Universität Wien

340194 UE Translation methods technical communication, terminology and information design English (2022S)

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

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. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 15.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 22.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 29.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 05.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 03.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 10.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 17.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 24.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 31.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 14.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 21.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 28.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Students ought to have read "Fachkommunikation und Terminologie" before taking this course.

OBJECTIVES
Students are enabled to apply their knowledge in the areas of professional communication, terminology studies and information and interface design (module 7) to authentic tasks in their working languages. Students recognise

CONTENT
Students will practice active listening and understanding texts and will be expected to summarize oral texts and present their own texts in line with given instructions.

METHODS
Work in class will be mainly intralingual (English) and partly interlingual (English - German). Students will work mostly individually and at times within a team to prepare assignments and present their work to the group for discussion and comparison.

Assessment and permitted materials

mid-term test: 30%
final test: 30%
projects and active classroom participation: 40%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In this course, the students' performance will be continuously assessed. Attendance is therefore mandatory. Up to two absences will be tolerated. It is the students' responsibility to catch up on missed work, instructions or other input in a timely manner.

90-100: very good or 1
80-89: good or 2
70-79: average or 3
60-69: low pass or 4
below 60 is a fail or 5

Examination topics

continuous assessment of student performance

Reading list

tba

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 07.03.2022 16:10