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340234 UE Reading Competence and Text Production: English (2013W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 15.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 22.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 29.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 05.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 12.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 19.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 03.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 10.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 17.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 07.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 14.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 21.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 28.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Exploring texts written in several types of English beyond their apparent textual meaning. Discussing the situatedness of texts. Analyzing discursive tools used towards varying objectives.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in class, individual and group assignments, mid-term test, end-of-term paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will develop a more profound understanding of texts as communicative events.

Examination topics

Class assignments, to be completed in groups or individually, will include exercises to train various types of comprehension, research assignments aimed at achieving a more profound level of comprehension, analyses of a variety of texts and short text production assignments. Part of the semester will be dedicated to a group project, in which students will investigative various aspects of discursive construction in a text corpus they have chosen themselves.

Reading list

Will be announced in class.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:45