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ENL-90004 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

ENL-90004 - Academic English for Business Students ( 2)
Coordinator: Samantha Jones Tel: +44 1782 7 33290
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733960

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

¿¿¿These sessions will provide opportunities for you to further develop your academic skills in English. Through a series of classes, workshops, assignments and practical tasks, on this¿module ¿you will work on writing, reading, verbal communication skills, research skills and workplace skills, looking at functional language and analysing genres specific to a business context. You will improve and develop transferable academic skills that can help you to succeed not only in this¿module, but also in your other business¿modules¿and future career.¿¿

Aims
To develop academic communication skills in a business context, primarily in writing and reading, with some development of speaking skills and academic English vocabulary and language structures, for use on other KBS modules and in future employment.

Intended Learning Outcomes

utilise appropriate language to express business-related concepts in English: 1,2
produce clear and linguistically accurate writing in a form appropriate to specific genres: 1
work effectively in a group to produce a questionnaire in order to research a specific topic and collate information: 1
collate data and present the data in an appropriate format: 1
analyse research results to write a report using the appropriate format and language structures: 1
engage in academic discussion on business-related topics.: 2
read, extract relevant information, summarise, and synthesize information from business-related texts: 1,2

Study hours

44 hours taught sessions/tutorials
106 hours pre-class preparation, coursework and assessment.

School Rules

Open only to non-native speakers of English on recommendation of the Language Centre. Open to Y2 and Y3 students.
Barred combination: Any other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Portfolio weighted 70%
Portfolio
Completion of four writing tasks, between 100-800 words each, with a total of approximately 1500-words, linked to a research project including a group questionnaire, visual presentation of data, report and business correspondence.

2: Coursework weighted 30%
Oral Test
Students will participate in an individual 10-minute interview during which they will be expected to discuss a business-related topic.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024