160140 PS Advanced Methods (2021S)
Academic writing
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 01.02.2021 09:00 to Th 25.02.2021 23:59
- Deregistration possible until We 31.03.2021 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
This semester, the course takes place online.
- Wednesday 03.03. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 17.03. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 24.03. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 21.04. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 28.04. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 19.05. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 26.05. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 16.06. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Wednesday 23.06. 14:00 - 16:30 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The course takes a practical approach to academic writing, focusing on the discipline linguistics. It offers guidance, examples and exercises with respect to the following aspects of academic writing: finding a topic und planning a paper/thesis, differences between everyday German and academic German, structuring the text, connecting sections and paragraphs, argumentation, framing sources and your own perspective.All examples and materials were developed in an FWF-research project and are based on empirical analyses of student writing at Austrian universities.
Assessment and permitted materials
Attendance, course work and exercises on Moodle.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This course introduces students to advanced skills in academic writing and prepares them for writing academic texts in German.
Examination topics
This semester, the course takes place online only, with 8 synchronous sessions on BBB (via Moodle) complemented by online exercises.
Reading list
Gruber, Helmut & Huemer, Birgit & Rheindorf, Markus (2009): Wissenschaftliches Schreiben: Ein Praxisbuch für Studierende. Wien: UTB / Böhlau.
Association in the course directory
BA-M12
MA2-M3
MA2-M3
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17