Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Critical Writing in Cultural Analysis (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Di 10-12 Uhr, Gruppe 1
Instructor: D. Ball
This course helps students develop the skills and understanding required for the practice of critical academic writing in the field of cultural analysis. Specific features and conventions of language, content, and structure will be analysed using selected essays on cultural topics ranging from literature and the arts to society and identity. Students will be required to put their own critical writing skills into practice via a series of writing, reviewing, and rewriting tasks, with close attention paid to features of academic writing including thesis statements, paragraph cohesion, flow, signalling, argumentation and the use of evidence, formality, citation, and criticality.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Writing Academic Essays (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Fr 10-12 Uhr, Gruppe 9
Instructor: A. Fausser
This course provides students the opportunity to identify, analyze, and practice a variety of skills necessary for writing in academia. The course guides participants through the process of writing an academic essay. Peer review activities will aid participants in honing their skills in terms of language use, vocabulary development, linguistic complexity, academic conventions, register, narrowing a topic, and argumentation. The course addresses further conventions of academic writing, such as inclusive language and MLA style. Students will compose an academic argumentative essay in this course.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Writing and Revising the Essay (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Do 14-16 Uhr, Gruppe 8
Instructor: A. Fausser
This course covers the conventions of academic writing with respect to language as well as structure in a workshop-oriented format that affords students the opportunity to contribute to areas of focus with respect to course content. Academic writing and peer review activities address language use, vocabulary development, linguistic complexity, academic conventions, register, narrowing a topic, argumentation, inclusive language, and MLA style. Students will compose an academic argumentative essay in this course.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Writing group (I) (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Di 12-14 Uhr, Gruppe 2
Instructor: E. Gibbels
Students will be working on their own individual research projects within a small group. The first few sessions are dedicated to identifying the research projects and reliable academic resources and setting up the groups. Attendance in these sessions is mandatory for taking the course. There will be a cycle of three shorter essays that address different argumentative approaches and ultimately form a line of argumentation. The groups will work on their essays together, in particular, with regard to proofreading and editing. Three essays and several short academic texts.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Writing group (II) (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Di 14-16 Uhr, Gruppe 3
Instructor: E. Gibbels
Students will be working on their own individual research projects within a small group. The first few sessions are dedicated to identifying the research projects and reliable academic resources and setting up the groups. Attendance in these sessions is mandatory for taking the course. There will be a cycle of three shorter essays that address different argumentative approaches and ultimately form a line of argumentation. The groups will work on their essays together, in particular, with regard to proofreading and editing. Three essays and several short academic texts.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Collaborative Writing I (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Mi 12-14 Uhr, Gruppe 4
Instructor: E. Gibbels
Students will be working in teams on essays that merge their individual research projects to produce a cohesive whole. Once the teams are set up, they will undertake the process of brainstorming, planning, writing and editing together. The first few sessions are dedicated to forming the teams; attendance in these sessions is therefore a pre-requisite for taking the course. The teams will produce three longer essays and several shorter texts.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Collaborative Writing II (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Mi 14-16 Uhr, Gruppe 5
Instructor: E. Gibbels
Students will be working in teams on essays that merge their individual research projects to produce a cohesive whole. Once the teams are set up, they will undertake the process of brainstorming, planning, writing and editing together. The first few sessions are dedicated to forming the teams; attendance in these sessions is therefore a pre-requisite for taking the course. The teams will produce three longer essays and several shorter texts.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Rhetorical Writing (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Do 12-14 Uhr, Gruppen 6; Fr 12-14 Gruppe 7
Instructor: Z. Ammendolia
To take a rhetorical approach to academic writing means to heighten our awareness of the available means of persuasion in any given situation. Students can therefore expect to develop a problem-solving approach to their writing. Participants will read excerpted scholarly texts as part of guided exercises designed to analyse convincing argumentation before turning their own hand to the art of persuasive writing. Assessment is by way of a written exam which draws on the exercises completed in class.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Critical Writing in Cultural Analysis (LV-Nr. 5250069)
Di 10-12 Uhr, Gruppe 1
Instructor: D. Ball
This course helps students develop the skills and understanding required for the practice of critical academic writing in the field of cultural analysis. Specific features and conventions of language, content, and structure will be analysed using selected essays on cultural topics ranging from literature and the arts to society and identity. Students will be required to put their own critical writing skills into practice via a series of writing, reviewing, and rewriting tasks, with close attention paid to features of academic writing including thesis statements, paragraph cohesion, flow, signalling, argumentation and the use of evidence, formality, citation, and criticality. |
