230409 Writing (S) (SoSe 2016)

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This course will help you to develop the writing skills you will need in your English studies at the university and in your personal and professional life afterwards. You will learn how to write well-structured paragraphs and to combine them to produce texts that present logically developed arguments expressing a coherent point of view. We will practice personal essays, summaries, and the type of academic writing required in your other English courses. You will learn how to cite your sources and avoid plagiarism You will also learn how to write resumes and cover letters for job applications.

Requirements for participation, required level

You must have passed the departmental Entrance Test or one of the recognized equivalents to take part in this course. If you are assigned a place in this course, you must be there at the first meeting to claim your place or it will be given to someone on the waiting list.
It is recommended that you complete Grammar and Usage before taking this course, but you may also take this course parallel with the Grammar course.

Bibliography

Will be provided in class.

You should also access and print out (and read and refer to!) Pat Skorge's "Auntie Alligator Guide":

http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/%28en%29/lili/personen/pskorge/Auntie-Alligator-October-2014-version.pdf

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23-ANG-AngBM1_ver1 Basismodul 1: Language 1.3 Writing Study requirement
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The "Studienleistung" for this course consists of weekly writing assignments that will be handed in by e-mail before the next class meeting. These will be corrected and then discussed in the next class meeting. The goal of the course is for you to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of your written expression in English. This can only be accomplished with plenty of hands-on practice. At least 70% of the specified written tasks must be completed for the Studienleistung. Students will collect their corrected papers in a portfolio and include a running log of their mistakes with corrections which they will add to week by week to be handed in at the end of the semester.

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Limited number of participants: 35
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Last update basic details/teaching staff:
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 
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Thursday, February 11, 2016 
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Thursday, February 11, 2016 
Type(s) / SWS (hours per week per semester)
seminar (S) / 2
Language
This lecture is taught in english
Department
Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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