552.160 (24S) Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills a
Overview
- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENC02001UL
- Course title german Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills a
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Course model Attendance-based course
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 15 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- Course begins on 11.03.2024
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- critically analyse an essay in terms of its structure and style
- construct an essay plan
- select and use appropriate grammatical structures and academic vocabulary to achieve desired formality and register
- write a formal argumentative essay and an expository essay implementing the structure and style taught in class
Teaching methodology
Workshops, online tasks, self-study, writing assignments in class and written homework assignments.
Students are required to regularly read academic papers in English in order to develop their academic reading skills and awareness of academic vocabulary and register.
Course content
This course which focuses on academic writing covers the following:
- essay structure (introduction, main body and conclusion)
- thesis statements
- the writing process (including planning and proof reading)
- argumentative essay
- expository essay
- citing and referencing (including quoting, paraphrasing and summarising)
- features of formal academic writing (including vocabulary and grammar)
punctuation
- style and register
Prior knowledge expected
Students taking this course are expected to know how to write a well-developed and cohesive paragraph by employing common signposting and transition phrases as well as basic academic vocabulary.
Curricular registration requirements
B.A. students (612) must have completed English for Academic Purposes.
Lehramt”/UF/B.Ed. students (407) must have completed module ENB (Pronunciation and Language Productive and Receptive Skills).
Literature
Bailey, Stephen. 2011. Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students, 3rd ed. New York: Routledge.
Caplan, Nigel. 2019. Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers, 2nd ed. USA: University of Michigan.
Oshima, Alice, and Ann Hogue. 2006. Writing Academic English, 4th ed. New York: Pearson Longman.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Final written exam (writing an academic essay)
In order to pass this course, students must receive a passing grade in the final exam.
Examination topic(s)
Skills and topics discussed and practised in class.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Course work (20%)
Written assignment (30 %)
Final exam (50%)
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.160 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 6. Semester empfohlen
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ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
-
Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.160 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 6. Semester empfohlen
-
ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
-
Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.160 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 6. Semester empfohlen
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ENC.002 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Advanced Language Studies
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
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Module: Grundstudium Language II
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2.6 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.160 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen
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2.6 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Module: Grundstudium Language II
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
- Master's degree programme Cross-Border Studies
(SKZ: 584, Version: 22W.1)
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Subject: (Schwerpunktsprache 2) Englisch / (Language 2) English
(Compulsory subject)
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2.1 English for Academic Purposes or Advanced Language Production and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.160 Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2. Semester empfohlen
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2.1 English for Academic Purposes or Advanced Language Production and Receptive Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: (Schwerpunktsprache 2) Englisch / (Language 2) English
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Sommersemester 2024
- 552.161 KS Advanced Language Productive and Receptive Skills b (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
- Wintersemester 2023/24
- Sommersemester 2023
- Wintersemester 2022/23
- Sommersemester 2022
- Wintersemester 2021/22
- Sommersemester 2021
- Wintersemester 2020/21
- Sommersemester 2020
- Wintersemester 2019/20
- Sommersemester 2019
- Wintersemester 2018/19
- Sommersemester 2018
- Wintersemester 2017/18
- Sommersemester 2017
- Wintersemester 2016/17
- Sommersemester 2016
- Wintersemester 2015/16
- Sommersemester 2014
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Wintersemester 2013/14
- 551.147 PK Writing II: Introduction to Academic Research and Presentation a (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
- Sommersemester 2013
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Wintersemester 2012/13
- 551.147 PK Writing II: Introduction to Academic Research and Presentation (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)