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<p>In this unit, students will be equipped with the academic listening and speaking skills to effectively participate in the FAST course. The unit develops students’ abilities to comprehend and engage with academic discourse through exposure to a variety of learning contexts, spoken academic genres across disciplines, and digital academic tasks. Emphasis is placed on understanding the linguistic features of spoken academic English, participating in formal discussions, and presenting ideas clearly and persuasively, with an academic tone. Students will gain experience in analysing spoken texts, synthesising information from oral sources, and contributing to academic conversations, thereby strengthening their readiness for undergraduate study. The unit scaffolds skills for enabling units and subsequent undergraduate studies through content, skill and knowledge integration. </p>
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<p>The content covers:</p>
<p> 1. Understanding Academic Listening Conventions</p>
<p>· Introduction to academic listening in various university activities</p>
<p>· Identifying key features of spoken academic discourse</p>
<p>· Recognising signposting language and discourse markers</p>
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<p>2. Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking Strategies</p>
<p>· Active listening techniques for academic contexts</p>
<p>· Structured note-taking methods (e.g., Cornell, mapping, outlining)</p>
<p>· Synthesising information from multiple spoken sources</p>
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<p>3. Participating in Academic Discussions</p>
<p>· Turn-taking and interaction strategies in tutorials</p>
<p>· Expressing agreement, disagreement, and clarification</p>
<p>· Using academic language to support opinions and arguments</p>
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<p>4. Academic Presentation Skills</p>
<p>· Planning and structuring oral presentations</p>
<p>· Using visual aids effectively (e.g., slides, handouts)</p>
<p>· Practising pronunciation, intonation, and pacing for clarity</p>
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<p>5. Critical Listening and Response</p>
<p>· Evaluating spoken arguments and identifying bias</p>
<p>· Responding to academic content with critical questions</p>
<p>· Summarising and paraphrasing spoken information</p>
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<p>6. Discipline-Specific Listening and Speaking Practice</p>
<p>· Exposure to academic discourse across various disciplines (e.g., STEM, humanities)</p>
<p>· Role-playing tutorials and seminar-style discussions</p>
<p>· Preparing and delivering mini-presentations based on research</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45% or above, have completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description, and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>In this unit, students will be equipped with the academic listening and speaking skills to effectively participate in the FAST course. The unit develops students’ abilities to comprehend and engage with academic discourse through exposure to a variety of learning contexts, spoken academic genres across disciplines, and digital academic tasks. Emphasis is placed on understanding the linguistic features of spoken academic English, participating in formal discussions, and presenting ideas clearly and persuasively, with an academic tone. Students will gain experience in analysing spoken texts, synthesising information from oral sources, and contributing to academic conversations, thereby strengthening their readiness for undergraduate study. The unit scaffolds skills for enabling units and subsequent undergraduate studies through content, skill and knowledge integration. </p>
Unit content
<p>The content covers:</p> <p> 1. Understanding Academic Listening Conventions</p> <p>· Introduction to academic listening in various university activities</p> <p>· Identifying key features of spoken academic discourse</p> <p>· Recognising signposting language and discourse markers</p> <p><br></p> <p>2. Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking Strategies</p> <p>· Active listening techniques for academic contexts</p> <p>· Structured note-taking methods (e.g., Cornell, mapping, outlining)</p> <p>· Synthesising information from multiple spoken sources</p> <p class="ql-align-center"><br></p> <p>3. Participating in Academic Discussions</p> <p>· Turn-taking and interaction strategies in tutorials</p> <p>· Expressing agreement, disagreement, and clarification</p> <p>· Using academic language to support opinions and arguments</p> <p class="ql-align-center"><br></p> <p>4. Academic Presentation Skills</p> <p>· Planning and structuring oral presentations</p> <p>· Using visual aids effectively (e.g., slides, handouts)</p> <p>· Practising pronunciation, intonation, and pacing for clarity</p> <p class="ql-align-center"><br></p> <p>5. Critical Listening and Response</p> <p>· Evaluating spoken arguments and identifying bias</p> <p>· Responding to academic content with critical questions</p> <p>· Summarising and paraphrasing spoken information</p> <p class="ql-align-center"><br></p> <p>6. Discipline-Specific Listening and Speaking Practice</p> <p>· Exposure to academic discourse across various disciplines (e.g., STEM, humanities)</p> <p>· Role-playing tutorials and seminar-style discussions</p> <p>· Preparing and delivering mini-presentations based on research</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Preparatory
Study level:
Non-Award
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
091501 - English Language
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 1</strong><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/fastl1007">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
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None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
None
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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K1
<p>Understand the linguistic structures, academic and disciplinary vocabulary and conversational norms for discussions on complex topics</p>
K2
<p>Recognise and understand emphasis, paraphrasing, intonation and repetition in a linguistically complex presentation or lecture.</p>
S1
<p>Express ideas in a discussion or presentation using appropriate pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, intonation, academic tone and register</p>
S2
<p>Paraphrase, summarise and elaborate on relevant information in an academic discussion or presentation</p>
S3
<p>Identify, comprehend and interpret main points and details in a discussion or lecture</p>
S4
<p>Recognise generalisations, paraphrases and repetitions in a discussion or lecture</p>
S5
<p>Critically evaluate the main points and details of a presentation or lecture and interpret content of visuals</p>
A1
<p>Actively participate in contributing to discussions and presentations through clear communication of appropriate findings in response to complex questions</p>
A2
<p>Engage in spoken academic discourse, including navigating meaning, seeking clarification, expanding on and developing ideas, and revising assumptions.</p>
A3
<p>Comprehend, critically evaluate and extract key details from spoken academic content in various disciplines </p>
A4
<p>Interpret and synthesise information from spoken academic content, identifying underlying arguments, assumptions, and connections between ideas.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Complete listening tasks in response to a variety of academic spoken English discourses.</p>
<p>Listening comprehension test</p>
<p> 15-30%</p>
K2, S3, S4, S5, A3, A4
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<p>Participate in an academic presentation or discussion based on an academic topic</p>
<p>Individual or group oral presentation or tutorial discussion</p>
<p>15-30%</p>
K1, S1, S2, A1, A2
3
<p>Predict, extract, infer, evaluate, summarise, paraphrase, and synthesise information from a variety of linguistically complex academic listening sources under test conditions.</p>
<p>Listening comprehension test</p>
<p> 20-30%</p>
K2, S3, S4, S5, A3, A4
4
<p>Participate in an academic discussion or interview based on an academic topic</p>
<p>Individual or group discussion or interview</p>
<p> 20-30%</p>
K1, S1, S2, S5, A1, A2, A4
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45% or above, have completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description, and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Preparatory
Study level:
Non-Award
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
091501 - English Language
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 1</strong><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/fastl1007">View unit fees</a>
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