Applied English Assessment Portfolio 1
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4312 | English | 4 | 60 | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4312
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 60
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This is the portfolio module that allows for synoptic assessment across 6 modules in the School of English online masters scheme. It defines the assessment requirements in terms of outputs that satisfy the collected Learning Outcomes from the 6 modules chosen for assessment, including two Learning Outcomes that are common to all modules in the scheme.
The overarching area of study is Applied English, defined as follows. Applied English is a field of study that places the exploration of the English language and linguistics, and literature and performance in English, in its cultural, historical, social and artistic contexts. It covers several disciplines, topics and sub-disciplines, as well as drawing on interdisciplinary work. The key fields covered by Applied English are literary criticism and scholarship, literary history and historiography, manuscript editing, documentary archival work; creative composition, editing, and production; dramatic theory and performance, theatre studies, criticism and analysis; applied linguistics, literary linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, language acquisition, learning and testing; historical research in language and literature and cognate cultures; global Englishes and literary production in English and translation across the world. A postgraduate student of Applied English would be expected to have a mastery of at least one of these key domains, and a reasonably good knowledge, awareness and facility with the field in general. As a postgraduate student in the field of Applied English, an award holder will be expected to have a high level of disciplined knowledge, a high degree of performative fluency, and an advanced level of critical adaptability in a broad range of English studies.
This portfolio module covers the first phase (at PG Certificate level) of the online masters scheme in English.
Target Students
Students registered under the masters Applied English scheme, by online distance learning.
Classes
Note: the portfolio is awarded Distinction (80); Merit (60); Pass (50); or Unsatisfactory (30) at first sit and Fail (40) at resit – in accordance with the overall scheme Plan. Note: a portfolio that fails at first sit (‘Unsatisfactory’) must be resubmitted within two assessment periods (8 months).
Assessment
- Coursework 1: Completion of the orientation quiz
- 100% Coursework 2: 15000 words or specified equivalent portfolio of work, covering the Learning Outcomes of the 6 modules studied during the assessed period
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
The range and depth of knowledge covered across the six modules constituting the phase of work will represent an advance on undergraduate-level study of the designated disciplinary field within Applied English. The work will demonstrate a developing knowledge of key concepts in the field, and a growing sense of how these connect to each other within the scholarly tradition. There will be an awareness of different approaches and perspectives on the same concepts. The submitted material will be exploratory and intellectually curious, and demonstrate a propensity for cross-topical and interdisciplinary work.Learning Outcomes
In order for the portfolio to function as a synoptic assessment for the stage, the criteria for assessment are determined by the Learning Outcomes that are associated with each module of study. A module typically has three Learning Outcomes that are specific to that topic, plus two more generic Learning Outcomes that are professional, disciplinary, and transferably intellectual in nature. In this way, the assessment criteria for the portfolio will typically involve a set of 18 specific Learning Outcomes. These will form the basis for the assessment of content.
Each module represented within the submitted portfolio will be designated for the named domain-pathway to which it belongs as a discipline or field; some modules might feature in several domains. When a student submits their portfolio for assessment, the work within it will be assessed against the LOs that the student has covered in the course of that phase of their studies. This means that the portfolio will cover the intellectual ground defined by the LO for every area of study. To facilitate a synoptic frame, assessment in the portfolio is calibrated against the set of LOs, not against the list of modules (though in practice these will often align). As part of the professional and intellectual skills of the portfolio, a student will decide how to organise and plan the content of their portfolio, making decisions as to the extent and format of each piece within it.
This portfolio must include at least 2 pieces of work.