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WiSe 12/13: Academic Writing: Unit 1-T1-5 LP

Ruth Wishart

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Aims and Objectives The Academic Writing module focusses on the skills required for writing an academic essay or paper: approaches to developing, organizing, researching and presenting ideas. Tutorial 1 covers the general basics of essay writing skills and structure, developing a critical approach and academic style, and will also analyse various techniques to improve essay writing, including appropriate language skills. There will be much emphasis on putting theory into practice and students will be expected to participate in writing exercises every week.

Learning Outcomes During the module, students will learn:

to express themselves with clarity and precision in formal, academic English

to develop critical insight into literary analysis

to broaden their range of research skills

to take a critical approach to their own writing

Module Requirements Over the course of the semester, students will be required to write a long paper (approximately 2500 words) on the short story collection Dubliners by James Joyce. The basic requirements for gaining 5 credit points are: the completion of the term paper and regular attendance in the course, including active participation in all writing assignments.

Language Requirements The course will be held in English. Students must have an active command of sophisticated, near native-speaker language skills (C1 / C2).

Kompetente Sprachverwendung(hohes Sprachniveau bis fast muttersprachliche Sprachkompetenz) (C1 / C2). close

16 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Fri, 12:00 - 14:00 16 Class schedule

Fri, 2012-10-19 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Ruth Wishart