Objectives and competences
The aim of this subject is to
• develop students' writing skills at C1/C2 level of The Common EU Framework,
• enable students to become efficient and flexible users of the German language,
• enable students to produce adequately structured writen correspondence suitable to different text types,
• enable students to formulate and express their thoughts and opinions on different topics accurately.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Expanding basic knowledge of text types
• Cohesive devices: dealing with different cohesive devices for the formation of a coherent text, coherent writing of a sequel, text reconstruction on the basis of extracts,
• Linguistic means: dealing with specific linguistic means in individual text types,
• Production of texts: writing demanding texts, variation of vocabulary and style according to the addressee, text type and topic,
• Transformation of texts: transformation of text types, reasonable shortening of pragmatic texts, short abstracts (contents) of literary texts,
Learning and teaching methods
• explanation
• searching for informations,
• discussion,
• groupwork,
• pairwork,
• e-learning
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
• know and recognise the characteristcs of different text types,
• use the appropriate linguistic means according to the text type, addressee and topic,
• know how to write, analyse and evaluate coherent texts of different types accurately,
• be able to demonstrate the knowledge of the language (writing skills) at C1/C2 level.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
• Communication skills,
• Use of information technology,
• Organisation skills,
• Group work.
Readings
Adamzyk,K. (2016): Textlinguistik: Grundlagen, Kontroversen, Perspektiven. 2. neu bearbeitete Auflage. De Gruyter Verlag. Berlin, Boston.
Baechler, C./ Eckkramer, E.M. / Müller-Lancé, J./ Thaler, V. (Hrsg.) (2016): Medienlinguistik 3.0 – Formen und Wirkung von Textsorten im Zeitalter des Social Web. Berlin: Frank&Timme.
Dürscheid, Christa (2016): Nähe, Distanz und neue Medien. In: Feilke,H./Hennig,,M.: Zur Karriere von ‚Nähe und Distanz‘. Rezeption und Diskussion des Koch-Oesterreicher-Modells. De Gruyter.Berlin,Boston.Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-128457
Marx, K./Weidacher,G. (2019): Internetlinguistik. Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, Tübingen.
2. neu bearbeitete Auflage, de Gruyter, Berlin, New York
http://journalistikon.de
Additional information on implementation and assessment • two tests or written examination
• portfolio
