Syllabus
Course content
In class
In class: 1. English for academic purposes. academic conduct (e.g. referencing, use of sources, plagiarism, AI). academic language (e.g. vocabulary, style, register). grammar (e.g. structures common in academic writing). 2. Researched-based debates 2 academic debates on given subjects, researched and conducted in groups.
Self Study: 3. Lexical development: compulsory weekly vocabulary list for self-study (found in Moodle)
Annotation
English Language Seminar (I, II)
This two-term seminar is designed as a practical language foundation course compulsory for all first-year students on the Anglistika-Amerikanistika bachelor's programme. Its primary aim is to better equip the student for academic studies in the field by:
– further activating and developing productive skills in both speaking and writing for application in the academic environment
– maximizing proficiency in the receptive skills of reading and listening for application in the academic environment
– consolidating and extending advanced language-structural (grammatical, syntactical) skills
– expanding lexis particularly – although not only – in preparation for study in the specialist field (linguistic terminology etc) and for academic writing in general
– increasing lexical awareness and scope particularly with regard to collocation, synonymity, phraseology and idiomaticity
– working on finer details of pronunciation as and when necessary
– paying attention to English-language style and appropriacy in the academic environment.
