340347 UE Reading Comprehension and Text Production: English (2013W)
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 16.09.2013 09:00 to We 25.09.2013 17:00
- Registration is open from Tu 01.10.2013 09:00 to Fr 04.10.2013 17:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 04.10.2013 17:00
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 08.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 15.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 22.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 29.10. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 05.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 12.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 19.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 03.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 10.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 17.12. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 07.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 14.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 21.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
- Tuesday 28.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 9 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Exploring texts written in several types of English beyond their apparent textual meaning. Discussing the situatedness of texts. Analyzing discursive tools used towards varying objectives.
Assessment and permitted materials
Participation in class, individual and group assignments, mid-term test, end-of-term paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students will develop a more profound understanding of texts as communicative events.
Examination topics
Class assignments, to be completed in groups or individually, will include exercises to train various types of comprehension, research assignments aimed at achieving a more profound level of comprehension, analyses of a variety of texts and short text production assignments. Part of the semester will be dedicated to a group project, in which students will investigative various aspects of discursive construction in a text corpus they have chosen themselves.
Reading list
Material will be available on Moodle.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:46