230832 Readings in Sociology (level B2) (S) (WiSe 2009/2010)

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This course is designed to help students of Sociology at the B2 level deal with their coursework in academic reading. Using text material on sociological topics from textbooks, academic journals or the Internet, the course will train the skills listed below. At the end of the course, students should be able to handle academic articles of average difficulty with confidence.

  • Techniques for quick reading (skimming, scanning)
  • Identifying the text structure (‘skeletizing’ a text)
  • Reading for research (choosing the best source, comparing viewpoints and forms of argument)
  • Excerpting a text effectively
  • Essential lexical strategies for reading (dealing with unfamiliar words, collocation and connotation, choosing keywords)
  • Putting together a bibliography

Requirements for participation, required level

Successful completion of a B2-rated course or C-Test of the Language Center (for dates please see

http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fachsprachenzentrum/tests.html )

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Frequency Weekday Time Format / Place Period  
weekly Do 10-12 T2-214 29.10.2009-05.02.2010
not on: 12/24/09 / 12/31/09 		Beginn am 29. Oktober!

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Degree programme/academic programme Validity Variant Subdivision Status Semester LP  
Fachsprachenzentrumskurse ENG; FSA   3  
Soziologie / Bachelor (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) Kernfach SozGB.a Pflicht 3  

Regular attendance and homework, 1 summary, a compilation of articles on a given topic, sorted according to relevancy for question

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seminar (S) / 2
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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