552.170 (24W) Professional Writing Skills a
Overview
- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund END02001UL
- Course title german Professional Writing Skills a
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Course model Attendance-based course
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 0 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- possible language(s) of the assessment English
- Course begins on 03.10.2024
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
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Remarks (english)
IMPORTANT: Admission to the course is contingent upon having read the required text on Moodle before the first class session, during which a written assessment based on your understanding of the text will take place. Students must be present in this first class session in order to take part in the course.
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
This course provides an opportunity for students to practice and develop their academic writing skills in English in multiple genres. Some of the topics that will be covered are the structure, organization, and analysis of academic and professional texts and the issue of plagiarism.
Teaching methodology
Students will be instructed on various aspects of academic writing and conducting research by the instructors through lectures and PPTs that will be supplemented by Moodle activities. Self- and peer-reflection/assessment forms an integral aspect of how students are expected to improve their language competency in writing skills. Extensive in-class and at-home writing and reading are expected of students.
Students are expected to avail themselves of (1) tutorial options provided by the SchreibCenter and the course tutor and (2) materials available on Moodle.
Course content
The topics in this course may include but are not limited to:
- conducting research and collating information;
- organizing writing and producing academic/professional texts;
- analyzing texts in terms of language (spec. lexis, grammar, and structure);
- using quotations appropriately;
- avoiding plagiarism;
- self- and peer-review/feedback; and
- conventions of academic style.
Students will be asked to formulate their own opinions regarding texts covered in class in order to show evidence of critical thinking and expert processing of formal texts.
Prior knowledge expected
See curriculum for which skills students should have acquired in the previous writing courses. Generally speaking, students should
- be confident in writing coherent paragraphs;
- know how to write an essay;
- understand the basics of citing academic literature; and
- understand the basics of using a style guide (Chicago Manual of Style/CMOS).
Curricular registration requirements
B.A. students (612) must have completed "English for Academic Purposes" and "Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills".
“Lehramt”/UF/B.Ed. students (407) must have completed the modules ENA, ENB, ENC and END.
Erasmus/Study-abroad: Check with course instructor about your language ability.
Literature
All materials will be available on Moodle
Examination information
Examination methodology
In this course students will be assessed in the following ways:
- continuous assessment in the form of self-, peer-, and instructor-generated feedback;
- various academic and professional texts representing multiple genres; and
- a in-class written examination.
Students will be expected to create texts using laptops provided in the language lab in order to facilitate observation by the course instructors using the language lab software.
Examination topic(s)
Advanced language competences related to writing (See CEFR for more specifics) including but not limited to an advanced lexical and syntactic range and rhetorical strategies relating to argumentation.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
The grading for this course will be based on:
- several in-class writing assignments (including the timed diagnostic during the first class session) and
- a timed, in-class written examination.
Students will be provided with a detailed rubric that lays out the assessment criteria for written assignments.
The use of generative AI is expressly forbidden in this course in all stages of the writing process. Should the use of AI be suspected, students may be asked to take part in an oral defense that will take the place of the written assignment. In clear cases of plagiarism and/or the use of generative AI, a failing grade is warranted. Further information about this is available on the course Moodle page.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 8. Semester empfohlen
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 8. Semester empfohlen
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 8. Semester empfohlen
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
- Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation)
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
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Stage two
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Subject: Advanced Language
(Compulsory subject)
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Text Development and Optimisation (
2.0h AG / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Text Development and Optimisation (
2.0h AG / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Advanced Language
(Compulsory subject)
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Stage two
- Bachelor's degree programme Worlds of English
(SKZ: 612, Version: 24W.1)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
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2.7 Professional Writing Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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2.7 Professional Writing Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(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: Aufbaustudium Language
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2.7 Professional Writing Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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2.7 Professional Writing Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Module: Aufbaustudium Language
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Wintersemester 2024/25
- 552.171 KS Professional Writing Skills b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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