Pre-sessional English for Business

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Pre-sessional English for Business Amanda shaw English for international students, University of dundee

Background Entry requirement for 1 year MSc Conversion degree in the SoB is IELTS 6 overall, minimum of 5.5 in each skill.* Course started in 2016 with a 10 week programme (1 band below) and a 5 week programme (0.5 band below). Two intakes a year – Summer and Autumn. All PSE programmes are approved and overseen by University QA processes. British Council Accredited. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Since 2016 our Pre-sessional cohort has outperformed non-PSE (incl. home students) at the end of S1. Since 2016 100% PSE students have graduated with their intended award from SoB. The longer the PSE course, the better the performance.

But… As this course has progressed, we have found ourselves moving from being ‘English for Academic Purposes’ tutors to ‘Everything for Academic Purposes’ tutors: Core Business concepts Employability Resilience Teamwork

What does this say about the validity of our assessments? Criterion validity – are our expectations of EAP skills too high? IELTS 5.5 to study at PG level? Content validity – do we adequately reflect the range of EAP constructs? (Presentation, Group work, Essay, Note-taking, Seminar skills, Case study) Do students attend lectures/take notes/participate in group work/seminars? Face validity – do stakeholders have faith in our assessments? Very little! ‘Can you test them again?’

On paper… ILOs – Developed in consultation with SoB staff. Outlined in Module Specification paper which is approved by the University Quality and Academic Standards Committee. Assessment Criteria – informed by BALEAP, CEFR, IELTS(?). Assessment Tasks – developed to assess the ILOs. Authentic; representative of tasks that students will be expected to do on degree programmes. Moderated by Assessment Working Group but not piloted. The whole process overseen by an External Examiner.

What do we do next? Grapple with defining the EAP constructs in the SoB. ‘Report vs essay’, lecture presentation Engage with colleagues in SoB to clarify expectations of international students and assessments. 2500 word literature review, group assignment written by 8 people, case study about a garden centre Work with colleagues in the SoB to integrate learning support within the academic programme. Specialist Management English for Business - EIS module which supports core academic modules in the School.