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Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM318: Writing: the Future
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Introduction: the place of writing in the language curriculum; an overview of research in writing; learning to write; developing as a writer; articulating a pedagogy for writing.
The Writing Process: cognitive models of the writing process; process theories of writing; students’ composing processes; the writing process in the curriculum; re-thinking planning, drafting and revising as classroom processes.
Creative Writing: theories of creativity; defining creativity writing; teachers’ thinking about creative writing; professional writers’ perspectives on writing; teachers as writers; the creative writing workshop; developing students’ critical responses to writing; assessing creative writing.
The Grammar-Writing Relationship: the historical grammar debate; prescriptive and descriptive grammar; grammar as choice; functionally-oriented grammar; metalinguistic understanding; teaching grammar to support writing development.
Writing Conversations: the importance of talk in the teaching of writing; talk to support the writing process: generation, formulation, revision; managing effective classroom talk about writing; supporting metalinguistic conversations.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 99 | 201 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 12 | Suite of 5 online preparatory lectures of 60 minutes duration available through ELE with scheduled reflection tasks for participants with response deadlines |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 14 | 4 Seminars of 3 hours each: Face-to-face or online webinar, plus 2 one hour webinars |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 50 | Work-based Learning |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 3, 20 | Workshop, fieldwork |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Independent Study using online Cybergrammar website to develop grammatical subject knowledge and undertake self-testing. |
| Guided independent study | 3 | Completion of a research skills audit which will be used by tutors to advise on use of online study support modules |
| Guided independent study | 12, 5 | Preparation for taught sessions through accessing and listening to flipped teaching lectures and undertaking preparatory reading (approx. 10 articles).Preparation of a research proposal for the research assignment |
| Guided independent study | 10, 30 | Conduct fieldwork lesson observations and write up the observations in the Structured Observation Log. Data collection and analysis for research assignment. |
| Guided independent study | 40 | Preparation of a portfolio of creative writing and an accompanying critical commentary. |
| Guided independent study | 71 | Completion of written assignment for summative assessment. Task includes further reading in relation to focus of the project, synthesis of material and drafting/redrafting the final piece of work. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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