230728 Englisch: English Academic Writing II (S) (WiSe 2024/2025)

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Students must complete two writing projects to receive LPs. Students will do several revisions of their texts before the projects are completed.

Project #1: A comparative summary based on an article comparing several aspects of US and German society. Selection of information, organization, structure and writing style will be stressed during this project.

Project #2: Writing an abstract for an academic paper describing the cultural elements evident in the academic writing styles of Germany, the US, and France. In preparation students will read, analyze and rewrite multiple abstracts taken from published academic papers. Emphasis is on both reading and writing skills. Students must first evaluate, analyze and extract the most important information from a 2500 word text, and then assemble and write that information into a very concise abstract of 300 words that accurately describes the research describe in the longer text.

Students should expect to spend between 1-2 hours each week on their writing and homework exercises. A weekly homework script will be used which contains the reading and writing assignments as well as problem exercise sets on paraphrasing, revision, editing and rewriting techniques as used in English academic writing.

Please note that weekly participation in the (weekly) Friday class sessions is required. Students who will miss more than 3 classes should consider waiting to take this course in a future semester. Individual Zoom conferences will take place during the semester to discuss the writing and revisions of the writing assignments.

-- Bitte beachten Sie, dass dieser Kurs nur online verfügbar sein wird. Alle Lehrveranstaltungen werden mit Zoom und Lernrnraum+ durchgeführt.
-- Please note that this course will be online only. All lessons will be given using Zoom and Lernrnraum plus.

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"Academic Writing II" teaches the university-level native-speaker approach to academic writing in English. This course requires considerable determination, self-discipline and persistence. Students are asked to do a lot of highly-focused writing homework throughout the semester.

** Note: a questionnaire is required to secure a place in the course.

-> After you register on the EkVV for the course, download and complete the questionnaire at https://robertcthomas.com/uni-writing-i-ii-questionnaire/ and send it to robert.thomas@uni-bielefeld.de .

-> If you are unsure whether Writing I or Writing II would be best for you this coming semester, there is a SELF-TEST available at https://robertcthomas.com/uni-writing-i-ii-questionnaire/ To have me do an evaluation of your test, after completing it, please send it to me at robert.thomas@uni-bielefeld.de

Students signing up for this should have previous experience with revision, editing and rewriting texts in English. An English reading level of B2+ is recommended.

Note: this course will take place entirely online. A C-test (placement test) result is not required for this course.

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Frequency Weekday Time Format / Place Period  
weekly Fr 12-14 ONLINE   07.10.2024-31.01.2025

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Module Course Requirements  
23-FSZ-M20_a Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in den Fremdsprachen Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in den Fremdsprachen 1. Teil Ungraded examination
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Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in der Fremdsprache 2. Teil Ungraded examination
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The binding module descriptions contain further information, including specifications on the "types of assignments" students need to complete. In cases where a module description mentions more than one kind of assignment, the respective member of the teaching staff will decide which task(s) they assign the students.

Degree programme/academic programme Validity Variant Subdivision Status Semester LP  
Fachsprachenzentrumskurse ENG; SK   2.5 unbenotet  

English Academic Writing is a specific writing style which follows a rather rigid (and linear) approach to text organization, structure, vocabulary and form. The style and content of Academic English writing has its own tradition using specific phrases, vocabulary and organizational structures that are different from the typical personal essay or casual text summary.

Note that university-level English Academic Writing has a rather rigid (and linear) approach to text organization, structure, vocabulary and form. The techniques and traditions for writing "Academic English" are significantly different from writing the typical school version of a Personal Essay or a Text Summary (which are the styles of English writing most students learn in school).

CLASS-WORK: In our weekly class meeting, we will discuss our work as well as do online group-writing projects guided and supervised by the teacher.Weekly participation in the (weekly) Friday class sessions is required. Students who will miss more than 3 classes should consider waiting to take this course in a future semester. Individual Zoom conferences will take place during the semester to discuss the writing and revisions of the writing assignments.

HOMEWORK: Students should expect to spend between 1-2 hours each week doing homework exercises and reading & writing assignments for this course. Note that the homework is not simply conjugating verbs or learning vocabulary - the homework involves weekly writing work as well as several sets of writing and revison exercises -- all requiring focus and concentration.

** Note: a questionnaire is required to secure a place in the course. See "Notwendige Voraussetzungen" above.
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