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160002 PS A Practical Approach to Academic Writing (2012S)

Academic writing

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musik-, Sprach- und Vergleichende Literaturwisse

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 07.03. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Wednesday 14.03. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Wednesday 21.03. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Wednesday 18.04. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Wednesday 25.04. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Wednesday 16.05. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Wednesday 23.05. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Wednesday 13.06. 14:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course takes a practical approach to academic writing, focusing on the discipline linguistics. It offers guidance, examples and exercises with respect to the following aspects of academic writing: finding a topic und planning a paper/thesis, differences between everyday German and academic German, structuring the text, connecting sections and paragraphs, argumentation, framing sources and your own perspective.
All examples and materials were developed in an FWF-research project and are based on empirical analyses of student writing at Austrian universities.

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance, course work and online exercises

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This course introduces students to advanced skills in academic writing and prepares them for writing academic texts in German.

Examination topics

The course consists of 8 face-to-face sessions and is accompanied by online exercises.

Reading list

Gruber, Helmut & Huemer, Birgit & Rheindorf, Markus (2009): Wissenschaftliches Schreiben: Ein Praxisbuch für Studierende. Wien: UTB / Böhlau.

Association in the course directory

Codes alter Studienplan: 503, 504, 605, 721, 910

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