145-127 Advanced ESL Information Technology

Formerly available as 145-011. Students who have completed 145-011 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

All applicants will be required to sit a test to determine their language proficiency before they are able to enrol in this subject. Students who are native speakers of English or whose language proficiency is near-native are not eligible to enrol.

This subject focuses on the development of content-based English for academic purposes through a study of systems analysis and design methods. The subject asks students to focus on language skills and tasks which are integral to their academic studies and which will also prepare them for the professional setting. The discipline-specific content will be delivered by academic staff with expertise in information systems and computer science. Topics will include methods for gathering information about problem situations, and methods for feeding back information. Through participation in this subject, students should develop their ability to speak appropriately in academic settings, deliver presentations confidently using electronic tools, communicate well in a team, take notes in lectures and read academic texts effectively, write assignments, reports and summaries fluently, accurately and appropriately, and have a better understanding of organisational problems and opportunities, and of ways of determining stakeholders' needs within the organisational context.

Oral presentations totalling 10 minutes, two integrated listening, reading and writing assignments totalling 800 words, a written assignment of 1000 words, a folio consisting of five written texts and totalling 1000 words, and tutorial participation. In order to successfully complete this subject, students are required are required to submit all written assignments, and to attend 80% of all classes.

A subject reader will be available with extracts from sources on systems analysis and design methods.