340319 VO Technical Communication: English (2009W)
Geisteswissenschaften
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max. 1000 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
12.10.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
19.10.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
09.11.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
16.11.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
23.11.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
07.12.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
14.12.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
11.01.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
Monday
18.01.
09:30 - 11:00
Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Technical Communication is a four-semester lecture series (1-Humanities, 2-Natural Sciences and Medicine, 3-Technology, 4-Law and Economics). The winter term of 09/10 will deal with the humanities (1). The lectures seek to provide an insight into the terminology of selected fields and their contexts, special purpose text types and their conventions, principles of technical communication and research options.
Assessment and permitted materials
Written end-of-term test, no use of resources other than paper and pen to check students' knowledge of vocabulary, synonyms and definitions as well as the ability to work with technical terminology in context (summaries and brief translations, German-English, English-German)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Basic special purpose terminology of selected fields, development of strategies to increase students' word power, research skills and the ability to produce and understand technical texts.
Examination topics
"Chalk and talk" alternating with interactive discussion of English texts, sources, research examples. The main language of tuition is English, juxtaposed with German.
Reading list
Wird laufend in der LV bekanntgegeben, Texte und Vokabellisten werden auf Fronter online gestellt.
Association in the course directory
BSV2
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:46