| Academic Language Skills: Expanding English Grammar and Vocabulary for Professional Writing and Speaking |
| Semester: |
| SoSe 2019 |
| DozentIn: |
| Frank Lauterbach, M.A. |
| Ort: |
| 41/101: Mi. 08:30 - 11:00 (10x)
Montag, 08.07.2019, Mittwoch, 10.07.2019 08:30 - 12:00,
15/130: Mi. 08:30 - 11:00 (1x) |
| Zeiten: |
Mi. 08:30 - 11:00 (wöchentlich), Ort: 41/101, 15/130,
Termine am Montag, 08.07.2019, Mittwoch, 10.07.2019 08:30 - 12:00, Ort: 41/101
Erster Termin:Mittwoch, 03.04.2019 08:30 - 11:00, Ort: 41/101 |
| Beschreibung: |
Lecturer:
Frank Lauterbach, M.A.
Content:
A good English language competence is essential for communicating well in international academic contexts. This course is, therefore, designed to help you develop, refresh, and/or expand your knowledge of English grammar, vocabulary, and usage. And, it offers a variety of opportunities to practice your English and apply this knowledge to typical academic writing and speaking situations.
On the one hand, we will analyze how to use adequate words, phrases, and sentence structures to professionally express yourself and to best describe the aim and structure of a text. On the other hand, we will consider various rhetorical, terminological, and syntactical ways to effectively articulate common academic topics, ideas, and relationships. Throughout the course, we will also discuss typical grammatical problems and often-confused words as well as reflect upon techniques to acquire, activate, and memorize relevant vocabulary and grammar rules.
Some of the topics we will cover are:
• avoiding typical mistakes with grammar (e.g., tenses, if-clauses, adverbs, plural forms) and vocabulary (e.g., prepositions, academic usage, confusing words);
• reporting research and referring to images or data in figures and tables;
• agreeing and disagreeing with others and stating one's opinion;
• emphasizing or hedging a point and expressing certainty/uncertainty;
• describing processes, developments, causality, problems, and solutions;
• comparing, contrasting, and expressing difference and similarity;
• defining, explaining, classifying, exemplifying, and summarizing ideas;
• stating aims or intentions and introducing parts or sections of a text;
• linking thoughts and marking the organization of a text passage. |
| TeilnehmerInnen: |
| Doctoral candidates and postdocs |
| Weitere Informationen aus Stud.IP zu dieser Veranstaltung |
Heimatinstitut: Zentrum für Promovierende und Postdocs an der Universität Osnabrück (ZePrOs)
beteiligte Institute: Sprachenzentrum
In Stud.IP angemeldete Teilnehmer: 12
Anzahl der Postings im Stud.IP-Forum: 2
Anzahl der Dokumente im Stud.IP-Downloadbereich: 8
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