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Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Panel Discussions (LV-Nr. 5250104)
Instructor: D. Ball
A common feature of intellectual, academic, and popular discourse, panel discussions rely on conventional forms of discursive exchange. This course focuses on developing students’ ability to participate confidently and effectively in panel discussions, both as panellists and audience members. Material will cover the language of argumentation, the presentation of ideas, register, and the polite exchange of views.
Further Oral Skills/Language Awareness (Übung III): Language Awareness: The Public Interview: Political, Personal & Popular (LV-Nr. 5250104)
Do 14-16 Uhr, Gruppe 1
Instructor: 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. 5250104)
Di 16-18 Uhr, Gruppe 2
Instructor: 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. 5250104)
Fr 12-14 Uhr, Gruppe 3
Instructor: 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. 5250104)
Do 12-14 Uhr, Gruppe 4
Instructor: 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. 5250104)
Di 12-14 Uhr, Mi 12-14 Uhr, Gruppen 5 und 6
Instructor: 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: Oral Skills and Peer Teaching (LV-Nr. 5250104)
Di 10-12 Uhr, 14-16 Uhr, Gruppen 6 und 7
Dozent: P. Walsh
This course will help participants develop their teaching and presentation skills. The course will also introduce students to a variety of pedagogical approaches, and participants will have the opportunity to develop their own area of interest. In addition, we will focus on classroom management strategies, leading discussions, and other issues related to real-world teaching. Assessment consists of a short lesson carried out with peers, which will form the basis of the final grade. |
