Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Kurongkurl Katitjin

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• Unit Title

  Academic Reading and Writing 1

• Unit Code

  ABB1126

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

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Description

This unit will focus students' learning on the activity of reading for academic and critical purposes. As readers, students will develop the ability to examine both the contexts in which texts are produced and the interpretive and analytical processes used to frame responses to texts. Students will apply their reading skills to interpret relations such as power and subject positions in texts concerning Indigenous Australians and the wider society.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse essay question/topics and put in place an essay plan.
2. Demonstrate an awareness of a number of different directive words and their specific meanings in the context of essay writing: for example (analyse, critique, examine, evaluate etc.).
3. Describe key concepts and events in the colonisation of Indigenous Australia through to contemporary times.
4. Identify effective editing strategies for essay drafts and recognise this process is required to complete assessments.
5. Identify specific purposes of academic reading and writing.
6. Recognise the fundamental importance of reading for meaing and apply relevant skills to appropriate texts.
7. Use academic writing to demonstrate at an introductory level, research skills and correct referencing of materials used in essays.
8. Utilise effective editing skills for essay drafts.

Unit Content

1. Social indicators as a consequence of colonisation: health, housing, unemployment etc.
2. Texts of Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors as presented in a range of sources, internet, library, newspapers etc.
3. The developmental stages of essay writing.
4. The key features to good academic writing.
5. Use of directive words in an essay topic or question and the analysis of essay topics and questions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Nil

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• ^ Rolls, N., & Wignell, P. (2009). Communicating at University. (3rd). Darwin: Australia. Charles Darwin University Press.
• Morgan, S. (1988). My place. Fremantle: Australia. Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
• Abercrombie, N., Hill, S., & Turner, B.S. (2000). The Penguin dictionary of sociology. Fourth, London: Penguin.
• Moon, B., & Mellor, B. (2006). Writing critical essays: A practical guide. Perth, Australia: Chalkface Press.
• Carter, R. (1995). Keywords in language and literacy. New York: United States of America. Routledge.
• Craven, R. (Ed). (1999). Teaching Aboriginal studies. NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• Giddens, A. (2001.) Sociology. Fourth Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity Press.
• Davis, J. (1992). In our town. Paddington: Australia. Currency Press.
• Saunders, J. (Ed). (1997). Plays from Black Australia Paddington: Australia: Currency Press.

Website References

• Macquarie dictionary online http://www.macquarieonline.com.au/dictionary.html
• Better writing skills http://www.BetterWritingSkills.com
• Better writing http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/?view=uk

References

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