340053 UE Reading Competence and Text Production: English (2015S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Students who fail to attend the first session (March 9th) will be unenrolled from this course. If you are unable to attend on that date, you must inform the instructor in advance and provide concrete evidence to justify your absence.
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 09.02.2015 09:00 to Tu 24.02.2015 17:00
- Registration is open from Mo 02.03.2015 09:00 to Fr 06.03.2015 17:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2015 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 09.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 16.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 23.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 13.04. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 27.04. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 04.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 11.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 18.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 01.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 08.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 15.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 22.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Monday 29.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment will be based on the following:
- Participation in class and in online activities
- Two tests
- Completion of written assignments and semester portfolio
- Participation in class and in online activities
- Two tests
- Completion of written assignments and semester portfolio
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.
- 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.
- 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
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:45
- 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)