In this course, students will have an opportunity to practise and develop their written competence in English by investigating text types typically found in cultural and media-related professions and by writing texts of their own in selected professional contexts. Text types produced will include summaries, reviews, reports and critiques for publication in literary or cultural journals. There will also be an opportunity to practise producing texts that require cross-cultural mediation between German and English such as written translation and summarization of German texts in English. Particular attention will be given to accuracy of expression, appropriacy of style and to cultural/discoursal dimensions of professional writing in English.
This course will take place asynchronously and synchronously online and will include occasional Zoom meetings. Interested students should send an email to michael.davies@hu-berlin.de by Thursday, 14th October 2021 and include details of any language courses they have already attended in modules 1a and 1b of the MA English Literatures programme.
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