M2015 English Writing IV

Explain why idioms and phrasal verbs are essential to enhanced English language learning. Explore various scenes and contexts where idioms and phrasal verbs might play a part. Students will have the opportunity to increase their fluency by mastering the use of idioms and phrasal verbs in English.

General Course Infromation

Course Details

Course Staff

Course Instructor: Austin Sites

Course Timetable

Students will be noticed when the course is open.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Comprehend the basics of phrasal verbs and show the various meanings that can change or deepen with adding a phrase to the verb.;
2. Explain the impact of adverbs, prepositions, and combined adverbs and prepositions, and how each of these steps change the meaning of phrasal verbs;
3. Discover how knowledge of idioms can improve their overall knowledge of the English;
4. Understand idioms and phrasal verbs with a variety of context examples and real-life situations – which will help them to better understand native speakers and English writing;
5. How to put these phrases into proper sentences and with structure to solidify their understanding in a visual contextual manner;
6. Gain an understanding that while basics of English is the best start, idioms and phrasal verbs can help you explore the language in a deeper, more meaningful way;

Learning Resouces

This course may include additional learning materials from the instructor. You may find them attached alongside your lesson videos.

Assessment

Policy on course assessment is based on the following four principles:

1. Assessment must encourage learning activities and improve learning methods.
2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable.
4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Detail

Assessment 1: Attendance

Credit: 25

Assessment on attendance is determined by the total viewing duration in a lesson. For example, to get 25 credits, a 40-minute long lesson video requires a minimum viewing duration of 160 minutes.

Assessment 2: Assignments

Credit: 50

Task: You need to complete a total of 10 questions which come in various forms, including but not limited to cloze, multiple choice, or TRUE/FALSE questions. You will have 3 opportunities to answer each question before your final submission.

Assessment 3: Quiz

Credit: 25

Task: You need to complete a total of 20 questions that are either standalone or under reading material(s). You will not have additional opportunities before your final submission.

Submission

• Failure to submit: Failure to fufill course attendance requirements, or unable to submit an assignment or quiz on time may incur a fail grade.
• Resubmission: of an assignment or a quiz after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted. Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.
• Appealing a mark or grade: If you are dissatisfied with your mark or grade, you may request for a review from your program coordinator. There must be academic or procedural reasons for your request, so you can’t simply request a re-mark because you are disappointed with your result.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme: