552.170 (20S) Professional Writing Skills a
Overview
- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund END02001UL
- Course title german Professional Writing Skills a
- Type Course (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 9 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- Course begins on 11.03.2020
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
[COURSE PREREQUISITE: a passing grade in Advanced language productive and receptive skills (BA) OR passing grades in the courses in MODULE ENC (Lehramt); check your curriculum and any curriculum updates to be sure.]
Students will learn the basics of how to construct a research-based academic essay. Students will read short stories by Oscar Wilde (see literature below) and will learn how to utilize primary and secondary sources in an English academic essay.
Students are expected to have the following:
- an understanding of how to organize and write paragraphs;
- an understanding of how to plan, write, and revise different essay types; and
- knowledge of basic citation and referencing conventions.
Course content
This course provides an opportunity for students to practice and develop their academic writing skills in English. Some of the topics that will be covered are the structure and organization of academic texts, the nature and purpose of paragraphs, the development of coherent pieces of writing, the issue of plagiarism, and how to write term papers.
In addition to extensive in-class, peer, and teacher feedback, students are expected to engage in self-directed learning and should avail themselves of the provided materials to improve their writing.
Topics covered:
- academic essays
- exam essays
- doing research for assignments
- using quotations appropriately
- avoiding plagiarism
- organizing writing
- conventions of academic style
- peer review/feedback
Literature
Students will be provided with an electronic course reader including texts by Oscar Wilde and secondary literature relating to the Wilde's work and literary interpretation. The reader will be made available online on Moodle (for free) and at the ÖH (available for a small fee).
Other readings and assignments will be made available on Moodle.
Examination information
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
The grading for this course will be based on:
- a timed, in-class essay and
- an outside-of-class research-based essay.
Both essays must have a pass grade in order to pass the course.
Students are also required to complete multiple in-class and homework assignments throughout the course of the term. These will comprise a portfolio that students will compile and improve over the course of the semester.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 8. Semester empfohlen
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 8. Semester empfohlen
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END.002 Professional Writing Skills (
2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Professional Language Use
(Compulsory subject)
- Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation)
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
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Stage two
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Subject: Advanced Language
(Compulsory subject)
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Text Development and Optimisation (
2.0h AG / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 4.0 ECTS)
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Text Development and Optimisation (
2.0h AG / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Advanced Language
(Compulsory subject)
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Stage two
- 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: Aufbaustudium Language
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2.7 Professional Writing Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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2.7 Professional Writing Skills (
0.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Module: Aufbaustudium Language
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Language
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium (ab 12W)
(Compulsory subject)
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Writing III: Academic Research and Writing (
0.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.170 Professional Writing Skills a (2.0h KS / 3.0 ECTS)
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Writing III: Academic Research and Writing (
0.0h KU / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Sprachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium (ab 12W)
(Compulsory subject)
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