Texting in English as an International Language (E.I.L.),Thursday 4h, room 06C
Course Goal: Improving
the students skills in international (written) communication in
English, through writing and comparing various (written AND oral)
genres.
Course Outline:
(collaborative) improve the written texts and create appealing texts for our readers.
LINK:
date | planned lesson content | teached
lesson content |
Comments/Homework |
September 25. | timeline until the end of the course, short feedback about uploading, Discussion about writing, discussion about the future English use (handout prepared) |
Discussion about procedure of the course (3 times Double Blocks, 30 min individual coaching) and evaluation of last semester, 4 individual mentoring | |
October 2. | timeline until the end of the course (after kyomuka confirmation), Discussion about the future English use (9/25 prepared handout use) | as planed, except one change: presenting about the English use of the partner (recorded), schedule for 10/16 double lesson | |
October 9. | short presentation (teacher) and discussion about 10 uploaded texts, form for 10/16 | long presentation (teacher) about texts, with comments of the studends, time schedule for 10/18 (download here), upload of a ew text (until 10/16, 8.30h) | checklist (for the students) would have been good |
October 16. | double lesson with individual feedback (15 minutes) | next upload until 11/5 (12.25h) | |
October 23. | checklist for improvment and editing | checklist and text as reference, than individual mentoring (3 Persons) | |
October 30. | preparations for double lesson (11/6), textsample for explaining references and citations | time schedule for double lesson (download here) | students not in the time schedule are supposed to write me a mail! |
November 6. | double session (see time table) | double session according to time table (one extra student) | |
November 13. | feedback double session, time schedule until semester end, slightly changed edit-check (2), prepared handout for discussion of writing process | lecture and (short) discussion about writing process (only plenary), time schedule for double lesson 11/27 (1) | preparing discussion with partner |
November 20. | time schedule for double lesson 11/27 (2), recorded discussion about writing process (with partner) | time schedule for double lesson 11/27 (download here) | |
November 27. | double lesson (with printouts, schedule above) | double lesson (with some frictions) | |
December 4. | preparation for last lesson and release of final thesis, style sheet for 1.page (Link) | time schedule for printing out final paper (Link) | |
December 11. | printing out of the final thesis (see time schedule) |
date | planned lesson content | teached
lesson content |
Comments/Homework |
April 10. | Information about Login and Questions about writing (text) | experineces answered in (randomly choosen) pairs | log in, assignment until 4/18 |
April 17. | basic Genre-principles: Inquiry and Narration (text), Topics (wrps: 16, 18/19), Stories about culture |
basic Genre-principles: Inquiry and Narration (text), Topics (wrps: 16, 18/19), | Stories about culture (3 or 4 keywords) |
April 24. | Moodle proceedings, comments (peer-review):texts of the first assignment |
Moodle proceedings, (first) texting checklist (writing check1):texts of the first assignment |
2. assignment (until May 7.), 3/4 keywords, |
May 1. | Talk (plenary, then pairs) about (written) text or culture | brainstoriming (culture), then (recorded) talk in pairs | |
May 8. | pair-review: texts 2. assignment, thema sentence, outline of | >>>>>> a text, Research paper writing: p.32/33, 37 | reading about text-outline: 39, 42/43 |
May 15. | what are possible final exam texts? > topic, outline, structure | list of possible topics (first list), thesis and outline | reading: the structure of a research paper |
May 22. | talking about an outline (1), with a partner (recorded) | >>> + 30 mim. individual question-time | 3. assignment (outline) until June 4. |
May 29. | genres: wrting and speaking, re-entry of 5/22 talk, list of possible topics (vers.2) |
>>> + 30 mim. individual question-time | 3. assignment (outline) until June 4. |
June 5. | discussion of the 3. assignment: all (13) outlines | judging the outlines = outline checklist (writing check2) | resubmition for 6 students |
June 12. | introducing 4. assignment: my opinion, comments to outlines | >>>individal brainstorming (upload until 6/13) | 4. assignment (until June 26) |
June 26. | 6/19. lesson > 7/17, road map until end | discussion (in pairs, recorded), question-time | |
July 3. | review of the 4. assignment (in pairs), criteria for review | about the 4. assignment | |
July 10. | how to cite a source: examples and rules (wrps: 120-123) | >>> indivudual feedback (esp. returned students) | uploading 5. assignment |
July 17. | (short) about writing blocks, (ling) fifth assignment (double lesson) | individual feedback on the texts (see: topics 5) | uploading 6.,7.,8. assignment |