tailieunhanh - Module: English and Communication: Writing Skills for Social Work

Thirty two fourth level students in the Department of Foreign Languages at King Faisal University have participated in the study. They are 22-24 years old. All the subjects of the study were Saudi female college students enrolled in an advanced course, Language Testing, and most of them have successfully passed all the courses of the English program and are left with only one course, Teaching Practice. It is important to mention here that the students have attended an Error Analysis course where they were taught how to identify, classify and describe written and verbal errors in English made by second. | European Master in Social Work Module English and Communication Writing Skills for Social Work Hanze University Groningen Applied Sciences Drs. Marion Troia C1 English Communication Writing skills for social work Student manual Page 1 of 11 European Master in Social Work Introduction English Communication is a foundational module that helps students to strengthen their study skills since the Masters programme is entirely in English. Students have an opportunity to improve skills needed to be able to carry out the assignments of other modules and courses such as research papers or the final thesis. Social Workers at a senior level need to be able to write not only descriptive texts such as case client reports they also need to write analytically. Analytical writing is not the same as narrative or descriptive writing in terms of both structure and language. It is important to note that English Communication is not a remedial English language course. Students are expected to have a Common European Framework for Languages CEFL level of higher B2 or low C1 that is upper intermediate to advanced. The IELTS score expected is . Module aims Students will be prepared for the study of Social Work at a graduate level in English in this module. Writing tasks are similar to those that students will carry out for other modules and professional products. Students will practice APA Style for both in-text citations and end- of - text reference lists. The skills of English practiced in relation to these intercultural aspects of the module are both oral and written. Students will write and improve a report of an authentic case to bridge the messy reality of practice in the field with scientific and academic presentation of problems and solutions. On completion of the module students are able to. Design texts according to the commonly agreed features of academic professional writing in Social Work Apply the appropriate forms of layout and APA Style for in-text .