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Embedding Academic Literacy – A Case Study in Business at UTS:Insearch Susan Brooman -Jones (Presenting) Greg Cunning

Embedding Academic Literacy – A Case Study in Business at UTS:Insearch Susan Brooman -Jones (Presenting) Greg Cunningham (Presenting) Laura Hanna David Wilson ALL Conference – Adelaide 24 November 2011. UTS: Insearch - Business. Provider of pathway diploma with entry based on

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Embedding Academic Literacy – A Case Study in Business at UTS:Insearch Susan Brooman -Jones (Presenting) Greg Cunning

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  1. Embedding Academic Literacy – A Case Study in Business at UTS:Insearch Susan Brooman-Jones (Presenting) Greg Cunningham (Presenting) Laura Hanna David Wilson ALL Conference – Adelaide 24 November 2011

  2. UTS: Insearch - Business Provider of pathway diploma with entry based on • High school academic performance • English language performance (IELTS) for international students Old Program Structure • Discipline subjects • Generic stand-alone literacy subject New Program Structure • Opportunity to review the entire DipBus program • Focus on integrating literacy objectives into discipline subjects

  3. Focus on Academic Literacy DEEWR report (2009) emphasises... “for the retention and academic success of international students in Australian universities, a range of skills and strategies (in particular, written and oral communication) need to be made visible, explicit, and accessible and, importantly, integratedwithin specific disciplinary contexts”

  4. Levels of Integration(Dudley-Evans 2001) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

  5. A Fourth Level Level 4

  6. Case Study: Overview BABC001 Academic and Business Communication • The ‘Academic Literacy’ subject focusing directly on the communication and study skills required for further study in business. BACC001 Accounting for Business • This subject focuses on the broad and basic knowledge and skills required to deal with accounting information systems. BECO001 Economics for Business • This subject introduces students to the basic concepts, theories and principles of economics and their application.

  7. Accounting BACC Assignment: Week 5 Company analysis (short answers) Common company and topic used for all three assessment tasks BABC001Assessment 2: Week 9 Report (written using the company from Accounting) Communications Assessment 3: Week 11/12 Presentation (groups present an analysis of the case they write about in Economics) BABC001Assessment 1: Week 5 Review Common case study Economics BECO001 Assignment: Week 12 Case study analysis (written report)

  8. Outcomes Benefits of embedding through assessment • Positive feedback from students and staff • Effective model that involves collaboration and coordination in a way that is practical and sustainable in an ongoing program. • Sense of ‘community of practice’ among staff Challenges to address • Communication of aims and objectives across subjects and disseminating information to tutors.

  9. References Full Paper • Brooman-Jones, S, Cunningham, G, Hanna, L and Wilson, D. (2011) ‘Embedding academic literacy – A case study in Business at UTS:Insearch’ Journal of Academic Language & Learning Vol. 5, No. 2, 2011, A1-A13. ISSN 1835-5196 (Received 17 March 2011; Published online 28 November 2011) Presentation • Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR] (2009). Good Practice Principles for English Language Proficiency for International Students in Australian Universities. Final Project Report. Retrieved from http://www.deewr.gov.au/highereducation/publications/pages/goodpracticeprinciples.aspx • Dudley-Evans, T. (2001). Team-teaching in EAP: Changes and adaptations in the Birmingham approach. In M. Peacock, & J. Flowerdew (Eds.). Research perspective on English for academic purposes (pp. 225-238). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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