552.151 (23W) Language Awareness II b

Wintersemester 2023/24

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First course session
06.10.2023 17:00 - 19:00 N.0.45 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENC01002UL
Course title german Language Awareness II b
Type Course (continuous assessment course )
Course model Attendance-based course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 3.0
Registrations 8 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 06.10.2023
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to develop your general proficiency in English through improving your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. Course work will focus on essential grammar (relative clauses and other types, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, adverbial clauses and conjunctions, prepositions) and on expanding your lexical range on a broad variety of general and advanced topics.

Teaching methodology

  • lecture and practice
  • student contributions on pertinent topics related to lexical development and grammar
  • self-study (online Moodle exercises)
  • presentations
  • blended learning

Course content

  • expanding vocabulary (lexical range) on a wide variety of general topics
  • quantifiers
  • relative clauses and other types of clauses
  • pronouns, substitution and leaving out words
  • adjectives and adverbs
  • adverbial clauses and conjunctions
  • prepositions
  • organizing information

Prior knowledge expected

completion of Language Awareness 1


  • expanding vocabulary (lexical range) on a broad variety of general topics
  • dictionary use
  • collocations
  • tenses
  • modals and semi-modals
  • linking verbs, passives, questions
  • verb complementation
  • reporting
  • nouns (agreement and compound nouns)
  • articles, determiners and quantifiers

Curricular registration requirements

Students in the BA program: 

Language Awareness 1
Language Productive and Receptive Skills
English for Academic Purposes
Pronunciation 


Students in the teacher training program:

Placement Test
Language Awareness 1 (Language 1)
English for Academic Purposes (Writing 1)

Pronunciation
Language Productive and Receptive Skills (Speaking 1)

Literature

Students will need the following two books:

Hewings, Martin.  Advanced Grammar in Use (3rd edition) 

McCarthy, Michael and Felicity O’Dell. English Vocabulary in Use. Upper Intermediate (4th edition) 

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

- participation in classroom activities

- series progress tests (grammar and vocabulary)

- complete portfolio submitted by deadline (end of term)

Examination topic(s)

There will be progress tests on grammar and vocabulary units as well as participation in classroom activities (requirements will be further specified in a course outline provided in the first class meeting).

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Participants will be required to perform at the required level of language proficiency (min. C1) and develop their skills from there. 

- in case of suspicion: follow-up talk to check plausibility of results in terms of AI-usage

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
    • Subject: Advanced Language Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • ENC.001 Language Awareness 2 ( 2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.151 Language Awareness II b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
    • Subject: Advanced Language Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • ENC.001 Language Awareness 2 ( 2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.151 Language Awareness II b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
    • Subject: Advanced Language Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • ENC.001 Language Awareness 2 ( 2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.151 Language Awareness II b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language (Compulsory subject)
      • Module: Grundstudium Language II
        • 2.5 Language Awareness II ( 0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
          • 552.151 Language Awareness II b (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Sommersemester 2024
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2023/24
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2023
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2022/23
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2022
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.152 KS Language Awareness II c (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2021/22
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2021
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.152 KS Language Awareness II c (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2020/21
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2020
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.152 KS Language Awareness II c (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2019
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.152 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2018
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.152 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2017/18
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2017
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 552.150 PK Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 PK Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2016
  • 552.150 KS Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 KS Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
  • 552.152 KS Language Awareness II c (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2015/16
  • 552.150 PK Language Awareness II a (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
  • 552.151 PK Language Awareness II b (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
  • 552.152 PK Language Awareness II c (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2014
  • 551.120 PK Language II and Translation a (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
  • 551.121 PK Language II and Translation b (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2013/14
  • 551.120 PK Language II and Translation (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2013
  • 551.120 PK Language II and Translation a (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
  • 551.121 PK Language II and Translation b (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2012/13
  • 551.120 PK Language II and Translation (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)