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340347 UE Reading Comprehension and Text Production: English (2018W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 10.09.2018 09:00 to Fr 28.09.2018 17:00
- Registration is open from Mo 08.10.2018 09:00 to Fr 12.10.2018 17:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.10.2018 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 11.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 18.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 25.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 08.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 15.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 29.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 06.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 13.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 10.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 17.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Thursday 24.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment will be based on participation in class and in online activities (20%), mid-term test (20%), final test (20%), and assignments (40%). Students are allowed to use monolingual dictionaries during the tests.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
An advanced level of both oral and written English is required.
Students must complete all assignments.
Attendance is mandatory—two absences allowed.
Grading scale: 90-100%: 1 // 80-89%: 2 // 70-79%: 3 // 60-69%: 4 // < 60%: 5 (fail)
Students have to attain a passing score (60% or more) on at least one of the in-class tests to be able to pass the course.
Students must complete all assignments.
Attendance is mandatory—two absences allowed.
Grading scale: 90-100%: 1 // 80-89%: 2 // 70-79%: 3 // 60-69%: 4 // < 60%: 5 (fail)
Students have to attain a passing score (60% or more) on at least one of the in-class tests to be able to pass the course.
Examination topics
Evaluation will be based on the text types and exercise formats used in class and in the homework assignments.
Reading list
Barthes, Roland/Howard, Richard. 1967. The Death of the Author. Aspen 5-6 (3). http://www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen5and6/threeEssays.html#barthes [22/01/2020]
Blommaert, Jan. 2004. Discourse. Cambridge: CUP.
Gadamer, Hans G./Weinsheimer, J. & Marshall, D. G. 2004. Truth and Method. New York: Crossroad.
Derrida, Jacques/Bennington, Geoffrey. 2013a. "Two Words for Joyce". In: Mitchell, Andrew & Slote, Sam (eds.): Derrida and Joyce: Texts and Contexts. Albany [NY]: State University of New York Press, 22-40.
Derrida, Jacques/Raffoul, François. 2013b. "Ulysses Gramophone: Hear Say Yes in Joyce." In: Mitchell, Andrew & Slote, Sam (eds.): Derrida and Joyce: Texts and Contexts. Albany [NY]: State University of New York Press, 41-86. http://users.clas.ufl.edu/burt/deconstructionandnewmediatheory/derridajoyce.pdf [14/01/2020].
Fairclough, Norman. 2003. Analysing Discourse. Textual Analysis for social Research. Oxon: Routledge.
Lehman, Christopher & Roberts, Kathleen. 2013. Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and Life. London: Heinemann.
Moretti, Franco. 2013. Distant Reading. London: Verso.
Blommaert, Jan. 2004. Discourse. Cambridge: CUP.
Gadamer, Hans G./Weinsheimer, J. & Marshall, D. G. 2004. Truth and Method. New York: Crossroad.
Derrida, Jacques/Bennington, Geoffrey. 2013a. "Two Words for Joyce". In: Mitchell, Andrew & Slote, Sam (eds.): Derrida and Joyce: Texts and Contexts. Albany [NY]: State University of New York Press, 22-40.
Derrida, Jacques/Raffoul, François. 2013b. "Ulysses Gramophone: Hear Say Yes in Joyce." In: Mitchell, Andrew & Slote, Sam (eds.): Derrida and Joyce: Texts and Contexts. Albany [NY]: State University of New York Press, 41-86. http://users.clas.ufl.edu/burt/deconstructionandnewmediatheory/derridajoyce.pdf [14/01/2020].
Fairclough, Norman. 2003. Analysing Discourse. Textual Analysis for social Research. Oxon: Routledge.
Lehman, Christopher & Roberts, Kathleen. 2013. Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and Life. London: Heinemann.
Moretti, Franco. 2013. Distant Reading. London: Verso.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:46
In this class on reading comprehension & textual creation, you will experience a challenging but cooperative, collaborative and supportive environment in which you can experiment with your own individual communicative resources (metaphor of repertoire: whatever you bring to this class – let’s play with it, strengthen it, further develop it!).
We will work on reading comprehension strategies (based on hermeneutic or discourse analytic approaches) and reading-based writing skills (focusing). Participants will acquire text analysis methods that enable them to understand and discuss texts (including visuals) as communicative events.
Peer reviewing will strengthen your reflection on your own (textual) agency and on matters of choice, alternative, and consequence: intended (we—as writers) and experienced (we—as readers) impact. Two maxims will guide our work in class: clarity & impact.
In-class reading performances (i.e., reading aloud) and writing exercises (with reading the texts back), online activities, assignments in reading comprehension & textual creation.
Objectives:
(i) improvement of reading comprehension (including visuals) and
(ii) text-based writing skills—with a focus on exploring different types of meaning, organizing texts and integrating sources.
Individual, pair and group work.