Universität Wien

340319 VO Technical Communication: English (2010S)

Medizin und Naturwissenschaft

2.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
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Details

max. 1000 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 08.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 15.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 22.03. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 12.04. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 19.04. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 03.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 10.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 17.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 31.05. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 07.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 14.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 14.06. 17:00 - 20:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50
  • Monday 21.06. 09:30 - 11:00 Audimax Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft, Gymnasiumstraße 50

Information

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 summer semester of 2010 will deal with Natural Sciences and Medicine. 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 allowed, to check students' knowledge of vocabulary, synonyms, defintions and 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 improve students' word power, research skills and the ability to produce and understand technical texts.

Examination topics

"Chalk & talk" alternating with interactive discussion of English texts, sources, research examples. The main language of tuition is English, juxtaposed with German.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

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