纽卡斯尔大学10周语言 学生手册Word格式文档下载.docx

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8.2Thewrittenassignmentschedule6

8.3Researchprojectpart2:

Theoralpresentation6

8.4Audience7

8.5Assessment7

9Deadlines7

10Beingapre-sessionalstudent7

11Mobilephonesandtablets8

12Studentattendance,latearrivalsandabsences8

13Changingclasstimes9

14Communicationandcoursemanagement9

15Importantmeetingsduringtheprogramme10

16Studentsupport:

whotoaskforhelp10

17Usefulcontacts11

18Complaints11

19Appendix1:

Weeklyschemeofwork12

20Appendix2:

Readinggoals,syllabusandassessment14

21Appendix3:

Writinggoals,syllabusandassessment15

22Appendix4:

Grammarandvocabularygoals,syllabusandassessment16

23Appendix5:

Seminarskillsgoals,syllabusandassessment17

24Appendix6:

Presentationskillsgoals,syllabusandassessment18

25Appendix7:

Listeninggoals,syllabusandassessment19

26Appendix8:

Researchprojectschedule20

27Appendix9:

Researchprojecttitles21

28Appendix10:

Writingassessmentcriteria25

29Appendix11:

Presentationskillsassessmentcriteria28

30Appendix12:

Extensionrequestform31

1Programmedescription

ThePre-sessionalProgrammeisashort,intensivecoursedesignedforstudentswhoneedtoimprovetheirEnglishlanguagelevelbeforestartingadegreeprogrammeatNewcastleUniversity.ThecourseconcentratesonacademicEnglishandpreparingstudentsforuniversitystudyintheUKby:

•helpingthemdevelopthelanguageandacademicskillsneededtosuccessfullyembarkuponadegreeprogrammeinanEnglishlanguageuniversity

•enablingthemtoadjusttothedemands,challengesandexpectationsofUKhighereducationandculture

•providingthemwithashortperiodoftimetoadapttolivingandstudyingintheUKpriortobeginningtheiracademicstudies.

Therearetwoentryrequirements:

academicandlanguage.Firstly,studentsmustalreadyholdanofferofaplaceonadegreeprogrammeatNewcastleUniversity.Secondly,thestandardlanguageentryrequirementsfortheten-weekprogrammeareasbelow:

Faculty

IELTS

Science,AgricultureandEngineering

5.5（withaminimumof5.0inallsubskills）

HumanitiesandSocialSciences,

6.0（withaminimumof5.5inallsubskills）

MedicalSciences

NotethatsomedegreeprogrammesrequireahigherEnglishlanguagelevelforentrytothePre-sessionalEnglishcourse.

Therearetwocohorts:

aten-weekandasix-weekcohort.Eachcohortismadeupoftwotypesofstudents:

continuingstudentsandnewstudents.ThecontinuingstudentshavebeenstudyingontheEnglishforUniversityStudies（EUS）programmeatINTONewcastleforatleastoneterm.Continuingandnewstudentsmaybemixedinthesameclass.

Classesaretypicallymadeupofapproximately85%Chineseand10%Saudistudentsintheirearlytwenties.Thevastmajorityofstudentswillprogressontopostgraduatecourses,manywiththeNewcastleUniversityBusinessSchool（40%）,TheSchoolofElectrical,ElectronicandComputerEngineering（10%）andTheSchoolofEducation,CommunicationandLanguageSciences（10%）.

2Successfulcompletion

ForstudentstoprogresstotheirdegreeprogrammestheyneedtosuccessfullycompletethePre-SessionalProgramme.

'

Successfulcompletion'

requiresstudentstomeetallofthefollowingcriteria:

∙Attendanceontheprogramme（minimum90%）

∙Satisfactorycompletionofbothawrittenassignmentandpresentation

∙Completionofallcomponentsofthefinalassessment

PleasenotethatstudentsdonotneedtoobtainaparticularscoreintheirfinalassessmenttoproceedtotheirUniversitydegreeprovidingthattheysuccessfullycompletetheprogramme.However,tosatisfyUKVIvisaregulations,studentsmustalsogainaminimumof55（IELTS5.5）ineachofthefourpartsofthefinalassessment.

3Programmestructure

week

weekcommencing

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

22ndJune

1

29thJune

2

6thJuly

3

13thJuly

4

20thJuly

5

27thJuly

6

3rdAugust

7

10thAugust

8

17thAugust

9

24thAugust

10

31stAugust

Induction

Studentshavea3-dayinductionperiod,runningfromThursdayweek0toMondayweek1.Thisincludesregistration,talksbywelfareandstudentservices,anentrytest,academicinductionbytheProgrammeManagerandtimetablehandoutwiththeclasstutor.

BlockAofclasses

ThefirstblockofteachingstartsonTuesdayweek1andendsonMondayweek9.

Assessmentperiod

TheassessmentperiodrunsfromTuesdaytoFridayweek9.Studentssubmittheirwrittenassignmentandhaveaformalassessmentoftheirreading,writing,listeningandpresentationskills.

BlockBofclasses

Somestudentswhoareoverlyfocussedonthefinaltestsmayseenopointincontinuingtostudyonceassessmentisover.However,longertermaimsremain（preparingthemfortheirMasterscourse）,theyarestillpayingforclassesandsomestudentscomplainifthistimeisusedfor‘funandgames’.Forthesereasons,itisnecessarytocontinueclassesfromTuesdaytoThursdayweek10.PleasenotethatMondayweek10isaBankHoliday,whilestudentshavealectureaboutIn-SessionalteachingandTranscripthandoutonFridayweek10.

4Teachingschedules

Bothteachersandstudentshaveeitheramorningorafternoonschedule,comprisingfourlessonsaday,fivedaysaweek,asshownbelow:

9:

00–9:

50

50–10:

40

10:

40–11:

00

11:

00–11:

50–12:

Readingandwriting

Grammar&

vocabulary

Break

Listeningskills

Presentationskills

Seminarskills

Morningschedule

1:

00–1:

50–2:

2:

40–3:

00

3:

00–3:

50–4:

Afternoonschedule

Twoteacherssharetwoclasses.Themaintutorofoneclassisthesecondtutoroftheotherandviceversa.Themaintutorteachesreadingandwritingskills,grammarandvocabulary,andtakesresponsibilityfortheresearchproject.Themaintutormarkstheassignmentplanandfirstdraftandconductsbothfeedbacktutorials,althoughthefinaldraftismarkedbyanotherteacher.Thesecondtutorteacheslistening,presentationandseminarskills.

5Materials

Studentsareprovidedwithacopyofthefollowingcoursebooks:

∙Hewings,M.（2012）CambridgeAcademicEnglish.Cambridge:

CUP

∙Campbell,C.andSmith,J（2012）EnglishforAcademicStudy:

Listening.Reading:

GarnetEducation

Teachersarenotexpectedtocoveralloftheactivitiesinthesebooks:

thereisneitherthetimenortheneed.Moreover,teachersmayprovidestudentswithadditionalmaterialsoftheirownwherenecessary.

Thereferencingstyleusedonthisprogramme,andonmanydegreeprogrammesatNewcastleUniversity,isHarvard.PleaserefertotheCiteThemRightOn-lineforfurtherdetails.

6Homework

Inadditiontotwenty（academic）hoursoflessonsperweek,studentsarealsoexpectedtocompleteanadditionaltwentyhoursofhomework.Thesemaytaketheformoftasksscheduledinthedailyschemesofwork,self-studytasksmadeavailableviaBlackboardandadditionaltaskssetbytheteacher.

Thedailyreadingandwritingschemeofworkhasbeendesignedtoworkinoneoftwoways.Thefirstoptionisthemoretraditionalapproachinwhichthe“Inputmaterials”areusedinclassandthe“Practicematerials”startedinclassandfinishedoffforhomework.Inthesecondoption,basedon“Theflippedclassroom”approach,the“Inputmaterials”arecompletedaspreparationbeforeclassandthe“Practicematerials”formthemainfocusofclasswork.Theteachershouldchoosetheoptionbestsuitedtohis/herstudentsandtheirpreferredlearningstyle.

Pre-sessionalstudentswillalsobeprovidedwithadditionalon-lineself-studytasksviaBlackboard.Thesetasksprovidestudentswitharangeofmaterialstohelpthemimprovetheirgrammar,vocabulary,writing,speaking,listeningandreading.Studentsarenotexpectedtocompleteallofthesetasks,butidentifyandfocusontheirweakestareas.Thesetasksareself-markinganddonotneedtobe‘managed’bytheteacherinanyway.Nevertheless,studentsarerequiredtosubmitarecordsheeteachweekwhichtheteachermaycheckiftheyseefit.

Finally,teachersmaysettheirownhomeworktasks,eitherasfollowupto,oraspreparationforclasswork.Onceagain,trainingonsettingup,submittingandmarkinghomeworktasksonBlackboardwillbeprovided.

7Teachingandlearning

StudentswhohavenotstudiedintheUKbeforemayfindthatbothteachingandlearningareverydifferentfromwhattheyhaveexperiencedpreviously.Itcanbe