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Orientation A for
EALE1508 - Group
G

Mr Solomuzi Khathi

Mail: [e-mail]

Lesson Aims

Facilitator’s details

What is academic literacy?

Assessment Breakdown

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Contact Details and Availability

 Khathi Solomuzi

 Email – [e-mail]

 WhatsApp – Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00

 Availability – Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00 for

mails

 Please check your emails regularly for important

information regarding EALE1508 Group G

What is EALE1508?

 First-year academic literacy programme for Economic and

Management Sciences students.

 Aims to develop your critical thinking, reading, writing, and

language abilities through a series of tasks and activities.

 The main focus is on academic reading and writing.

 A second main objective of this course is to give you the

chance to develop your writing skills.

 Writing paragraphs and then learn how to write expository

essays based on the readings in your textbook.

 The expository essays are important because the skills you

will acquire in the writing of these essays will help you with
academic writing in general.

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Academic literacy

 Literacy is defined as

“the ability to use
language and
images in rich and
varied forms to read,
write, listen, view,
represent, and think
critically about
ideas”

Four-part programme

Critical reading

Academic writing

Oral skills

Critical thinking

Programme and Learning Outcomes -
1. Programme Outcomes (Pg. 5)

 The aim of this programme is to equip students with the following skills:

 Critical reading, which refers to the ability to extract the main ideas and key details of an

academic text;

 Academic writing, which refers to the ability to express information and opinions clearly and

with appropriate organisation in the written mode;

 Oral discourse, which refers to the ability to express their opinions about a variety of issues

fluently, critically, as well as creatively in the mode of oral discussion; and

 Critical thinking, which refers to the ability to apply, analyse, and/or evaluate information

without being clouded by one’s own emotions and pre-conceptions.

Programme and Learning Outcomes -
2. Learning Outcomes (Pg. 6)

 After completion of the course learners will be able to:

 use a particular strategy to organise and comprehend texts;

 identify and understand the functions of discourse markers in texts;

 make inferences based on a given text;

 accurately complete comprehension-based and problem-solving tasks in the mode of written

presentation;

 extend their vocabulary;

 write paragraphs and expository essays based on passages read;

 summarise the main ideas of a written text; and

 take notes and learn how to prepare for written tests.

Course requirements (Pg. 9)

 To pass this course you need to attend two double periods every week.

 You must attend the same class with the same facilitator.

 You have to remain with the same facilitator per semester and do all the assignments in the

same class, if not arranged otherwise.

 Since this is a year course, continuous assessment is used to calculate your final mark.

 Remember that the writing you complete during the year (paragraphs and essays), forms an

integral part of your final year mark. It is imperative that you complete all class assignments,
as well as homework that your facilitator assigns to you. For a detailed breakdown of the
mark allocation, please turn to page 16 of the module guide.

 No late submissions of assignments will be accepted without prior arrangement with your

facilitator.

How does EALE1508 work?

 Classes are capped at 35
 You have 2 sessions per week, 2 hours each
 Attend both of the same lecturer’s classes (groups)
 E.g. G1 on a Tuesday at 12:00 and G2 on a Thursday at 12:00
 Only Mrs Annamarie Otto, in Room 362 of the Centre for

Teaching and Learning (located on the third level of the
Library), can change the group you enrolled for. If you have
a valid reason for changing classes, you need to go speak
with her and provide her with proof as to why you need to
change classes. Please mail [e-mail] to
make an appointment.

Remember to include…

Please note that if students experience timetable

clashes, they can send an email to
[e-mail] with the following

information

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Subject/Module

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Name & Surname

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Student number

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Group

Study
Material

The EALE 1508 course is designed
and relevant for students who are
studying Economic and
Management Sciences.

This course makes use of a study
guide as its only course material.

The guide is available to download
on Blackboard EALE1508 Group
page, left-hand panel, RESOURCES,
Study Guide.

Course requirements

 To pass this course you need to attend two double periods every week via

Blackboard Collaborate.

 You must attend the same online class with the same facilitator.
 You have to remain with the same facilitator per semester and do all the

assignments in the same class, if not arranged otherwise.

 Since this is a year course, continuous assessment is used to calculate your final

mark.

 Remember that the writing you complete during the year (paragraphs and essays),

forms an integral part of your final year mark. It is imperative that you complete all
class assignments, as well as homework that your facilitator assigns to you.

 No late submissions of assignments will be accepted without prior arrangement with

your facilitator.

Assessment Breakdown (pg. 215)

Assessment type

Semester 1

MReader Quizzes

8 x 5 = 40 marks

Grammar quizzes

40 marks

Essay: Draft 1

1 x 30 = 30 marks

Essay: Draft 2

1 x 35 = 35 marks

Blackboard activities

3 x 10 = 30 marks

Academic engagement marks

20 marks

Essay Test

30 marks

Total

245 marks

M-reader

Will be completed online

Your level will automatically

move up by one level

Grammar Course

 This is a quarterly self-paced component of the EAL course

 This course is online

 There are four quarterly summative tests – please remember

the deadlines

 The grammar course has 7 units consisting of 24 grammar

videos

 There are also 24 practise quizzes, one after each video

 Each practise quiz consist of 5 questions and can be done

multiple times

 Practise quizzes do not count for marks – it helps you to

prepare for the summative tests

How to access the Grammar course

 Step 1: Log into Blackboard using your username and password

 Step 2: Click on the EALE1508 course

 Step 3: Search for the Grammar Course in the left-hand sidebar

 Step 4: Click on the Grammar Course and read the information on the introduction

page

 Step 5: Begin

 If you experience technical difficulties please contact ICT at [e-mail]

or phone [phone]

 If you have grammar course related issues please mail [e-mail]

within office hours (Monday – Friday 08:00 – 16:00)

Plagiarism in a nut shell

 Plagiarism refers to the act of taking someone else’s

ideas and/or words and presenting them as your own.
Thus, plagiarism is intellectual theft and is regarded as a
criminal offence in terms of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978.

 Plagiarised assignments (reading reactions, paragraphs,

and essays) will receive a mark of zero. Students who
continuously commit plagiarism run the risk of failing the
course.

 For more information regarding plagiarism you can go

read up on the University of the Free State’s plagiarism
policy which can be found on the UFS website.

Referencing
method

 The reference method used in English

Academic Literacy for Economics and
management sciences course is
Harvard.

 Assignments (paragraphs, essays etc.)

are submitted through Turnitin on the
Blackboard page for this module.

 The plagiarism policy of the University

applies for all work submitted to your
facilitator.

What is academic writing misconduct?

 Any action or attempted action that may result in an unfair

academic advantage for oneself, or an unfair academic
advantage or disadvantage for any other member(s) of the
academic community.

 Academic misconduct includes:

 unacknowledged distribution of other’s work;

 altering academic documents or transcripts;

 falsification or fabrication of data;

 misrepresentation of data to gain access to materials before

publication;

 and helping anyone to gain an unfair academic advantage.

Use of Turnitin

 Turnitin is the similarity detection

software that is freely available at
the University of the Free State.

 In other words, Turnitin is a tool that

the university uses to check how
similar your work is to someone
else’s.

 The use of this similarity detection

software does not take away the
role of the lecturer or facilitator in
checking for and identifying any
suspected cases of plagiarism.

 The maximum recommended

similarity percentage from the
Turnitin report is 30%.

Referencing

 It is an established academic norm that, when

writing, all information, theories, ideas, facts,
statistics and direct quotations taken from other
sources must be acknowledged.

 This means that you need to include detailed

information on all sources consulted, both within
your text (in-text citations) and at the end of
your work (reference list).

 This is done by citing the sources used, using a

standardised method of referencing.

Class Rules

 If you miss any assessment you need to send the necessary

documentation (medical certificate, or a copy of the death
certificate) that proves this to your facilitator within 7 days.

 Please send any documentation to Mr Khathi Solomuzi at

[e-mail]

 Your semester marks and final results will be placed on

Blackboard. You will also be able to obtain your marks from
your facilitator.

Any questions?