Universität Wien

340053 UE Reading Competence and Text Production: English (2014S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Important:
- Students who do not attend the first session will be unenrolled from this course.
- Students who do attend the first session but later decide not to attend the course MUST unenroll by March 31, 2014.
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. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 10.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 17.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 24.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 31.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 07.04. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 28.04. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 05.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 12.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 19.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 26.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 02.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Thursday 12.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 16.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 23.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Monday 30.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

- Discussion and development of reading/writing strategies
- Discussion and development of strategies/tools to enhance reading comprehension (e.g., highlighting, notes, excerpts, diagrams/maps)
- Specific grammar topics relevant to written communication (as necessary)

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment will be based on the following:
- Participation in class and in online activities (10%)
- Two tests (25% each)
- Completion of written assignments (semester portfolio; 40%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objectives of this course are as follows:
- to help students improve their reading skills, research skills, text comprehension, language and writing skills;
- to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on and apply reading comprehension strategies;
- to raise students' awareness of writing processes;
- to help students apply their language knowledge and writing know-how appropriately in practice.

Examination topics

Students will achieve the course objectives by:
- analyzing and discussing authentic written texts;
- paraphrasing/summarizing texts;
- producing original written texts of various types;
- rewriting/adapting texts to suit different situations/purposes;
- completing a variety of research tasks/exercises.

Reading list

TBA (in class / on Moodle platform)

Association in the course directory

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