LA099-4-FY-CO:
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
2015/16
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
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Requisites for this module
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BA QX31 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL),
BA QXH1 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (Including Year Abroad),
BA QQ13 English Language and Linguistics,
BA QQ3D English Language and Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
BA QQ23 English Language and Literature,
BA QQ32 English Language and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA LRF9 International Relations and Modern Languages,
BA Q140 Language Studies,
BA Q100 Linguistics,
BA Q101 Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
BA R900 Modern Languages,
BA RQ93 Modern Languages and English Language,
BA RQ91 Modern Languages and Linguistics,
BA RX91 Modern Languages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language,
BA R8T7 Modern Languages with Latin American Studies,
BA RR49 Spanish Studies and Modern Languages,
BA RT97 Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
This module gives students the opportunity to develop their employability skills, their awareness of their own skills and career aims, and their knowledge of the graduate job market and its requirements. It will also introduce students to the resources that the Careers Centre and the Department provide for their personal and careers development, work placements and volunteering, and their research of the job market. The three-year module is non-credit-bearing, but obligatory for all Modern Language and Linguistics students in the Department.
The module will require students to attend a range of different workshops and events and engage in a variety of activities that raise their awareness of their skills, options, and opportunities. It will also provide them with the resources and information that they need to identify appropriate careers and the steps required to achieve their career goals.
Aims
To raise students' awareness of their skills and to encourage them to engage in personal development planning and activities that enhance their employability (e.g. work placements, volunteering, study abroad, IT and communication skills training)
To raise students' awareness of career planning resources and training opportunities that are available to them within the University of Essex and outside
To provide students with knowledge about the job market and its requirements
To develop employability skills
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this module, student will be able to
Identify careers that are available to them with their degree
Make informed choices about career paths based on their own skills, motivations, and goals, and their knowledge of professions and sectors
Develop an action plan to achieve their career goals
Make appropriate applications to employers, effectively demonstrating their skills and achievements
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Students will have to attend/engage with each of the core activities for each year. Attendance will be monitored. Students will also have to take quizzes associated with events and submit a reflective statement in their final year. These will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. Quizzes and instructions for the reflective statement will be made available via Moodle.
The module will require students to undertake the core activities that are listed above for each year, with associated quizzes, and submit a 700 word reflective statement that will encourage them to reflect on their skills, career goals and their action plan. Each of the core activities will involve 2-3 hours of work by the student (sometimes more) and attendance will be monitored and obligatory.
Information about the module and additional online tests and resources will be made available
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Coursework weighting |
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Moodle Quiz One - no electronic FASER submission required |
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Lisa Henshall
torrmi@essex.ac.uk and lhensh@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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