Universität Wien

340084 UE Text Competence 2 (written): English (2009W)

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

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 15.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 22.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 29.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 05.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 12.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 19.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 26.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 10.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 17.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 07.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 14.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 21.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 28.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Hörsaal 5 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Analysis of the style, register and communicative purpose of several types of written text, concentrating on the vocabulary, "texture" and effectiveness of the cohesive devices and vocabulary used, particularly with regard to comparison and contrast, cause and effect, discussion and situation-problem-solution-evaluation structures. Practice at producing these structures in different types and lengths of written text.

Assessment and permitted materials

There will be three types of assessment:

1) Satisfactory completion of homework tasks.

2) A short "take-home" writing task in the second half of the semester. Students will be given the general topic of the task and the text type to be produced the week before the assessment, so they can prepare ideas, opinions and vocabulary. They will complete the actual assignment as a short "unseen" writing task in class the following week.

3) An "unseen" writing task in the final week of the course. From a list of 3 or 4 titles, students will write a short text in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To enable students, through improving their own written competence, to analyse and understand written texts in English.

Examination topics

Different model texts will be presented and analysed. Students will be expected to produce some short texts (one or two paragraphs) in class from time to time, and will be expected to produce short written texts as homework every three or four weeks.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

BTK2

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