General Information
Course Code | L_EABAALG104 |
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Credits | 3 EC |
Period | P3 |
Course Level | 100 |
Language of Tuition | English |
Faculty | Faculty of Humanities |
Course Coordinator | dr. G.A. Dreschler |
Examiner | dr. G.A. Dreschler |
Teaching Staff |
A.J. Gambrel dr. G.A. Dreschler drs. I.M.W. 't Hart MPhil |
Practical Information
You need to register for this course yourself
Last-minute registration is available for this course.
Teaching Methods | Lecture, Seminar* |
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*You cannot select a group yourself for this teaching method, you will be placed in a group.
Target audiences
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Course Objective
• You have knowledge of the structure and register of academic texts inyour discipline.
• You have insight into the most important stylistic and rhetorical
aspects of formal written texts in English.
• You have insight into the strengths and weaknesses in your own English
writing skills, and know how you can go about expanding the strengths
and reducing the weaknesses.
• You can write a well-structured English text in a formal style about a
subject related to your own degree. The text is free of serious lexical
and grammatical mistakes that have a negative effect on the readability
of your text.
Course Content
A lecture series focusing on the characteristics of written academicEnglish, plus a series of seminars which provide practice on specific
language elements and also guide students in the writing of a 1000-word
essay.
Teaching Methods
Weeks 1-3: a lecture (2hrs) and two seminars (2hrs each); week 4: oneseminar (2hrs).
Method of Assessment
A final essay of 1000-1200 words (100%); a series of assignments inpreparation
for the final essay (required, no grade).
Entry Requirements
English at VWO level.Literature
Materials will be placed on Canvas.Target Audience
First-year students of CIW and L&S.Additional Information
This is an obligatory course in the first year programme of CIW and L&S.The course is not open to students following other degrees. Attendance
is compulsory.