230827 Englisch: Academic Reading in Sociology (level B1+) (S) (WiSe 2010/2011)

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This course is designed to help students of the social sciences at the B1+ level deal with their coursework in academic reading. Using text material on social science topics from the Internet and textbooks, the course will train the skills listed below. Towards the end of the course, easy academic articles will be covered.

• Techniques for quick reading (skimming, scanning)
• Identifying the text structure (‘skeletizing’ a text)
• Comparing viewpoints in a text
• Excerpting a text effectively
• Essential lexical strategies for reading (dealing with unfamiliar words, building up an academic vocabulary)
• Putting together a bibliography

Requirements for participation, required level

Successful completion of the course English Intermediate Part I, English Accelerated, or C-Test of the Language Center (for dates please see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fachsprachenzentrum/tests.html).
Nur für Studierende der Soziologie oder Sozialwissenschaften

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Degree programme/academic programme Validity Variant Subdivision Status Semester LP  
Fachsprachenzentrumskurse ENG; FSA   3  
Politikwissenschaft / Bachelor (Enrollment until SoSe 2009) Schlüsselquali/BerufOrient    
Soziologie / Bachelor (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) Kern- und Nebenfach SozGB.a    

Regular attendance and homework, compilation of an annotated bibliography (group project)

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Limited number of participants: 20
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seminar (S) / 2
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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