340241 PS Culture and Communikation: English (2018W)
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 10.09.2018 09:00 to Fr 28.09.2018 17:00
- Registration is open from Mo 08.10.2018 09:00 to Fr 12.10.2018 17:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.10.2018 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 09.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 16.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 23.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 30.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 06.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 13.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 27.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 04.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 11.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 08.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 15.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
- Tuesday 22.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Hörsaal 2 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Participation in class and online activities (15%), completion of oral assignment/group presentation (15%), and individual seminar paper (70%).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Attendance is mandatory (two absences are allowed).
Plagiarism is unacceptable.
An advanced level of both oral and written English is required.
Pass grade: 60%
Grading scale: 100-90% = 1 (Sehr gut), 89-80% = 2 (Gut), 79-70% = 3 (Befriedigend), 69-60% = 4 (Genügend), 59-0% = 5 (Nicht genügend)
Plagiarism is unacceptable.
An advanced level of both oral and written English is required.
Pass grade: 60%
Grading scale: 100-90% = 1 (Sehr gut), 89-80% = 2 (Gut), 79-70% = 3 (Befriedigend), 69-60% = 4 (Genügend), 59-0% = 5 (Nicht genügend)
Examination topics
Reading list
Reading material (e.g. journal articles) will be provided in class and on the Moodle platform. Students will be provided with a reading list but will also conduct their own research.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:45
(1) promote culture-specific knowledge in an interdisciplinary fashion and raise students’ awareness of the complex relations between culture and communication;
(2) enable students to sharpen their critical and argumentative thinking, and to develop academic writing skills with a focus on various research fields in general and the Anglophone research community in particular;
(3) help students improve their oral and discussion skills, and presentation/moderation techniquesCourse contents:
Culture and communication in the English-speaking world embedded in or with a focus on different areas and fields of study (e.g. literature, history, business, media, translation, linguistics, etc.); conducting independent, interdisciplinary research within these areas; academic writing in English and producing well-argued and coherent research papers related to the areas above; developing/improving critical discussion skills and presentation techniquesTeaching/learning methods:
In-class research work (individual, pair, and group work), discussions and student presentations (group assignment), online activities (peer feedback on research drafts), independent research on a given topic outside of class and text production (research/seminar paper)