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121250 UE English in a Professional Context - Advanced (2022S)

World of Work II

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

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. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 15.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 22.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 29.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 05.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 26.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 03.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 10.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 17.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 24.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 31.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 14.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 21.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Tuesday 28.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content:
This course equips students with the skills and knowledge necessary for coping with highly specialised texts from a specific professional domain. The focus is on independent genre analysis and adapting texts to make them suit different target audiences and purposes. The texts will be taken from the world of English for Science and Technology (EST).

Aims:
- to develop the skills necessary to adapt to and acquire a wide range of new genres
- to make students aware of the parameters that shape professional genres and how these parameters affect linguistic encoding and text structure
- to cope productively and receptively with highly specialised text types
- ultimately, to communicate effectively in professional settings

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

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment is based on two written homework assignments, a group project (incl. a proposal, an analytical essay, a text transformation, and a project presentation), class participation, independent student work, and a final test.

The final test will be made available online. Students have 90 minutes to complete and upload it. The use of dictionaries and course materials is permitted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance (max. 2 absences)

The grade is made up as follows:
- Two written assignments and class participation: 30%
- Project presentation: 20% (Attendance at the presentation session is obligatory.)
- Written project report: 20%
- Final Test (online, open-book test): 30%

All parts must be completed and three out of the four 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. The lecturer may arrange individual meetings to ask you questions about your submissions.

Examination topics

Continuous assessment is based on what is covered in the course; relevant materials will be provided in class and on Moodle.

Reading list

There is no reader for this course.

Association in the course directory

Studium: MA 844 + 844/2; MA 812 (2)
Code/Modul: M02
Lehrinhalt: 12-1251

Last modified: Sa 12.02.2022 00:06