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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. The essay - overview of the text type: >> Purposes, structure and styles of the essay >> Different kinds of essays compared >> The essay as text type covered in the Master-exam. 2. Structure, content, and linguistic form of the essay introduction (especially ways to approach a topic) 3. Structure, content, and linguistic form of the essays' main part (especially forms of argumentation) 4. Structure, content, and linguistic form of the essay conclusion 5. Strategies to improve the style of writing 6. Grammatical problems that can emerge producing texts at the levels C1 and C2 7. Working with the dictionary 8. How to write an essay
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to strengthen the students' writing competence at the levels C1 and C2, considering especially the essay as the text type covered in the Master-exam. Analysing different kinds of essays the participants will get to know the purposes, the structure and the characteristic styles of this text type. On the basis of the students' written compositions, different grammatical problems that can emerge while producing demanding texts are discussed. The students will also learn strategies to improve their style of writing. Furthermore, the participants will become familiar with the requirements of the Master-exam via examination-simulations.
- Development of the students' writing competence at the levels C1 and C2, considering especially the requirements of the text type essay
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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- Regular and active participation - Readings and preparing tasks to improve the writing skills - Willingness to regularly produce own texts
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Recommended literature
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