120101 UE Language Competence I - (UF MA EN 01) (2020W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Anmeldung von Di 08.09.2020 12:00 bis Di 15.09.2020 23:59
Abmeldung bis Sa 31.10.2020 23:59

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen

Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Gabrielle Smith

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Mode of teaching: Hybrid. Onsite sessions will be held on October 13, Oct. 20, Nov 17, Dec 8. The remaining course sessions, including the final exam and student presentations, will be conducted online. Please note our first class session will be online.

    
    Dienstag
    06.10.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    13.10.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Hybride Lehre
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Dienstag
    20.10.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Hybride Lehre
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Dienstag
    27.10.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    03.11.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    10.11.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    17.11.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Hybride Lehre
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    
    Dienstag
    24.11.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    01.12.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    15.12.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    12.01.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    19.01.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital
    
    Dienstag
    26.01.
    12:15 - 13:45
    Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Content:
This course equips students with the skills and knowledge necessary for coping with a wide range of texts relevant in the educational domain. The focus is on independent genre analysis and adapting texts to make them suit different (learner) audiences and purposes. The course is also designed to help students improve their academic writing skills for the MA thesis (if required).

Aims:

- to develop awareness of the parameters that shape various genres and how these parameters affect linguistic encoding and text structure

- to cope productively and receptively with specialized text types

- to develop the skills necessary to adapt texts for various (educational) purposes

Methods: Communicative language practice based on the discussion of concepts from genre analysis

Examination topics

Continuous assessment based on what is covered in the course; details will be given in class and on moodle.

Reading list

Information about reading will be provided in class and on moodle.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment is based on regular assignments, class participation, a written assignment, a student project, and a final test.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Attendance (max. 2 absences)

The grade is made up as follows:
- Class participation: 10%
- Written assignment: 30%
- Team Project (incl. a project proposal and a presentation): 30%
- Final test (timed online test): 30%

All parts must be completed and three out of the four graded parts must be positive (including the final test). The pass grade is 60%.

Grading scale:
1 (sehr gut) 100-90%;
2 (gut) 89-80%;
3 (befriedigend) 79-70%;
4 (genügend) 69-60%;
5 (nicht genügend) 59-0%.

Your work may be subjected to the plagiarism detection software Turnitin.

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