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Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
1. Course
Code
C47RT
2. Course
Title
Reading to Write 2
3. SCQF
Level
6. Course
TBC
Co-ordinator
5. School
Management and Languages
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Approved Learning Partner
Sem 2
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Name…………………….....Sem..…...
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8. Pre-requisites
Entry level equivalent to intermediate – upper intermediate level in English
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
C47RS
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
UG only
PG only
4. Credits
15
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
7
UG & PG
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
15. Aims
This course is designed for non-native speakers of English and aims
 to raise awareness of the linguistic features of expository texts
 to enable students to read expository and persuasive texts
 to raise awareness of how writers position themselves towards their audience
 to raise awareness of the linguistic features of persuasive texts
 to further develop awareness of the strategies writers can use to position themselves towards their audience
 to develop the ability to think critically about sources and presentation of information
16. Syllabus
This course is designed for non-native speakers of English
Textual resources in English: paragraph structure, textual coherence, implicit signalling of rhetorical functions
Reading skills and strategies: decode densely written texts, recognise author viewpoint, draw inferences and conclusions, evaluate texts in terms of stated or implied
purpose, identify positive or negative viewpoints
Writing skills and strategies: summarise & evaluate texts, record vocabulary, grammar and organisation of expository texts, relate text to numerical data, summarise
persuasive texts, bibliographic conventions, evaluate and write arguments
Text types:
expository, compare & contrast, define & classify, comment on data, link cause & effect; multifunctional texts (essays and projects),
persuasive: problems and solutions, linking evidence to conclusions, arguments
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Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive
Skills
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
The learners will be able to:
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Personal Abilities
identify the general to specific paragraph structure of expository and persuasive texts
recognise important relations in meaning across paragraphs which contribute to coherence in texts
analyse the organisation, lexis and grammar of a variety of expository texts in order to use these as models for their own writing
identify a variety of rhetorical functions in a single text and understand how these contribute to the overall purpose of the text
begin to analyse how an author’s viewpoint is expressed in texts
analyse the organisation, lexis and grammar of a variety of persuasive texts in order to use these as models for their own writing
identify the implicit signalling of rhetorical functions such as problems and solutions in a text and summarise the text to make these functions
more explicit
 identify positive or negative viewpoints and see how these support the purpose of the text
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
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18. Assessment Methods
Method
understand and reproduce written commentary related to numerical information such as graphs and tables
use their knowledge of organisation, rhetorical function, vocabulary and grammar to decode densely written texts
begin to be able to summarise, paraphrase and evaluate written texts for use in their own oral and written presentations
write a range of more complex genres such as essays and projects
define and analyse problems and suggest and evaluate solutions
read a text and draw inferences and conclusions from it, thinking beyond the original material
read a text and evaluate its effectiveness in terms of its stated or implied purpose
evaluate the effectiveness of arguments or sources of information for use in their own writing
build on their ability to summarise written texts with appropriate acknowledgement of sources
19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Coursework
Essay
Essay Coursework
1 Submission +
Participation
Evidence of
Reading +
Reflection +
Participation
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
20%
Exam (100%)
50%
30%
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
2/2
Diet(s)