XENX023 E-Learning Module: Academic Vocabulary (2 op)

Course description

This independent online course provides opportunities to develop strategies for expanding academic vocabulary and encountering unfamiliar vocabulary. The course introduces topics such as how to use resources and tools for determining register and context of use for unfamiliar vocabulary, and how to use lexical and language awareness in vocabulary learning and for analysing meaning.

Main content

• What is academic vocabulary.
• Using tools and resources for analysing the meaning of words and identifying their context of use.
• How to expand academic and field-specific vocabulary.

On completion of the course, the student is expected to

• have developed strategies for expanding their academic and field-specific vocabulary.
• be able to use tools and resources for analysing the meaning of unfamiliar words and for understanding the context of use and register of unfamiliar vocabulary.
• better understand how to use language awareness for learning and encountering new vocabulary.

Proficiency level: B2-C1

The course material and assignments are in the course workspace in Moodle. It is recommended that the modules are completed within one semester (autumn semester = September-December; spring semester = January-May). There are several deadlines per semester, before which you can submit your assignments – all at once – for assessment. The teacher will start reading finished modules after the deadline, and after that it will take one or two weeks for you to get the feedback and for the course credits to show in Sisu.