552.161 (22W) Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b
Overview
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- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENC02002UL
- Course title german Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Course model Blended learning course
- Online proportion 30%
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 13 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- Course begins on 10.10.2022
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- critically analyse an essay in terms of its structure and style
- construct an essay plan
- select and use appropriate grammatical structures and academic vocabulary to achieve desired formality and register
- write a formal argumentative essay and comparison and contrast essay implementing the structure and style taught in class
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
Workshops, online tasks, self-study, writing assignments in class and written homework assignments.
Students are required to regularly read academic papers in English in order to develop their academic reading skills and awareness of academic vocabulary and register.
Course content
This course which focuses on academic writing covers the following:
- essay structure (introduction, main body and conclusion)
- thesis statements
- the writing process (including planning and proof reading)
- argumentative essays
- comparison and contrast essays
- citing and referencing (including quoting, paraphrasing and summarising)
- features of formal academic writing (including vocabulary and grammar)
punctuation
- style and register
Prior knowledge expected
Students taking this course are expected to know how to write a well-developed and cohesive paragraph by employing common signposting and transition phrases as well as basic academic vocabulary.
Curricular registration requirements
Successful completion of the course "English for Academic Purposes".
Literature
Bailey, Stephen. 2011. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students, 3rd ed. New York: Routledge.
Caplan, Nigel. 2019. Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, 2nd ed. USA: University of Michigan.
Oshima, Alice, and Ann Hogue. 2006. Writing Academic English, 4th ed. New York: Pearson Longman.
Examination information
Examination methodology
final written exam
class participation
assignments
Examination topic(s)
Skills and topics discussed and practised in class.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Class participation (20%)
Written assignments (30 %)
Final exam (50%)
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.161 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 6. Semester empfohlen
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ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
-
Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.161 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 6. Semester empfohlen
-
ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
-
Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.161 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 6. Semester empfohlen
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ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
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Module: Grundstudium Language II
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2.6 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.161 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
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2.6 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Module: Grundstudium Language II
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
- Master's degree programme Cross-Border Studies
(SKZ: 584, Version: 22W.1)
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Subject: (Schwerpunktsprache 2) Englisch / (Language 2) English
(Compulsory subject)
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2.1 English for Academic Purposes or Advanced Language Production and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.161 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2. Semester empfohlen
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2.1 English for Academic Purposes or Advanced Language Production and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: (Schwerpunktsprache 2) Englisch / (Language 2) English
(Compulsory subject)
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- Wintersemester 2016/17
- Sommersemester 2016
- Wintersemester 2015/16
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