230824 Englisch: Academic Writing, level B2/C1 (S) (SoSe 2013)

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This class is called “English for Academic Purposes“. Of course, it is impossible to prepare a perfect text for review in the course of one semester (13 weeks). What we can do is cover and practice the most important aspects and also to learn how to continue learning after the class is over. This means discussing and practicing in small-group activities, single activities and large group discussions in class and dealing with some aspects of the language that cause more advanced learners difficulty (especially German learners), as well as strategies we can use to learn more efficiently. It also means reflecting on our own learning process. Among other things, we will deal with:
• Academic English as a writing style
• Thesis Statements and Transitions
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Hedging and Quantifying
• Impersonal uses in English
• Proper use of Numbers and Data
• Self-Editing

Grammar is not a central point or focus in this class. That said, we will review grammar issues and I will correct grammar issues in the writing assignments. We will read texts and listen to podcasts or watch short films that are a basis for the class activities. This material is a starting point for the tasks done in the classes, and helps us more organically discover and learn the vocabulary used with each topic. It also provides practice in fluent comprehension in reading and hearing. However writing is the core of the class. Let’s also hope that somewhere along the line we have a good time occasionally!

For more information please contact:
fsz.english@uni-bielefeld.de.

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Successful completion of another B2-rated course or C-Test in English (for dates please see
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fachsprachenzentrum/tests.html

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23-FSZ-M20 Learning Languages: Specific Skills and/or Specialising in the Foreign Language Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in den Fremdsprachen 1. Teil Study requirement
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Spracherwerb: Spezifische Fertigkeiten bzw. Spezialisierung in der Fremdsprache 2. Teil Study requirement
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Degree programme/academic programme Validity Variant Subdivision Status Semester LP  
Fachsprachenzentrumskurse ENG   3  

Regular participation and session preparation plus the completion of a portfolio of assigned writing tasks.

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