Universität Wien

340054 UE Grammar in Context: English (2012W)

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

First lesson: 11th October 2012
Last lesson: 31st January 2013
Mid semester test: 22nd November 2012
End of semester test: 31st January 2013

Handouts: Students should download the handouts each week, print them and bring them to the lesson.

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

  • Thursday 11.10. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 18.10. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 25.10. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 08.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 15.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 22.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 06.12. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 13.12. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 10.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 17.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 24.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 31.01. 14:30 - 16:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Tense Review, Conditionals, Affixes, Modals, Phrasal verbs,Gerunds & Infinitives, Linking Words, Punctuation, Adjectives and Adverbs, Reported Speech, Relative Clauses, The Passive

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance: Students must attend at least 10 of the 12 lectures to pass the course.
Students who exceed the number of absences allowed will be given a fail (‘nicht
genügend’) as a final mark and will have to repeat the course.

If you cannot attend a lecture for any reason, please inform me by email.

Assessment: There will be a mid-semester test in the sixth week and a final test in the twelfth week of the course.

Grading: 90% 1
80% 2
70% 3
60% 4
59% 5 (fail)

The tests will only cover grammar aspects already covered in the class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Improvement of skills needed to interpret and produce grammatically correct texts in English.

Examination topics

Exercises in class and Moodle

Reading list

Recommended Reading:

Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency. with key: Fully updated for the revised CPE (Longman) ISBN: 0 582 51821 0

Advanced Language Practice with key (Macmillan) ISBN: 1 405 00762

Recycling Advanced English (Georgian Press) ISBN: 9780 521 4073 7

Association in the course directory

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