The Importance of Language Skills

          
Language is absolutely central to your learning: without it, you cannot make sense or communicate your understanding of a subject.
  • Understand and make the most effective use of your study materials
  • Develop the specialized language and vocabulary relevant to your subject
  • Interpret assignment questions and select relevant and appropriate material for your        response
  • Write well-structured and coherently presented assignments, without plagiarism
  •  Communicate your needs to your tutors
  •   Work productively with other students.
Knowledge and Understanding
Level 1: Show that you know and understand the principles, concepts and terms central to your subject.
Level 2: Show knowledge and critical understanding of the principles, concepts and techniques in your subject.
Level 3: Show your awareness of current thinking and developments. Show your knowledge and critical understanding of your subject, including some specialist areas.
Analytical Skills
Level 1:  Use your knowledge and understanding to describe, analyze and interpret particular aspects of your subject
Level 2:  Apply your knowledge and understanding to issues and questions relevant to your subject. Apply established techniques to critically evaluate your subject in a range of contexts
Level 3:  Select the appropriate techniques to analyze questions in your subject. Be aware of the limitations of these methods. Synthesize, evaluate and challenge information from different sources. Recognize the limits of knowledge in your own subject.
Communication
Level 1: Develop your skills in communicating information accurately and in a way that is appropriate to your subject, purpose and audience. This includes collaborative and group working.
Level 2:  Communicate information, ideas and arguments effectively, using a style and language appropriate to your subject, purpose and audience. This includes collaborative and group working.
Level 3: Communicate complex information, ideas and arguments effectively, using a style and language appropriate to your subject, purpose and audience. This includes collaborative and/group working.
Information Literacy
Level 1: Develop skills in finding, selecting and using data in defined contexts
Level 2: Find, critically evaluate and use information or data accurately in a range of contexts.
Level 3: Find, critically evaluate and use information or data accurately in complex contexts.

Learning how to learn

Level 1: Become aware of the ways in which you learn and begin to develop as an independent learner.
Level 2:  Plan, monitor and review your progress as an independent learner.
Level 3: As an independent learner, plan, monitor and evaluate your own learning and seek ways to improve your performance.

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