230715 Englisch: First Steps to Writing, Level B1 (S) (WiSe 2015/2016)

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This course is designed to develop and improve the participants’ general writing skills and to expand on the exercises and topics covered in the A2 and B1 non-writing courses.

Writing in English is interesting and a skill everyone needs in their careers. This course is designed to be a practical introduction to how to write well in English -- giving you the basic skills and knowledge necessary to become a better reader and writer in English.

The learning objectives for this course include:

- basic and intermediate grammar and writing exercises
- develop confidence reading, understanding, summarizing and analyzing English texts
- understanding the English-language conventions for sentence and paragraph construction
- through discussions and exercises, develop one's skills at good sentence and paragraph construction in English
- developing analytical skills for understanding what comprises "good" and "not-as-good" English

Requirements for participation, required level

Successful completion of the course A1.2 or the C-Test of the Language Center (for dates please see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fachsprachenzentrum/tests.html

Students who have completed an A2 course or a B1 course (non-writing) will be given priority admission.

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23-FSZ-M20 Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in den Fremdsprachen Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in den Fremdsprachen 1. Teil Study requirement
Ungraded examination
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Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in der Fremdsprache 2. Teil Study requirement
Ungraded examination
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Degree programme/academic programme Validity Variant Subdivision Status Semester LP  
Fachsprachenzentrumskurse ENG   3  

Weekly class participation in the exercises and discussions are key to developing good writing skills and completing the course, and it is through these that the students' writing skills will be developed and improved. Also, it is important for the student to have a basic understanding that the writing conventions and thought-processes common to English writing and text-analysis are in some significant ways different from German.

In addition to weekly class participation, the successful completion of short-term exercises and writing projects, as well as 2-3 final writing projects are essential to the course. Please note that a writing course such as this one typically requires 1-2 hours outside writing and homework per week.

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seminar (S) / 2
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This lecture is taught in english
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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