outcomes are goals that describe how a student will
e different because of a learning experience (Suskie, 2009).
Discuss
Investigate or examine by argument; debate; give reason for
and against; examine the implications of the topic.
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End of Assignment Brief
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Marking Criteria
Learning Outcomes for English for Academic Purposes 2
1. Produce elements of a cohesive & coherent
esearched essay.
2. Listen to an academic lecture whilst taking coherent
notes.
3. Read, compare & summarise a number of written academic
texts.
Excellent evidence Very good evidence Good evidence Some evidence
Insufficient
evidence
Little/No Evidence
86 – 100%/First 70+/First 60+/2:1 50+/2:2 40+/Third
30+/Fail
Pass by compensation
possible
16 – 29%/Fail 0 – 15%/Fail
Knowledge and understanding (50%)
A. Have you worked
through the tasks in
this portfolio?
(LO 1, 2, 3)
Includes all required
factual content,
accurately
summarised.
Includes relevant
factual content only.
Includes all required
factual content,
accurately
summarised.
Includes relevant
factual content only.
Includes most
equired factual
content, mostly
accurately
summarised.
Includes relevant
factual content only.
Includes most
equired factual
content, but with
some gaps or
misunderstandings.
Includes some
i
elevant factual
content.
Includes limited
factual content, with
many gaps or
inaccuracies.
Includes significant
i
elevant factual
content.
Includes insufficient
equired factual content,
with significant gaps or
inaccuracies.
Includes substantial
i
elevant factual content.
Includes almost no
equired factual
content, and with very
significant
inaccuracies.
Includes mainly
i
elevant factual
content.
Does not include
equired factual
content.