How to Read and Write Articles on Linguistics in English
Christa König
SYLLABUS
1 Title
How to Read and Write Articles on Linguistics in English
2 Aim of lessons
The goal of the lessons is to enable students to read and write academic works (papers, books) of an international format in the English language.
3 Outline
The students will be given eminent publications, to be specified under § 6, to describe the content of these publications in both spoken and written English. Furthermore, they will prepare critical analyses of these and other pieces of academic work and submit them in the form of essays.
4 Plan
Writing skills. The students will prepare small essays and discuss their content with the professor in English.
(cf. Winter semester 2008-2009: Reading skills. The students will be tested on their current experience with and knowledge of English, and they will be asked to prepare oral and written analyses of data given to them.)
5 How to estimate students
The students will be constantly tested and corrected on the basis of the contributions they submit. Final estimation will made based on the essays submitted between month 7 and 12.
6 Compulsory reading
For the purpose of improving their oral and written command in English, students will have to study in detail the following publications, which will be obligatory for them to acquire appropriate language skills in English:
Heine, Bernd and Derek Nurse (eds.) 2000. African languages: an introduction. Cambridge: Cambidge University Press.
Nurse, Derek & Gérard Philippson (eds.) 2003. The Bantu languages. London, New York: Routledge.
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