This course in an exploration of the English vocabulary. We will be concerned with where the words of English come from, how new ones are created, what they mean, how they are used, who uses them, when, where and why. The goal is to expand your vocabulary and increase your awareness of the choices available for expressing yourself. Our work will also enhance your ability to understand, interpret and appreciate a variety of texts by taking words seriously, examining them closely, and becoming aware of the sources of their power and the company they keep.
You should have already completed Basic Module 1 and How to Make a Dicitionary. (HTMD may also be done parallel to htis course:)
You should buy this book for self-study:
George Woolard, Key Words for Fluency: Upper Intermediate Collocation Practice, Thomson ELT, 2004.
Other materials will be provided in class and through e-mail attachments.
Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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Anglistik: British and American Studies / Bachelor | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2011) | Kern- und Nebenfach | BaAngBM5 | 0/2 | |||
Anglistik: British and American Studies / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngBM5 | 0/2 | ||||
Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngBM5 | 0/2 |
You will be required to keep a vocabulary journal where you will record new words learned by individual reading and dictionary work throughout the semester. There will be periodic assessments of your progress. (2 LP). We will take a collaborative approach to learning vocabulary, so that participants will be expected to help their
classmates expand their vocabularies.