Universität Wien

120102 UE English in a Professional Context - Advanced = Topic Related Course 125 (2010W)

World of Work II

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Mini-conference Saturday 15th January, 2011

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).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 13.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 20.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 27.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 03.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 10.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 17.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 24.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 01.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 15.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 12.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 19.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 26.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

EPCO Advanced builds on the skills acquired in EPCO and aims to further enable students to cope with texts that belong to highly specialised professional genres. As such, the course is strongly process-oriented, focussing on the development of transferable
generic skills applicable to a range of different genres, and not exclusively product-oriented.
These skills will be practised in connection with content information of
one specific professional domain, e.g. business, technology, law. The
topic (or professional domain) mainly serves as carrier content through
which to develop the three main skill areas worked on in EPCO:

Function (Discourse): identifying key text types and their functions and
placing them in their context of use, establishing links between text
types
Language (Text): identifying characteristic features of such texts and
genre conventions (moves and lexico-grammar)
Content (Topic): familiarising learners with the procedures and
conventions of the specific professional domain, its key concepts and
terms.

The course consists of two main components:
A. In the first half of the course the lecturer introduces the students to
a professional field (topic) of her choice using the methodology outlined
for EPCO.
B. The second half of the course is dedicated to a student project, the
results of which are presented in a mini-conference at the end of the
semester and a written project report.

Assessment and permitted materials

written assignments,
active class participation, and "students' own project,
the results of which are presented in a mini-conference on Saturday
January 15th, 2011

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

EPCO Advanced aims to give students chance to put the skills they have worked on so far throughout the language competence programme into practice.
Very generally, the course aims to:
Identify the features that characterise texts and that help realise their
communicative purposes
Explain language choices in term of social, cultural, and institutional
contexts
Examine the understandings of those who write/read the genres and how the
genre relates to users' activities.

Examination topics

interactive lecture course supported by e-learning platform

Reading list

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, ME 812, MA 844;
Code/Modul: 125, ME2, MA2;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0296

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