Assignment on English for Academic Purposes (pdf)

Spring 2018
English for Academic Purposes
1 (EAP 1) Portfolio (EAPA3004)
Name:
Student
Number:
Tutor name:
This is your EAP 1 Portfolio which must be submitted on Wednesday 25th April by 2pm
via the student portal. Please save a copy on your computer and back it up regularly
(e.g. by saving it on your computer / in the cloud (e.g. Google Drive) / emailing it to
yourself. You will receive a printed copy which you should bring to all lectures and
tutorials. However, at the end of the course, you need to submit a completed
electronic copy. Please refer to suggested word counts for each task included within
this portfolio.
Assessed Learning Outcomes (LOs):
1. Produce cohesive and coherent elements of academic writing.
2. Read, compare and summarise written academic texts.

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Contents Page Learning
Outcome
Section 1: Portfolio Evidence
(These tasks will often be drafted in class but must be submitted on
Wednesday 25th April by 2pm. They are designed to inform the written
task in section 2. Suggested word counts are included are in brackets.)
1 Portfolio evidence I: Self-evaluation checklist 3 LO 1 & 2
4 Portfolio evidence II: Summarising
(recommended word count: 100)
4 LO 1 & 2
4-5 Portfolio evidence III: Outline
(recommended word count: 100)
6 LO 2
6 Portfolio evidence IV: Paragraph structure
(recommended word count: 250)
7 LO 2
9 Portfolio evidence V: Self-assessment
(recommended word count: at least 100)
8 LO 1 & 2
Section 2: Written Task
(The written task should be developed throughout the semester but
completed in weeks 7-10.)
1 - 10 Academic writing [compare and contrast essay
relevant to higher education]
(word count: 750 words)
10 LO 1 & 2
Total word count: Written Task (750 words) + Evidence (Approx. 850 words)
(+/- 10%)
Section 1: Portfolio Evidence I
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Self-evaluation checklist
Below is a list of the skills you will need when working on
extended pieces of writing during your university career. The work
you do on the EAP 1 course will help you develop these skills.
Tick the appropriate box for each skill, according to how well you
think you can do this at the beginning of this course. Look again at
the checklist throughout the course in order to identify areas for
independent study.
Skills Do not
know
about this
Find this
difficult/
can’t do
this
Can
partially
do this
Can do
this well
Looking for information
Identify which books/journals/websites
to use ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Select relevant parts of a text ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Using sources
Acknowledge sources of information ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Avoid plagiarism ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Planning/ writing
Brainstorm ideas ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Plan written work ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Link ideas effectively ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Paraphrase & summarise ideas ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Write an introduction ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Write a conclusion ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Personal study
Work independently ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Manage my time ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Oral presentation
Discuss written work in a tutorial ☐ ☐ ☐ 
IT
Access the internet ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Use search engines ☐ ☐ ☐ 
Create word documents ☐ ☐ ☐ 
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Section 1: Portfolio Evidence II
Summarising (recommended word count: 100)
1. Find a text on university fees in the country of your choice
(around 200 words) and paste it below, in part 1. Then, read the
two texts and highlight the main points.
PART 1:
Text 1:
University fees in England
Text 2 (paste your text below):
University fees in Nigeria
“University tuition fees in England will rise to
£9,250 per year from 2017 and the increase could
apply to students who have already started
courses. The inflation-linked rise represents a 2.8%
increase and if that continued would mean fees
rising above £10,000 in the next few years.
Universities face the dilemma that under consumer
protection requirements they will need to
announce the £9,250 fee before the beginning of
the next application cycle in early September.
However, until formally changed by Parliament,
universities are not allowed to charge a fee higher
than £9,000, which is the current limit.
The government says the increase can apply to
students who have already begun courses - but
this will depend on the terms of student contracts
in individual universities. The fees will increase in
subsequent years. Royal Holloway and the
University of Kent have to still to decide on
whether to charge higher fees for current students,
but expect to apply them to new students starting
in 2017, if the fee limit increase goes ahead. The
University of Surrey will not increase fees for its
current undergraduates, but fees will increase each
year for students starting in 2017.
Universities minister Jo Johnson has published a
statement setting out plans to link higher fees to
better teaching. Liberal Democrat university
spokeswoman Baroness Lorely Burt said: "Linking
fees to teaching quality in this way is
unacceptable. Enabling any university that scrapes
a 'meet expectations' rating to increase fees by
2.8% shows that this isn't about teaching quality at
all. If universities need further support then let's
have a proper discussion about where that money
comes from, rather than pretending that this is
somehow a quid pro quo for providing the quality
of teaching students should already be able to
expect". Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton
Trust education charity, said the fee increase will
add to student debts that we have shown to be by
far the highest in the English-speaking world. A
real concern is that the removal of maintenance
grants will almost certainly deter poorer students,
“No fewer than 38 universities across the
country have increased their tuition fees as
a result of poor funding by the Federal and
State governments. The Chairman of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr
Deji Omole, made this known in a
statement made available to newsmen in
Abuja on Monday. The statement which
assessed the two years of President
Muhammadu Buhari in office, lamented that
the current government had made
Nigerians poorer. Omole said that the public
education was not taken seriously because
most children of the rich and those in high
offices do not attend school in Nigeria. “The
latest increment might be attributed to poor
funding by the federal and state
governments as ASUU poorly rated the
President Muhammadu Buhari in the area of
funding of university education. ASUU also
noted that it would be difficult for any
Nigeria university to effectively compete
globally with the inadequate allocation of
budgetary funding as prescribed by
UNESCO to fund education. News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that University of
Lagos (UNILAG) which was paying N14, 500
would now pay N63, 500 as tuition fees.
Other institutions that increased their fees
include, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU),
from N27, 000 to N41, 00; University of
Nigeria (UNN), from N60, 450 to N66, 950;
Obafemi Awolowo University, from N19, 700
to N55,700. Others are Nnamdi Azikiwe
University (UNIZIK), from N20, 100 to
N65,920; Bayero University, Kano, from
N26,000 to N40,000; University of Abuja,
from N39,300 to N42,300 and Usman
Danfodiyo University, from N32,000 to
N41,000. National Open University of
Nigeria (NOUN), from N36,000 to N41,000;
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