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Eng1503: Study Plan - Semester 1 2023
Eng1503: Study Plan - Semester 1 2023
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Open Rubric
Gaetz et al (2018). Academic English: Reading and
Writing Across the Disciplines. Pearson Cape Town.
• Application of reading strategies for academic
texts by following these steps: preview, read,
summarize, and review written texts
• Digital reading and writing strategies
• How to read online and offline texts; highlighting
main ideas and commenting on texts with different
formats
• How to spell-check errors on Microsoft Word
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type of texts and a cause and effect essay, we use
the same strategies. However, the transitional
phrases for example will differ (see page 107 vs
page 124 of Gaetz et al (2018 ).
• What is genre?
• Identify different genres and explain the purpose of
each genre
• The following guidelines will help you to identify
or write different genres, how is the text
organised? How is the topic developed? What
specific grammatical structures are chosen?
• Do the student exercises under Learning Unit 3 in
the Tut 501
Refer to Chapter 2 and chapter 4 of Moffett et al (2014)
and Chapter 6 of Gaetz et al (2018)
Week 5: 13 – 17 Mar
• What is academic language?
• What are the characteristics of academic language?
• Acknowledging sources
• In-text citation
• Harvard referencing
• Know what is plagiarism
• Avoiding plagiarism
• Learn how to paraphrase and summarise (See page
168-169 of the prescribed textbook)
• Quotations (Direct & Indirect) (Read Chapter 16 of
the prescribed textbook)
• Read pages 219-220 of the prescribed textbook to
learn how to support your arguments or claims and
how to draw conclusions.
• Revise and edit your essay – Read chapter 5 of the
prescribed textbook
• Complete the student exercises under Learning
Unit 4 in the Tut 501
• Learn how to synthesise the information and ideas
in your sources
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• Do the student exercises under Learning Unit 5 in
the Tut 501
Week 7: 27 – 31 March Writing Critically : Discussions and Arguments
NB: Read Chapter 8 in your prescribed textbook.
• What is to discuss?
• What does it mean to argue?
• Toulmin, 1958 (Claim-evidence-warrant)
• Models discussions and arguments
• Do activity 8.3 on page 202 and activity 8.4 on
page 204 of their prescribed textbook.
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• How to quote?
• Punctuation of direct and indirect speech
Reading strategies
Week 12: 24 April – 28 April
• Finding the main idea
• Making inferences
• Finding the supporting ideas
• Understanding difficult words
• Using context clues
• Using a dictionary
• Determining connotation and denotation
*: Please note that due dates can change at any time. This will be a university decision, if
changes are made. You are advised to check your announcements on the ENG1503 main site
regularly so that so are aware of important date changes.
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