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(1) This document outlines the course LCOS-111: Language and Communication Studies which aims to develop students' time management, library, language, and communication skills. (2) The course is assessed through continuous assessment (40%) and examinations (60%). (3) Over 15 weeks, topics include time management, listening, reading, note-making, essay writing, and referencing. (4) Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials, presentations, discussions, and assignments. (5) Prescribed and recommended texts are provided. (6) Instructions, assignment rules, continuous assessments, and contact information are also included.

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Course Outline

(1) This document outlines the course LCOS-111: Language and Communication Studies which aims to develop students' time management, library, language, and communication skills. (2) The course is assessed through continuous assessment (40%) and examinations (60%). (3) Over 15 weeks, topics include time management, listening, reading, note-making, essay writing, and referencing. (4) Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials, presentations, discussions, and assignments. (5) Prescribed and recommended texts are provided. (6) Instructions, assignment rules, continuous assessments, and contact information are also included.

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MALAWI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

BINGU SCHOOL OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE

LCOS-111: Language and Communication Studies

1. Module Aim:
To develop students’ time management, library and language and
communication skills necessary for academic life and beyond.

2. Assessment
Continuous Assessment 40%
Examination 60%

3. Lesson Structure

Week one
- Introducing communication (brief overview)

Week two
- What is time management?
- Time management tools
- Importance of time management
- Time management matrix

Week three
- What is listening?
- Listening for academic purposes
- Note taking and note taking styles

Week four
- Organising lecture structure
- What is academic reading?
- General reading problems of university students

Week five
- Note-making
- Effective reading strategies
- Critical reading
Week six
- Structure of reading texts
- Rhetorical functions in academic reading texts
- Summary writing

Week seven
- Introduction to essay writing
- Types of essays
- Parts of an essay

Week eight
- Planning an essay
- Consulting sources

Week nine
- Practicing essay writing (drafting and editing)

Week ten
- In-text citation
- Quotations in essay
- Paraphrasing in essay writing
- Summarising information in an essay

Week eleven
- Mid- semester examinations

Week twelve
- Library skills

Week thirteen
- Referencing

Week fourteen
- Referencing

Week fifteen
- Referencing: Practice

4. Teaching and Learning Methods / Activities


Lectures, tutorials, presentations, group discussions, debates, assignments, peer
evaluation.

5. Prescribed texts

Clanchy, J. & B. Ballard. (1992). How to write essays. Melbourne: Longman


Clouse, B. F. (2003). Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader. 3rd Ed. New York:
McGraw Hill.

Cottrell, S. (2003). The study skills handbook. Retrieved from www.palgrave.com

Crucius, T. W., & Channell, C. E. (2000). The Aims of Argument: A Rhetoric and Reader
(3rd ed.). California: Mayfield.

Langan, J. (2012). English skills with readings. Eighth ed. New York: McGraw-Hill

6. Recommended texts

Beer, D. and Murrey, D. (1997). A Guide to writing as an engineer. New York: John
Wiley and Sons.

Gillet, A. (2015). Using English for academic purposes: A Guide for students in higher
education. Retrieved from http://www.uefap.com

Hacker, D. & Sommers, N. (2011). A Writer’s reference. 7th. ed. Boston: Harvard
University.

Lynch, T. (2004). Study listening: A Course in listening to lectures and note-taking.


Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Trimmer, J. F. and Hairston, M. (1999). The Riverside Reader. 6th Ed. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin.

7. General Instructions
- Lecture and tutorial attendance is compulsory.
- Make sure you understand the content given in class.
- Make sure you read beyond class content.
- Make sure your cell phones/electronic devices are put on silent mode or
switched off during class. Use of cell phones while class is in progress is a
sign of insubordination and will not be tolerated.
- Class attendance is compulsory.

8. Rules for the Submission of Assignments/Essays

 Each student assumes personal responsibility for the handing in of his /


her assignment/essay.
 The due date/submission date is the last date on which an assignment may
be handed in.
 Assignments/Essays which are received late will not be marked unless the
student has made a satisfactory arrangement with the lecturer either
before or on the due date.
 Assignments should be handed by 16:30 on the due date of the
assignment.
 Every assignment must be typed and referenced.
 Plagiarism is a serious offence. It undermines your capacity for free, critical
thinking, and will therefore be penalised.

9. Continuous assessments
a. Writing a time table (Group work) Week 2
b. Note-taking (Individual work) Week 4
c. Library skills assignment Week 7
d. Mid-semester examinations Week 9
e. Writing an introduction (Group work) Week 12
f. Referencing (Individual work) Week 14
10. Contact Information
 Mr C. Tewesa: Office 55; 0881 823 907; [email protected]
 Dr A. Mkochi: Office 43; 0885 561 882; [email protected]
 Mr P. Jiyajiya: Office 52; 0888 799 957; [email protected]
 Mr S. Kimu: Office 11: 0999 643 204/0884 932 785;
[email protected]
 Dr K. Mkandawire: Office 52; 0996 718 416; [email protected]

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