Universität Wien

340347 UE Reading Comprehension and Text Production: English (2009S)

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

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. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 09.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 16.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 23.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 30.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 20.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 04.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 11.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 18.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 25.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 08.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 15.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 22.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
Monday 29.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Discussion of English texts (various current topics) and their cultural context; reading strategies; structured text production (outlining, rephrasing, summarizing, etc.).
Course held in English; exclusively English text production.

Assessment and permitted materials

Class performance; two short mid-term tests (45 min. each) and one final exam (90 min.).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will acquire different reading strategies for various purposes; students will develop awareness of functionality and cultural context of texts and the relevance of these factors for reading comprehension; improvement of text production skills.

Examination topics

Lecture; reading and text production in class; discussion of texts prepared as homework; individual and team work.

Reading list


Association in the course directory

BSV1

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