XENX023 E-Learning Module: Academic Vocabulary (2 cr)

Study level:
Other studies
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication
Coordinating organisation:
Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication, Open University
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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This course helps you develop strategies for expanding academic vocabulary and encountering unfamiliar vocabulary.

Description

Course description

This independent online course provides opportunities to develop strategies for expanding academic vocabulary and encountering unfamiliar vocabulary. The course introduces topics such as how to use resources and tools for determining register and context of use for unfamiliar vocabulary, and how to use lexical and language awareness in vocabulary learning and for analysing meaning.

Main content
  • What is academic vocabulary.
  • Using tools and resources for analysing the meaning of words and identifying their context of use.
  • How to expand academic and field-specific vocabulary.

Learning outcomes

LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of the course, students are expected to have developed:
  • more strategies for learning new words
  • a wider range of academic English vocabulary

Additional information

Proficiency level: B2-C1

The course material and assignments are in the course workspace in Moodle. It is recommended that the modules are completed within one semester (autumn semester = September-December; spring semester = January-May). There are several deadlines per semester, before which you can submit your assignments – all at once – for assessment. The teacher will start reading finished modules after the deadline, and after that it will take one or two weeks for you to get the feedback and for the course credits to show in Sisu.

All registered students should automatically gain access to the workspace. If this is not the case, please contact the teacher.

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
Successful completion of the course assignments. Grading scale is pass / fail.
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Independent study (2 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English

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