Embedding Key Transferable Employability Skills for Lifelong Success through Blending an Innovative Portfolio to Complement Traditional Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Hooker, Joanne; Whistance, Jayne
Titel	Embedding Key Transferable Employability Skills for Lifelong Success through Blending an Innovative Portfolio to Complement Traditional Assessment
Quelle	In: Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 10 (2016) 1, S.156-175 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-1382
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Skill Development; Daily Living Skills; Foreign Students; Curriculum Design; Feedback (Response); Portfolio Assessment; Lifelong Learning; English for Academic Purposes; English (Second Language); Curriculum Enrichment; College Second Language Programs; Student Satisfaction; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Lehrplangestaltung; Portfoliobeurteilung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Southampton Solent University has been running the unit ENG195 Applied and Academic English Advanced for international students since 2008 as part of the Institution-Wide Language Programme. Following the implementation of a new employability strategy in 2013, the unit was revalidated in July 2014, which led to a major redesign of the curriculum for delivery from the academic year 2014-2015. In addition to having updated academic content, it now has a specific focus on employability skills and their transferability to the real world. In particular, this paper evaluates the assessment practice on this unit in terms of the embedding of employability into the three assessed elements which consist of a Reading Test, a Speaking Test and an online Portfolio. Student feedback so far has been very positive, highlighting the usefulness of the unit, not just for academic study whilst at university, but for the world of work. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01