This course will focus on world Englishes through an examination of their culture, literature, and history. We will utilize all four important skills (speaking, listening, writing, reading) using newspaper and magazine articles, radio, television, and online sources to address language, culture, and historical and contemporary issues.
• Socio-Cultural objectives:
* To approach the English language and English speaking cultures
* To understand, analyse, and debate social and culture issues
• Pragmatic objectives:
* Summarize materials, present information verbally and in writing, express and qualify one’s opinion, debate
* Understand long form texts, videos, and audio files
* Selecting and organising ideas, presenting a structured presentation, write long texts in a clear and organised matter.
* Mastering language registers, understand and using idiomatic expressions.
• Grammatical points will be reviewed as needed.
The Unicert III exam will be offered at the end of this course. In order to take the exam students must have completed the following courses:
For more information on UniCERT III please see: www.unicert-online.org
C1.1 (230735) or permission of the instructors.
This course does not require a C-test result. If you're unsure of your English level, take the placement test here: https://www.sprachtest.de/einstufungstest-englisch
Materials will be provided and posted on Lernraum+.
Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period |
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Module | Course | Requirements | |
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23-FSZ-M19_a C1.2 - Spracherwerb Niveaustufe C1.2 | C1.2 - Spracherwerb Niveaustufe C1.2, einsemestrig | Ungraded examination
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Student information |
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 | |
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Fachsprachenzentrumskurse | ENG | 5 | unbenotet |
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