Universität Wien

340114 PS Kultur und Kommunikation: Englisch (2019S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

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

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

ACHTUNG - GEBLOCKTE LEHRVERANSTALTUNG (!!) - abweichende Termine (DOPPEL-EINHEITEN in den Prüfungswochen, LV-Ende Mitte Mai) und LV-BEGINN bereits in der 1. Prüfungswoche (7.3.2019): Anwesenheit in dieser 1. Doppel-Einheit ist Teilnahmevoraussetzung (!)

  • Donnerstag 07.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 07.03. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 14.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 21.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 28.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 04.04. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 11.04. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 11.04. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 02.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 09.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
  • Donnerstag 16.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Seminarraum 4 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The objectives of this course are to:
(1) promote culture-specific knowledge in an interdisciplinary fashion and raise students’ awareness of the complex relations between culture and communication;
(2) enable students to sharpen their critical and argumentative thinking, and to develop academic writing skills with a focus on various research fields in general and the Anglophone research community in particular;
(3) help students improve their oral and discussion skills and presentation/moderation tech-niques

Course contents:
Culture and communication in the English-speaking world embedded in or with a focus on different areas and fields of study (e.g. literature, history, business, media, translation, linguistics, etc.); conducting independent, interdisciplinary research within these areas; academic writing in English and producing well-argued and coherent research papers related to the areas above; developing/improving critical discussion skills and presentation techniques

Teaching/learning methods:
In-class research work (individual, pair, and group work), discussions and student presentations (group assignment), online activities (peer feedback on research drafts), independent research on a given topic outside of class and text production (research/seminar paper)

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Completion of individual research tasks and online activities (15%), completion of oral assignment/group presentation (15%), and individual seminar paper (70%).

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Attendance is mandatory (two absences are allowed).
Plagiarism is unacceptable.
An advanced level of both oral and written English is required.
Pass grade: 60%
Grading scale: 100-90% = 1 (Sehr gut), 89-80% = 2 (Gut), 79-70% = 3 (Befriedigend), 69-60% = 4 (Genügend), 59-0% = 5 (Nicht genügend)

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Reading material (e.g. journal articles) will be provided in class and on the Moodle platform. Students will be provided with a reading list but will also conduct their own research.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:45