Module QXS-1003:
QXS-1003 Speaking and listening
Module Facts
Run by School of Arts, Culture and Language
10.000 Credits or 5.000 ECTS Credits
Semester 1
Organiser: Ms Emily Morris
Overall aims and purpose
To raise students' spoken English competence so that they can communicate with other learners of English and with native English speakes in a general, professional or academic setting.
To raise students' listening comprehension so that they can understand native English speakers discussing topics of general, professional and academic interest.
Course content
This course is only available to students whose native language is not English and who have not passed the Cambridge Advanced level examination.
This is a single module, taught during the first term of the university year. The course is thematically organised around topics of general interest and wide academic application. Each unit comprises a video or audio tape and exercises and speaking activities based on it. The exercises used are approximately equivalent to Cambridge Advanced level, ALTE level 4, corresponding to 'Competent User' in the Council of Europe framework. Tapes and videos are at levels from Advanced to native speaker level to reflect the needs of students' other study at this university.
Assessment Criteria
good
55% A student has achieved a good standard of competence in coursework and examination relating to the learning outcomes above (equivalent to IELTS 6.5). A student has good ability to listen and understand spoken English and is able to respond appropriately and effectively, although there may be occasional errors of grammar and vocabulary. S/he may occasionally require the interlocutor to repeat or explain unfamiliar or idiomatic expressions but this will rarely impede communication.
excellent
70% A student has achieved an exceptional standard of competence in coursework and examination relating to the learning outcomes above (equivalent to IELTS 7.0 or above). A student has excellent ability to listen and understand spoken English and is able to respond appropriately and effectively with very few errors of grammar and vocabulary. S/he will only rarely require the interlocutor to repeat or explain unfamiliar or idiomatic expressions but communication is excellent and approaching that of native speakers in pace and content.
threshold
40% A student has achieved the minimum acceptable standard of competence in coursework and examination relating to the learning outcomes above (equivalent to IELTS 6.0). A student has a basic ability to listen and understand spoken English and is usually able to respond appropriately, although there may be some errors of grammar and vocabulary and s/he may require the interlocutor or repeat or explain expressions. Pronunciation may be heavily accented.
Learning outcomes
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On successful completion of the module, a student will be able to: Understand and complete general and academic exercises using listening material designed for student at IELTS 6.0 and above. Understand the gist of listening material at native speaker level and to make appropriate comments and responses. Be familiar with English spoken in a variety of accents. Hold conversations on general topics with other English learners and with native speakers of English.
Assessment Methods
Type | Name | Description | Weight |
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Interview Assignment | 33.40 | ||
Spoken Exam | 33.30 | ||
Listening Exam | 33.30 |
Teaching and Learning Strategy
Hours | ||
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Practical classes and workshops | Teaching consists of an interactive class each week for 12 weeks. Each week, students are encouraged to communicate with each other and with the teacher in English only. There are considerable number of speaking activities in which the students are required to engage with other class members to give ample opportunity for fluency practice within a comparatively sheltered environment. Each week, students are expected to complete exercises related to the work covered in class, to research in the library and on the internet in preparation for their assignments and to undertake specific communication exercises with native English speakers. In 2021, it is hoped that this course will be at least partially taught face to face, although provision and expectation remains for at least partial online delivery. |
24 |
Individual Project | An assessed project in which students interview a fellow student - in English - about their experiences of learning a foreign language. Students then use the interview to write an essay comparing their experience of learning English with that of their interviewee. The interviewee must not speak the student's native tongue. |
24 |
Private study | Students are expected to use their class experience to improve their production of English outside the classroom. They are encouraged to record new vocabulary or slang and bring them to class for discussion. |
52 |
Transferable skills
- Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
- Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
- Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
- Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
- Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sentistevely with others
- Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
- Presentation - Able to clearly present information and explanations to an audience. Through the written or oral mode of communication accurately and concisely.
- Teamwork - Able to constructively cooperate with others on a common task, and/or be part of a day-to-day working team
- Management - Able to utilise, coordinate and control resources (human, physical and/or financial)
- Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
- Self-awareness & Reflectivity - Having an awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives. Able to regularly review, evaluate and reflect upon the performance of yourself and others
- Leadership - Able to lead and manage, develop action plans and objectives, offer guidance and direction to others, and cope with the related pressures such authority can result in
Resources
Resource implications for students
n/a
Reading list
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Courses including this module
Compulsory in courses:
- Q314: BA International English Language for TEFL year 1 (BA/IELT)
Optional in courses:
- N1R1: BA Bus Stud with French year 1 (BA/BSFR)
- N1R2: BA Business Studies with German year 1 (BA/BSGER)
- N1R3: BA Business Studies with Italian year 1 (BA/BSIT)
- N1R4: BA Business Studies with Spanish year 1 (BA/BSSP)
- N107: BA Business year 1 (BA/BUS)
- NN44: BSc Accounting and Banking with International Experience year 1 (BSC/ABIE)
- NN43: BSc Accounting and Banking year 1 (BSC/ACCB)
- NN46: BSc Accounting and Banking (4 year with Incorp Found) year 1 (BSC/ACCB1)
- NN3F: BSc Accounting and Banking year 1 (BSC/ACCBF)
- NN3P: BSc Acc & Banking with Place Yr year 1 (BSC/ACCBP)
- NL41: BSc Accounting and Economics year 1 (BSC/ACCEC)
- NL4B: BSc Accounting and Economics (4 year with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BSC/ACCEC1)
- NL4F: BSc Accounting and Economics year 1 (BSC/ACCECF)
- NL4P: BSc Accounting and Economics with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/ACCECP)
- NN4J: BSc Accounting and Finance (4 year with Incorp Found) year 1 (BSC/ACCF1)
- NN4H: BSc Accounting and Finance year 1 (BSC/ACCFIN)
- NN4F: BSc Accounting and Finance year 1 (BSC/ACCFINF)
- N402: BSc Accounting & Finance (with International Experience) year 1 (BSC/ACCFINIE)
- NN4P: BSc Accounting and Finance with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/ACCFINP)
- NL42: BSc Accounting and Economics with International Experience year 1 (BSC/AEIE)
- N109: BSc Bus Analytics w Financial Tech year 1 (BSC/BAFT)
- L190: BSc Business Economics year 1 (BSC/BEC)
- L19B: BSc Business Economics (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BSC/BEC1)
- L19F: BSc Business and Economics year 1 (BSC/BECF)
- L191: BSc Business Economics with International Experience year 1 (BSC/BECIE)
- L19P: BSc Business Economics with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/BECP)
- 8V55: BSc Banking and Finance (with International Experience) year 1 (BSC/BFIE)
- N391: BSc Banking and Finance year 1 (BSC/BFIN)
- N39B: BSc Banking and Finance (4 year w Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BSC/BFIN1)
- N39F: Banking and Finance year 1 (BSC/BFINF)
- N39P: BSc Banking and Finance with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/BFINP)
- N312: BSc Banking with Financial Tech year 1 (BSC/BKFT)
- N200: BSc Business Management year (BSC/BM)
- N20B: BSc Business Management (4 year with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BSC/BM1)
- N2ND: BSc Business Management with Accounting year 1 (BSC/BMA)
- N2NF: BSc Business Man with Account (4 yr with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BSC/BMA1)
- N3NF: BSc Business Management with Accounting year 1 (BSC/BMAF)
- N2NP: BSc Business Management with Accounting with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/BMAP)
- NN23: BSc Business Management and Finance year 1 (BSC/BMF)
- NN2B: BSc Business Man & Finance (4 year with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BSC/BMF1)
- N20F: BSc Business Management year 1 (BSC/BMFF)
- NN2F: BSc Business Management and Finance year 1 (BSC/BMFINF)
- NN2P: Business Management and Finance with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/BMFP)
- NBR1: BSc Business Management with French year 1 (BSC/BMFR)
- NBR2: BSc Business Management with German year 1 (BSC/BMG)
- NBR3: BSc Business Management with Italian year 1 (BSC/BMI)
- N2N5: BSc Business Management and Marketing year 1 (BSC/BMM)
- N2NC: BSc Business Man & Marketing (4 yr with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BSC/BMM1)
- N5NF: BSc Business Management and Marketing year 1 (BSC/BMMF)
- N5NP: BSc Business Management and Marketing with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/BMMP)
- N20P: BSc Business Management with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/BMPP)
- NBR4: BSc Business Management with Spanish year 1 (BSC/BMS)
- N101: BSc Business Studies year 1 (BSC/BS)
- N10B: BSc Business Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BSC/BS1)
- NN1H: BSc Business Studies and Finance year 1 (BSC/BSFIN)
- NN1J: BSc Business Studies and Finance (4 year with Incorp Found) year 1 (BSC/BSFIN1)
- NNM1: BSc Business Studies & Marketing with Intl Experience year 1 (BSC/BSMIE)
- NN1M: BSc Business Studies and Marketing year 1 (BSC/BSMKT)
- NN1K: BSc Business Studies & Marketing (4 year with Incorp Found) year 1 (BSC/BSMKT1)
- L112: BSc Financial Economics with International Experience year 1 (BSC/FEIE)
- L111: BSc Financial Economics year 1 (BSC/FINEC)
- L11B: BSc Financial Economics (4 year w Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BSC/FINEC1)
- L11F: BSc Financial Economics year 1 (BSC/FINECF)
- L11P: BSc Financial Economics with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/FINECP)
- N501: BSc Marketing year 1 (BSC/MKT)
- N50B: BSc Marketing (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BSC/MKT1)
- N50F: BSc Marketing year 1 (BSC/MKTF)
- N50P: BSc Marketing with Placement Year year 1 (BSC/MKTP)