English
English
The
English course has three parts: Literature, Drama and English for
Academic Purposes (EAP). Literature is 70% of the total assessment and
Drama is 30%. In addition to the assessment in Literature and Drama,
students must also successfully meet the EAP hurdle requirements as set
by the individual faculties at The University of Melbourne.
English for Academic Purposes
Objectives
EAP is designed to help you develop your study skills. The main aims of the course are therefore to develop your skills in the following areas:
Interpreting information
- Understanding academic listening and reading texts
- Identifying relevant information
- Taking notes
- Recognising point of view and bias
- Thinking clearly and critically
Expressing ideas
- Arguing a point (writing and speaking)
- Using academic style (writing and speaking)
- Paraphrasing and using evidence
- Structuring academic essays and presentations
Negotiating
- Participating in formal and informal discussion
Assessment
A combination of in-class and homework assignments, exams and an oral presentation.
Classes per week
2 classes of 1.5 hours each
Recommended texts
- A good English dictionary such as Collins Cobuild or Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Literature
Objectives
This
course is designed to improve each student's English and academic
skills by providing technical instruction and opportunities to read,
discuss, and write in detail about a variety of literary texts. By
emphasising an appreciation of literature in historical and cultural
context, this course also prepares students for life in
English-speaking environments, including universities and the broader
Australian community. Literature requires students to become familiar
with many genres and literary techniques, and supports students in
their analysis of texts noted for depth and sophistication. The course
is intended to promote a culture of reading, and of engaged, critical
reflection. Through the vital cultural and personal issues dramatised
in literary texts, students develop the ability to make fine
distinctions of idea and attitude, and are thereby encouraged to
develop the initiative to both form and question their own opinions.
Literature also promotes the confidence and ability to articulate
arguments both orally and in written form.
Description
Through lectures and tutorial discussions students are exposed to a number of texts in various styles which they analyse and reflect upon. The Literature course requires students to explore poetry, drama, short fiction, and novels.
Assessment
- Class attendance, participation and assignments
- Examinations
Required texts
The Literature texts change from year to year, but include a range of poems, plays, short stories and novels.
Drama
Objectives
The aims of the drama program are to:
- develop communication skills, in particular in using English language within the Australian social, cultural and academic context.
- foster imagination
- develop self confidence
- encourage initiative and leadership
- develop an ensemble spirit
Essential features of the curriculum include the teaching of:
- mime, movement, dance, rhythm
- an understanding of dramatic elements such as space, time, tension
- aspects of 'play' used to develop the imagination, creativity and spontaneity
- improvisation, characterisation, role play, monologue and dialogue
- storytelling, creating for theatre, voice projection and articulation
- concentration, focus of intention, dramatic structure
Assessment
The
students are observed closely throughout the year and are required to
demonstrate their newly acquired skills during class workshops and for
examinations. In class the focus is on the quality of participation,
and a studentÕs ability to readily and frequently suggest ideas, to
work and plan with others, and to get involved in all aspects of the
curriculum, regardless of his or her previous experience of drama.
The
assessment schedule is as follows:
Term 1 Mime
Term 2 Monologue
Term 3 Group Devised Performance Project
Term 4 Performance Exam