English Language Skills

The aim of the Integrated Foundation Course is to provide systematic and interconnected language training. Hence, all IFCs will contain elements of grammar practice, mistakes recognition, and some discussions.

These courses are for LABG 2016 students who started in WS19/20 or later, and Angewandte BA students.

This course does not replace the Academic Writing courses.

The Academic Skills course aims to provide students with the key competencies needed to successfully complete work at university level. It will show you how to approach work at university level, how to do research, the secrets of a successful presentation, and how to plan and write an essay. The course requirements are tasks throughout the semester.

All the Written and Oral Communication courses – irrespective of their individual content – focus on expression, especially through writing. The emphasis is very clearly on planned and carefully structured writing, concentrating particularly on the argumentative essay.

These courses are for LABG 2016 students who started in WS19/20 or later, and Angewandte BA students.

This course constitutes an introduction to translation, especially since translation has, in many cases, not been practiced beforehand. Students are made aware of the manifold problems involved in translating a German (source language) text into English (target language). Before entire texts are translated, students will be confronted with smaller syntactic units (sentences), selected on the lines of certain grammatical problems. Students will also be familiarized with relevant dictionaries and other translation aids. Students attending any of these classes will be expected to prepare material in advance of each session and to take an in-class test at the end of the course.

MA LABG 2009/2016 & MA Angewandte only

MA Angewandte students can only take this class for AT

The Masterclass is intended to give students the opportunity to practise and improve their language through a variety of different topics and areas.

These courses are geared towards all MA LABG students and Angewandte MA students.

These courses cover several areas, e.g. vocabulary, semantics, collocations, grammar (morphology and syntax), contrastive linguistics and stylistics. In addition to the traditional four skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing, translation constitutes a fifth skill which is not to be underestimated. This skill can only be acquired by practising translation over a long period of time. It replaces the previously offered Translation German/English class. The classes will run parallel: it would not, therefore, be sensible to attend more than one. Students attending any of these classes will be expected to prepare texts in advance of each session and to hand in work for marking.

Recommended dictionary:
Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Englisch, Munich 2019

These courses are for GyGe/BK/HRSGe students who began their MA studies in the SoSe 2020 and Angewandte MA students.

The aim of this class is to offer students the opportunity to hone the translation skills acquired in the two previous courses. The emphasis will be on problems found in different types of texts, as well as appropriately rendering semantic and syntactic features of the source texts concerned. Students attending any of these classes will be expected to prepare texts in advance. All further requirements will be discussed in class.