Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor and Lecturer
Stephen Moore
Contact via email
SW12 (C5A) 508
Arranged by email
Administration
Margaret Wood
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
APPL940
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is designed for students who are interested in language for specific purposes, as either a second language or a foreign language. The focus is on analysis of the socio-cultural contexts associated with business, professional and vocational areas and the specific characteristics of both oral and written text types associated with them. Such information is essential in evaluating appropriate materials and assessment tasks for teaching language for specific purposes. Students will have the opportunity to specialise in particular vocational or professional areas in assignments.
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How to apply for a late submission of an assignment
All requests for special consideration, including extensions, must be submitted via ASK.mq.edu.au and provide suitable supporting documentation
Late Assignment Submission
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Essay | 45% | No | 22 April 2019 |
Unit of teaching analysis | 50% | No | 14 June 2019 |
Class or group participation | 5% | No | Ongoing |
Due: 22 April 2019
Weighting: 45%
This assignment allows you to explore in depth an aspect of LSP that interests you. You may select a topic from the list available in the folder labelled Assignments on the iLearn website for APPL940, or you may negotiate a topic with the unit co-ordinator.
For full details of the assignment, consult the iLearn website for APPL940
Due: 14 June 2019
Weighting: 50%
This assignment asks you to analyse a 'unit of teaching' using the methods and approaches considered in APPL940, and to suggest approaches, methods and activities that you might use to teach this unit to a specified group of learners. Full details are available on iLearn.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 5%
As an important part of learning in this unit, students are expected to engage with tasks and interact with classmates. Your participation in classroom-based discussions (internal students) or online group discussions (external students) will be noted, but the content of your contributions will not be evaluated. Marks will be awarded based on the lecturer's observations of your participation.
The learning and teaching strategies used in this Unit are face-to-face sessions (for on-campus students) and recordings of these sessions; interaction with materials on iLearn; discussion; and self-study of course readings.
Time: Monday 14.00 – 16.00
Room: 14COA 163
The course lecturer will be contactable through email to answer any queries that might arise.
Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials
There is one required textbook for APPL940: Language for Specific Purposes (Gollin-Kies, Hall & Moore, 2015). The following books are also highly recommended:
The following journals contain useful articles:
Module Readings
There are between two and five 'required readings' for each module in this unit. You need to read a minimum of two for each module. Readings are essential as they discuss the major themes involved in the unit. You will find these readings EITHER on e-reserve OR on the journal’s website. Chapters from scholarly books or edited collections are available on E-reserve:
Journal articles can be downloaded from the website of the journal in question. To avoid fees, this must be accessed through Macquarie University library:
Recommended books are shelved in the Reserve section of the library and can be borrowed for limited periods of time.
Week beginning |
Topic |
25 February |
Introduction to LSP: What is LSP and why does it matter? |
4 March |
Discourse and discourse communities |
11 March |
Genre in business and professional contexts |
18 March |
Investigating the language of LSP |
25 March |
Interpersonal communication in LSP |
1 April |
Intercultural Communication and English as a Lingua Franca |
8 April |
LSP, globalisation and new technologies |
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Mid-Semester Recess |
29 April |
Needs Analysis in LSP |
6 May |
Course design in LSP |
13 May |
Materials selection and design (1) |
20 May |
Materials selection and design (2) |
27 May |
Assessment in LSP |
3 June |
Researching LSP |
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