Universität Wien

340053 UE Reading Competence and Text Production: English (2015S)

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

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).

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

- 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
- 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.

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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