340059 VO+UE Text types, text quality, text effect 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. 60 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
- Christopher James Anderson
- Susanne Hackl (Student Tutor)
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 09.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 16.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 23.03. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 13.04. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 27.04. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 04.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 11.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 18.05. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 01.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 08.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 15.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 22.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
- Monday 29.06. 15:30 - 17:00 Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment will be based on the following:
- Participation in class and online activities;
- Two tests;
- Completion of written assignments and semester portfolio.
- Participation in class and 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 skills in text analysis as well as the identification and use of text patterns/conventions;
- to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on and apply various writing strategies;
- to raise students' awareness of the writing process and how it can be organized;
- to help students apply their language knowledge and writing skills appropriately in practice.
- to help students improve their skills in text analysis as well as the identification and use of text patterns/conventions;
- to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on and apply various writing strategies;
- to raise students' awareness of the writing process and how it can be organized;
- to help students apply their language knowledge and writing skills appropriately in practice.
Examination topics
Students will achieve the course objectives by:
- analyzing and discussing authentic written texts;
- producing original written texts of various types on the basis of specific instructions;
- rewriting/adapting texts to suit different target groups / purposes.
- analyzing and discussing authentic written texts;
- producing original written texts of various types on the basis of specific instructions;
- rewriting/adapting texts to suit different target groups / purposes.
Reading list
TBA (in class / on Moodle platform)
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:45
- Analysis of assignments/jobs and writing in accordance with specific assignments
- Discussion of effective/ineffective texts, text quality criteria
- Discussion of writing process(es)