EAP4 Unit Guide

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES_LEVEL 4
Unit Guide
About English for Academic Purposes_Level 4
CONTACTS
Below is a list of contacts for this unit. Please liaise directly with your head teacher regarding appropriate
consultation times. It is usually best to make contact with the staff via email.
EAP 4-5 Ms. Ngọc Anh

Head Teacher Email: [email protected]
Student Advisors Ms. Trâm Bùi & Ms. Khanh Huỳnh
2A Nguyen Thi Dieu, Vo Thi Sau Ward, District 3, HCMC
Phone: (028) 3920 9999 - Ext: 204 or 223 Email: [email protected]
UNIT OVERVIEW
This level aims to further develop the academic and study skills as well as horn language skills of Upper
Intermediate English level students. This is the preparatory step before you proceed to English for
Academic Purposes Level 5.
PRE-REQUISITES
None.
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Assessment Information
UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES
The table below outlines the unit learning outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. Upon completion of this unit,
students will be able to:
Academic Study Skills 1. Identify and utilize preferred language learning styles
2. Draw conclusions based on evidence
3. Work in groups
4. Reference sources in prescribed style
5. Complete assessment tasks on time
6. Speculate about ideas
7. Acknowledge alternative viewpoints

Academic Speaking 8. Use simple and complex sentence patterns
Skills
9. Ask for information and opinions
10. Give information clearly and fluently
11. Use stress and repetition for emphasis
12. Organize ideas and opinions effectively
13. Use persuasive language to argue
14. Sustain a line of argument
15. Paraphrase to clarify

Academic Listening 16. Identify and take notes on main and supporting ideas
Skills
17. Identify and take notes on specific information – including
numerical information
18. Use organizational cues
19. Complete complex diagrams from spoken text
20. Identify repetition, digression and irrelevancies
21. Interpret unfamiliar words from context
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22. Make inferences
23. Follow a line of argument
24. Recognize speaker attitude and intent

Academic Reading 25. Identify and take notes on main and supporting ideas
Skills
26. Recognize logical links
27. Recognize the use and function of modal verbs
28. Follow a logical argument
29. Distinguish between facts and opinions
30. Identify pronoun reference
31. Unpack complex nominal groups and nominalization
32. Infer meaning
33. Distinguish writer's point of view
34. Recognize conflicting viewpoints in quoted sources

Academic Writing 35. Use appropriate generic organization and language features
Skills
36. Use the language functions of comparison/contrast and
cause/effect
37. Use signpost words and referents for cohesion
38. Use extended nominal groups and nominalization
39. Paraphrase
40. Use modality markers
41. Summarize and critique
42. Synthesize viewpoints
43. Reference of limited sources
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ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
Assessment Items Due date Value Learning

(/100) Outcomes
1 Survey Report 7:00 AM, Friday Week 10 LO 1-7,

4 LO 35-43
2 Paired Oral Presentations Individual dates, Week 15 LO 1-15

4-8
3 Mid-term Exam Week 5, Date: TBA 20 LO 16-43
4 Summary Critique 7:00 AM, Monday 10 LO 1-7,

Week 7 LO 35-43
5 Case Study 7:00 AM, Monday 10 LO 1-7,

Week 8 LO 35-43
6 Persuasive Analytical Essay 7:00 AM, Thursday 10 LO 1-7,

Week 8 LO 35-43
7 Final Exam Week 9/10, 20 LO 16-43

Date: TBA
8 Final Speaking Exam Week 10, 05 LO 8-15

Date: TBA
Final marks and grades are subject to confirmation by the Program Assessment Committees which may
scale, modify or otherwise amend the marks and grades for the unit, as may be required by the
Program’s policies.
Note: To successfully complete this unit, students must:

● Achieve at least 20/40 marks in Mid-term and Final Total
● Achieve an overall course total mark of at least 50% on a scale of 100%
● Complete 80% of class time
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✓ Assessment 1: Survey Report (10%)

Overview:
Developed from Empirical Report and works as a modified version of Research Report (EAP5)
Due: Friday Week 4
Details:
▪ Include sections: Cover sheet, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, References, and
Appendix
▪ Length: 600 – 800 words (exclude References and Appendix)
▪ Both soft copy and hard copy are required.
▪ Topic: Social Media
▪ Weight: 10%
▪ Students are NOT required to do extensive background reading
Marking criteria and standards:
▪ Survey Report Marking Guide
✓ Assessment 2: Paired Oral Presentation (15%)

Overview:
This is a spoken assessment of the course, but accounts for a relatively significant percentage
(15%). You will be required to work in pair in the assessment of oral presentation of EAP4, but
marked individually. The topic and presentation date for each student will be decided during the
first week of the course.
Due: Week 4-8
Details:
▪ Length: 20 minutes (each pair) + 5 minutes of discussion
▪ Weight: 15%
▪ List of topics is provided on E-learning.
▪ Students are advised to hand in their outline and/or slides to the teacher(s) for feedback before
their presentation date.

▪ Oral Presentation Marking Guide
✓ Assessment 3: Mid-term Exam (20%)

Overview:
The assessment is aimed to test the three language skills of students, including Listening,
Reading, and Writing.
Due: TBA
Details:
❖ Writing: Students write an essay in 75 minutes on a given topic.
PERSUASIVE – ANALYTICAL style: Each body paragraph contains 5 elements:
• Topic sentence
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• Supporting arguments
• Counter arguments
• Refutation
• Concluding sentence
❖ Reading: Students read an article about 2 pages in length and answer several questions
in 60 minutes.
❖ Listening: Students listen TWICE to a lecture, approximately 10 minutes in length and
answer several questions in 10 minutes.
▪ Mid-term Writing Marking Guide
✓ Assessment 4: Summary Critique (10%)

Overview:
A preparatory step to Critical Literature review (EAP5). Students are provided with one article.
Students read, summarise, and criticize it.
Due: Monday Week 7
Details:
▪ Referencing: Harvard
▪ Read, summarize, and evaluate a given article
▪ Weight: 10%
▪ Summary Critique Marking Guide
✓ Assessment 5: Case Study (10%)

Overview:
This is a business-oriented task which involves some group work although students need to
submit their work individually. Each group is assigned a business scenario, does a SWOT analysis,
and makes recommendations as a group. Each group makes a presentation in class about these
things on Friday Week 7.
Due: Monday Week 8
Details:
▪ Includes sections: Introduction, Recommendations of actions, Appraisals, Conclusion, and
SWOT analysis attached.
▪ Weight: 10%
▪ Length: 300 words
▪ Case Study Marking Guide
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✓ Assessment 6: Persuasive-Analytical Essay (10%)

Overview:
Unlike all other assessments, this assessment is to be done in class within the time allocation of
75 minutes.
Due: Thursday Week 8
Details:
▪ Topic: Beauty
▪ Date: Thursday, Week 8
▪ Persuasive – Analytical style
▪ Weight: 10%
▪ Duration: 70 minutes
▪ Length: 250 – 300 words
▪ PA Essay Marking Guide
✓ Assessment 7: Final Exam (20%)

Overview:
The assessment is aimed to test the three language skills of students, including Listening,
Reading, and Writing.
Due: TBA
Details:
❖ Writing: Students write an essay in 75 minutes on a given topic.
PERSUASIVE – ANALYTICAL style: Each body paragraph contains 5 elements:
▪ Topic sentence
▪ Supporting arguments
▪ Counter arguments
▪ Refutation
▪ Concluding sentence
❖ Reading: Students read an article about 2 pages in length and answer several questions in 60
minutes.
❖ Listening: Students listen TWICE to a lecture, approximately 10 minutes and answer several
questions in 20 minutes.
▪ Final Writing Marking Guide
✓ Assessment 8: Final Speaking Exam (5%)

Overview:
This is an add-on to spoken assessment, which is carried out in the final week of the course.
Due: TBA
Details:
▪ Weight: 5%
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▪ Date: Week 10
▪ Students are assigned in pairs beforehand (Week 9)
▪ Test procedure:
- One student picks the topic, then the pair will be provided with the scenario card (detailed
instructions on what to say in the conversation)
- They have 2-3 minutes to discuss the ideas for their conversation and 5 minutes of talking
(maximum).
▪ Final Speaking Exam Marking Guide
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Teaching Activities
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Week Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri

Week 1 Welcome and Weekly vocab [optional] LM: p.16-20 LM: p.23-33
Orientation list Warmer: What Paraphrasing Argument &
explanation: have we got in discussion
LM: p.2 & common? LM: p.21 essays
p.126 (Reward: Review: essay
Upper Inter. planning
LM: p. 4-9 Resource Pack
● Listening 1a)
/Reading:
How to LM: p.13
succeed at Model text:
uni Migration
● Vocab
match LM: p.14-15
● Guided Features of
note-takin academic
g writing style
● Sentence
completio
n
LM: p.10-12
What makes a
good
language
learner?
Week 2 LM: p.127 LM: p.43-44 LM: (p.49-51) LM: p.52-53 LM: (p.56-59)
Weekly Disciplining Conditionals Hypotheticals Introduction
academic children Modals to Oral
word list 2 ● Vocab presentation
nuances Jazz chant (arranged
Survey report ● Read/ask/t “Sand” marriage)
student ell ● Oral
information & ● More LM: (p.54-55) presentati
marking about Modality and on skills –
guide, Oral signpost the present
Presentation words (LM: punishment of your own
topics, p.45-48) children example
student of an oral
Listening
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information & presentati

feedback on
● Student
LM: p.34-42 timetable
● Bringing ● Note:
up paired
children presentati
on to
begin
Week 4
Week 3 Weekly LM: p.60-68 Survey Social Media – LM: p.75

academic Oral facilitation: Methodology Social Media –
word list 3 presentati Introduction
(LM: p.128) on – Who am I? Write up the
preparing quiz Methodology Write up the
Compa ● Transition for own Introduction
rison/C LM: p.69-70 signals Survey Report for own
ontrast Generatio Survey Report
in n Z survey Impromptu
action results talks
Interpreting & Generatio Social media:

drawing a pie nZ Survey Report
chart
Social media
Writing graph survey in
descriptions: 2 preparation
bar graphs for survey
report
Week 4 Weekly LM: p.91-96 LM: p.97 LM: p.98-101 *Survey
academic Social Media – Social Media – More about Report due
word list 4 Results [pp] Discussion nominalizatio date
(LM: p.129) – Results [pp] n & nominal Traditional sex
groups roles –
LM: p.77-80 PAIRED ORAL discussion
Nominalizatio PRESENTATION LM: p.102
n PAIRED ORAL (scheduled at Warmer: Body LM: p.112-114
PRESENTATION any time of language Reading: The
(scheduled at the day) lazy husband
LM: p.81-90 any time of LM: p.103-111 myth
Graph moves the day) Listening: ● Reading
Non-verbal comprehen
communicatio sion
PAIRED ORAL n: Your body is ● Writing
PRESENTATION talking brief
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(scheduled at academic
any time of PAIRED ORAL text
the day) PRESENTATION
(scheduled at
any time of PAIRED ORAL
the day) PRESENTATION
(scheduled at
any time of
the day)
Week 5 Weekly (1) Warmer:
academic Logos and Listening Writing
word list 5 subliminal practice test: practice test
(LM: p.130) messages [pp]
[Teacher can [Teacher can
choose either suggest a topic MIDTERM
Summary
(5) Running of these] of their own, EXAMS
Critique
dictation allowing time
student (8a) for students to
information & Discovering
LM: p.121-124 complete the
marking the wreck of essay and
criteria (6) the Titanic giving
Nominalizatio feedback.]
n Or
(7) LM: p.115 (8b) World

Poverty Listening
Brands [pp]
Reading practice test:
· Quiz
practice test:
· Reading
[Teacher can What’s in the
·
choose either name?
Distinguishing
of these] Reading
between for [Length:
and against practice
(7a) Do it my approx. 9
arguments test:No
way mins]
· Aligning Vacation
arguments and Or
counter
arguments (7b) How to
survive culture
Writing shock as a
persuasive foreign
analytical student
paragraph/ess
ay
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· LM:
p.116-120
Counter
argument and
refutation
Week 6 Weekly Branding pitch LM: p.16-21 Class LM: p.30-34

academic [pp] Summary discussion – Using
word list 6 ● Imaginativ writing nuclear citations in a
(LM: p.102) e thinking Manslaughter energy text
In-class essay
& Case Study LM: p.10-15 Italian Vocab activity Nuclear
Information & Evaluating earthquake + – nuclear energy
Marking arguments in planning energy
Guides academic template Summary
texts Reading of critique
LM: p.3-9 Model article – planning
Branding and [Optional] summary Nuclear template
visual Filler: critique energy
landscaping Impromptu LM: p.35-36
[pp] speaking PAIRED ORAL Group Paraphrasing
practice PRESENTATION summaries
[Optional] (scheduled at Or
Academic PAIRED ORAL any time of Joint construct Listening
Skills Lesson 2 PRESENTATION the day) – summary of practice test
(scheduled at nuclear
PAIRED ORAL any time of energy article PAIRED ORAL
PRESENTATION the day) PRESENTATION
(scheduled at PAIRED ORAL (scheduled at
any time of PRESENTATION any time of
the day) (scheduled at the day)
any time of
the day)
Week 7 *Summary LM: p.47-48 Warmer: LM: Case Study – Case study
Critique due Nominalizatio p.49-50 Model group
date n exercise Metropolitan Presentation – presentations
Weekly bank Baiada
academic Pros and cons LM: p.51-52 Note: SWOT
word list 7 of wind farms Introduction done in
(LM: p.103) to case studies PAIRED ORAL groups, but
PAIRED ORAL ● SWOT PRESENTATION students write
LM: p.37-43: PRESENTATION analysis: (scheduled at up and submit
Listening: (scheduled at Student any time of their Case
Problems any time of Language the day) Study
facing learners the day) Learning individually.
of English Or
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● ITEL SWOT LM: p.53-54

LM: p.44-46 Nominalizatio
Nominal PAIRED ORAL n practice
groups: PRESENTATION
Identifying (scheduled at LM: p.55
head nouns in any time of Facts and
extended the day) opinions
nominal
groups
PAIRED ORAL
PAIRED ORAL PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION (scheduled at
(scheduled at any time of
any time of the day)
the day)
Week 8 *Case study Body Image LM: p.74-76 LM: p.79-81 Listening &
due date Quiz Writing Arguments Speaking: A
persuasive and counter question of
Weekly LM: p.56-58 analytical arguments ownership
academic Reading and essays: A
word list 8 summary beautiful set LM: p.82-84 LM: p.77-78
(LM: p. 104) writing of numbers Listening: Summary
The Man Beauty and writing
LM: p.56-59 behind the Jointly appearance practice
Listening: mask: male brainstorm ● Using the
Earthquakes: body arguments, *In-class N.O.W
Can they be dissatisfaction counter writing task: approach
predicted? arguments, Persuasive LM: p.85-86
rebuttals analytical Writing
LM: p.70-73 essay summaries
Writing using
classification scaffolded
texts – model texts:
+ writing task Information
Technology &
New
Workplace
LM: p.87-88:
Referencing
sources
Week 9 LM: p.89-90 Women in the LM: p.93-96 LM: p.97-100

Women in the military 2 Essay analysis: Model essay:
military – Censorship Working FINAL EXAMS
Reviewing parents
model essay
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Women in the Practice do/don’t harm

military – listening test: their children
integrated Growing
skills [pp] resilient Practice
children reading test:
Euthanasia:
Suicide has no
friends before
the law
Student
information
sheet (Final
Speaking Test)
Practice
Listening test:
Business
Innovations
(moved from
Week 10)
Week 10 Final Speaking Test
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Learning Resources
ESSENTIAL READINGS
Prescribed EAP4 Learner Manual Weeks 1-5

textbooks EAP4 Learner Manual Weeks 6-10
ONLINE RESOURCES
EFU e-Learning Site

E-Platforms
https://learn.efu.edu.vn/login/canvas
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General Information & Policy

Attendance
Class attendance is compulsory and students should provide reasons for the failure to attend the class.
Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of all classes in order to secure class participation
marks. Please let your teacher(s) and/or know AND submit a request for absence form to the Student
Advisor prior to the session if you are unable to attend any session.
Cases equating to an absence:
▪ Arriving to class late by 15 minutes at the beginning
▪ Arriving late by 5 minutes after the break
▪ Leaving prior to the scheduled end time without the permission of the teacher
🛈 IMPORTANT: Students will not be allowed to sit in the final examination if violating the above absence
rule.
Electronic Device Use

▪ Cell phones will be turned off or switched to vibrate mode before class starts.
▪ No phone calls or text messaging are allowed inside the classroom during class time.
▪ Portable listening and/or music devices may not be operated in the classroom.
▪ Headphones and/or earbuds of any type may not be worn while in the classroom whether
operating or not.
▪ Laptop and other electronic devices are not permitted unless specifically authorized by the
teacher exclusively for note taking and doing class work.
🛈 IMPORTANT: If you are in violation of these policies, you will be excused from class and an absence
will be assessed.
Email Etiquette
Your teachers receive many emails each day. In order to enable them to respond to your emails
appropriately and in a timely fashion, students are asked to follow the basic requirements of professional
communication.
Your emails should:
▪ Have a concise and descriptive title, including the class and name of the unit you are enquiring
about.
▪ Be clear about the intention of their emails.
▪ Use appropriate tone and language, and proofread what is written in the email before sending it.
Students should also allow 3-4 working days for a response before following up. If the matter is
legitimately urgent, you may indicate “URGENT” in the email subject header.
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Make an appointment: If your email request is complex and requires a lengthy response, it may be
probably best to make an appointment with your teacher/instructor to meet in person.
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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES_LEVEL 4

About English for Academic Purposes_Level 4

EAP 4-5 Ms. Ngọc Anh

2. Draw conclusions based on evidence

4. Reference sources in prescribed style

5. Complete assessment tasks on time

6. Speculate about ideas

7. Acknowledge alternative viewpoints

10. Give information clearly and fluently

11. Use stress and repetition for emphasis

12. Organize ideas and opinions effectively

13. Use persuasive language to argue

14. Sustain a line of argument

15. Paraphrase to clarify

18. Use organizational cues

19. Complete complex diagrams from spoken text

20. Identify repetition, digression and irrelevancies

21. Interpret unfamiliar words from context

22. Make inferences

23. Follow a line of argument

24. Recognize speaker attitude and intent

27. Recognize the use and function of modal verbs

28. Follow a logical argument

29. Distinguish between facts and opinions

30. Identify pronoun reference

31. Unpack complex nominal groups and nominalization

32. Infer meaning

33. Distinguish writer's point of view

34. Recognize conflicting viewpoints in quoted sources

37. Use signpost words and referents for cohesion

38. Use extended nominal groups and nominalization

40. Use modality markers

41. Summarize and critique

42. Synthesize viewpoints

43. Reference of limited sources

Assessment Items Due date Value Learning

1 Survey Report 7:00 AM, Friday Week 10 LO 1-7,

2 Paired Oral Presentations Individual dates, Week 15 LO 1-15

3 Mid-term Exam Week 5, Date: TBA 20 LO 16-43

4 Summary Critique 7:00 AM, Monday 10 LO 1-7,

5 Case Study 7:00 AM, Monday 10 LO 1-7,

6 Persuasive Analytical Essay 7:00 AM, Thursday 10 LO 1-7,

7 Final Exam Week 9/10, 20 LO 16-43

8 Final Speaking Exam Week 10, 05 LO 8-15

Note: To successfully complete this unit, students must:

✓ Assessment 1: Survey Report (10%)

✓ Assessment 2: Paired Oral Presentation (15%)

Marking criteria and standards:

✓ Assessment 3: Mid-term Exam (20%)

✓ Assessment 4: Summary Critique (10%)

✓ Assessment 5: Case Study (10%)

✓ Assessment 6: Persuasive-Analytical Essay (10%)

✓ Assessment 7: Final Exam (20%)

✓ Assessment 8: Final Speaking Exam (5%)

Week Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri

information & presentati

Week 3 Weekly LM: p.60-68 Survey Social Media – LM: p.75

Interpreting & Generatio Social media:

(7) LM: p.115 (8b) World