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Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Language Awareness: The Public Interview: Political, Personal & Popular (LV-Nr. 5250079)
Do 14-16 Uhr, Gruppe 1
Dozent: D. Ball
The public interview has become one of the defining features of public life. Examining the art and practice of interviewing, this course looks at examples of live, television, and online interviews with specialists, politicians, and celebrities. Students will explore levels of formality in dialogic discourse, standard question-and-answer phrases, subject-specific vocabulary, and grammatical forms used in hedging and hypothesising. Students will also develop their critical writing skills in order to analyse the interview as a discursive and cultural event.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Oral Skills: Talking about the News (LV-Nr. 5250079)
Di 16-18 Uhr, Gruppe 2
Dozent: D. Ball
This course takes a closer look at the news, both in terms of its content and as a media phenomenon. Focussing on news stories as they are reported in the English-speaking world, students will develop their ability to speak critically about politics, society, culture, the environment, local and world news, economics, or celebrity gossip. In addition to stories currently appearing in the news, themes such as journalistic neutrality and bias, the news cycle, and legacy versus new media will also be explored, leading to a more nuanced and critical understanding of English-language news media. Students will also develop their presentation skills, by researching and speaking about their own particular interests.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Oral Skills: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Discussions (LV-Nr. 5250079)
Fr 12-14 Uhr, Gruppe 3
Dozentin: A. Fausser
This course explores topics and discussions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Course discussions are a hybrid of dialogue and academic discourse. The course focuses on the development of academic vocabulary, linguistic complexity, and employing strategies for more effective oral communication as well as argumentation. Specific course topics and discussion format will be determined by course participants and instructor. This course can be taken as either Übung II or III.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Oral Skills: Culture and Society in the U.S. (LV-Nr. 5250079)
Do 12-14 Uhr, Gruppe 4
Dozentin: A. Fausser
This course explores current issues related to culture in the United States. Course topics address entertainment, the fine and performing arts, free and hate speech, race/ethnicity, national identity, cultural appropriation, intersectionality, privilege, and income disparity. The course focuses on the development of academic vocabulary, linguistic complexity, and employing strategies for more effective oral communication as well as presentation language. Students will hold argumentative presentations in this course.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Language Awareness: Academic Vocabulary in Use (LV-Nr. 5250079)
Di 12-14 Uhr, Mi 12-14 Uhr, Gruppen 5 und 6
Dozent: T. Spray
This course uses an analysis of academic texts to improve participants’ writing skills. We will examine writing conventions, how to put texts together, and the vocabulary required for academic works such as papers, monographs, or dissertations. Students will be asked to write subject-specific texts, alongside a graded essay at the end of the course.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Oral Skills: Debating Today’s World (LV-Nr. 5250079)
Di 10-12 Uhr, 12-14 Uhr, Gruppen 7 und 8
Dozent: P. Walsh
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Oral Skills: (LV-Nr. 5250079)
Do 8-10 Uhr, Fr 12-14 Uhr, Gruppen 9 und 10
Dozent: N.N.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): the Critcal Act of Reading
Di 12-14 Uhr
Dozentin: Dr. Clara Mine Derince
This seminar critically examines how English language teaching (ELT) texts construct representations of voice, power and social justice. Participants will deconstruct the assumed neutrality of ELT materials, analyze how these materials often present an idealized and potentially biased view of English-speaking cultures, exploring the implications for learners. Participants will develop skills to identify underlying assumptions and explore critical literacy phases and strategies to create more inclusive, equitable, and analytically engaged teaching practices.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Applied Phonetics
Do 10-12 Uhr, 12-14 Uhr
Dozentin: Daniela Schröder
This course provides a pragmatic approach to enhancing the students' spoken English proficiency. By systematically examining the lexis, sounds, and rhythm of English, students will develop a more profound comprehension of the language's functionality in authentic communication contexts. Through hands-on practice and analysis, students will will develop personalized strategies to assess and refine their own spoken language proficiency. The overarching objective of the course is to provide students with the necessary tools to achieve a range of goals, including clearer pronunciation, more natural intonation, and increased confidence and fluency in English communication. |
