230838 English for Sociologists (level B2+/C1) (S) (WiSe 2009/2010)

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This course is designed for students of sociology on focuses on reading and writing. Using a mix of topical reading materials from different sources (academic journals, English textbooks for sociology, Internet texts), students will train a set of reading and lexical strategies (see below) to give them a better grasp on the very difficult texts they have to read. Reading strategies include:

  • strategies for quick reading (skimming scanning)
  • identifying the text structure/skeletizing a text
  • identify conventional patterns of academic articles
  • identifying viewpoints, separating fact from opinion
  • reading for research: evaluating sources according to relevance

Lexical strategies include:

  • dealing with unfamiliar words
  • collocation and connotation
  • building up a word bank of relevant terms of art

Writing topics include: stylistic conventions in academic writing and how to write academic articles and abstracts

Requirements for participation, required level

Successful completion of another B2+-or C1-rated course or C-Test (for dates please see

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

of the Language Center (for dates, please see the homepage of the Language Center)

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Dates ( Calendar view )

Frequency Weekday Time Format / Place Period  
weekly Mi 12-14 S2-147 21.10.2009-29.01.2010
not on: 12/30/09 / 1/6/10 		Beginn am 21. Oktober!

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Subject assignments

Degree programme/academic programme Validity Variant Subdivision Status Semester LP  
Fachsprachenzentrumskurse ENG; FSA   2  
Soziologie / Bachelor (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) Kernfach SozGB.a Pflicht 3  

Regular attendance and homework and a portfolio of assigned tasks (reading, writing, listening)

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