340070 UE Functional grammar and stylistics English (2023W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 11.09.2023 09:00 to Fr 22.09.2023 17:00
- Registration is open from Mo 09.10.2023 09:00 to Fr 13.10.2023 17:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Saturday
21.10.
09:45 - 11:15
Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Saturday
21.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Friday
17.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Friday
17.11.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Saturday
18.11.
09:45 - 11:15
Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Saturday
18.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Friday
15.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Friday
15.12.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 4 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Friday
12.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
Friday
12.01.
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
Saturday
13.01.
09:45 - 11:15
Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Saturday
13.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
Friday
19.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- Two tests
- Two graded assignments
- Submissions of shorter texts are required for formative feedback only (not graded)
- Two graded assignments
- Submissions of shorter texts are required for formative feedback only (not graded)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Midterm test (40%), end-of-term test (40%), assignments (20%).
Grading: 90% - 1
80% - 2
70% - 3
60% - 4
59% - 5 (fail)Students must pass at least one of the tests (=60% or more) in order to pass the course.
Grading: 90% - 1
80% - 2
70% - 3
60% - 4
59% - 5 (fail)Students must pass at least one of the tests (=60% or more) in order to pass the course.
Examination topics
Both tests and the assignments will be based on the topics covered in class. Tests will feature theory-based questions (single choice, multiple choice, and open ended questions) and hands-on tasks (e.g. editing, proofreading, rewriting, completing sentences, etc.)
Reading list
Bhanot, Kavita. 2020. Translating Every Day: The Importance and Impossibility of Decolonising Translation. In: Pen Transmissions. https://pentransmissions.com/2020/10/07/translating-every-day-the-importance-and-impossibility-of-decolonising-translation/ (last accessed 13/07/2022).Boase-Beier, Jean (2014). Stylistics and translation. In: Burke, Michael (Ed.): The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics. Abingdon/New York: Routledge.Swan, Michael. 2016. Practical English Usage. Fourth Edition. Oxford: OUP.Further reading, including useful texts for reference, will be announced on moodle and in class, depending on the topics chosen by students.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Th 19.10.2023 14:08
... critically review what grammar is/can be (grammar theory)
... work on selected topics (e.g. tense review, conditionals, affixes, gerunds & infinitives, modal verbs, reported speech, relative clauses, the passive, inversion, ...)
... explore the relationship between grammatical and stylistic choices.
... consider the diversity of Englishes
... use corpus linguistics for translation-related purposes***Students are welcome (and very much encouraged) to suggest topics they would like to see covered***The language of instruction is English.