Dieses Seminar ist verpflichtend für alle Studierenden, die ihre Masterarbeit (M. Ed.) im Fach Englisch abfassen. Beachten Sie bitte, dass dieser verpflichtende zweite Teil des Seminars nur im SoSe 2015 angeboten wird (als Forsetzung des ersten Teils aus dem vorangehenden WS).
Dieses Seminar befasst sich mit der Analyse und Evaluation aktueller Forschungsliteratur im Bereich der Fremdsprachenforschung; in diesem akademischen Jahr liegt dabei ein Schwerpunkt auf der Methodologie des Design-Based Research. Das Seminar ist als Grundlage zur Begleitung der eigenen empirischen Studie im Rahmen der Masterarbeit konzipiert. Durch eine intensive Betrachtung der gängigen Forschungsmethoden und ihrer Umsetzung in bereits veröffentlichten Studien werden eine Reflexion über Sprachlernprozesse sowie die Förderung logischen und kritischen Denkens angeregt und das Eintauchen in die Hintergründe der Fremdsprachenforschung ermöglicht. Im Seminar sollen Studierende lernen, ihre Erfahrungen mit der Untersuchung neuerer Forschungsarbeiten im Sinne einer Entwicklung zum reflective practitioner als Basis für ihre eigene Lehrkompetenz im Fach Englisch zu begreifen. Deswegen beschäftigen wir uns im Seminar vorrangig mit der Interpretation von Erkenntnissen aus der Fremdsprachenforschung und ihrer Relevanz für die eigene Forschung im Rahmen der Masterarbeit sowie die (spätere) eigene Unterrichtspraxis.

In this workshop we will explore and experiment with contemporary methods of improvisational theater, which is the art of making up theatrical moments on the spot, without a script. It is one of the liveliest and most current forms of theater of today and ingrained in US popular culture. You will first learn the basic principles of improvisational theater and then apply them to improvised scenework. We will also reflect on the impact of improvisational theater on popular culture, its applications e.g. in teaching, explore its practical approaches to comedic as well as dramatic narrative structures and draw comparisons between communication in improvised dialogue and other types of communication.

There will be a regular meeting on Wednesdays 9.45 - 12.00 during the semester, in which we will cover the basics of improvisational theater, followed by an intensive in the lecture-free period, in which we will work on a specific form and prepare for a performance. If you only want to participate in the intensive you need to have some experience, either from this or a previous semester. There is no obligation to be part of the performances. You can also support the performances by helping with the organization and marketing.

In the course of this seminar we shall analyse three contemporary films and TV productions which highlight diverse aspects of the (imagined) lives of Queen Elizabeth (1533-1603) and William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Shekhar Kapur's film ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007) foregrounds a Queen who is threatened with assassination while her country has to cope with a large-scale invasion. In SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998), directed by John Madden, a specific biographical reading is offered that locates the phenomenon of greatness in progress in an intricate web of a romantic love narrative. And finally, Barbara Willis Sweete's TV-production ELIZABETH REX (2002), which focusses on Elizabeth I and her Bard, features some lively debates about masculinities and femininities as well as about literary and royal power.
The aim of this seminar is to have a close look at the way in which each film or TV production ventures on a biographical reconstruction of Queen Elizabeth I and the playwright William Shakespeare. And it will be interesting to see how their iconic images are being refashioned by means of the multimodal quality of the corpus under scrutiny.

requirements:
• active participation
• oral presentation (handout) or
• research in progress and final paper

Prior enrolment via Stud.IP is mandatory. The enrolment period ends on March 15.

In this class we will learn about approaches and tools to literary analysis and we will look at how we read texts specifically from a postcolonial perspective. We will read and discuss William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest and several rewrites: Aimé Césaire’s play A Tempest, Dev Virahsawmy’s play Toufann: A Mauritian Fantasy, Julie Taymore’s film The Tempest, and Margaret Atwood’s novel Hag Seed. Please purchase the following books at the university book store (on Universitätsboulevard): Shakespeare The Tempest Norton Critical Edition (12 €), Aimé Césaire A Tempest. Translation by Richard Miller (16 €) and Margaret Atwood Hag Seed. Shakespeare Hogarth Series (12,50 €). All other texts are provided via StudIP.
Class requirements are regular attendance and active class discussion as well as in-depth knowledge of reading and viewing material. Reading the texts and watching the film is mandatory. Please note that prior enrollment through StudIP is mandatory. Maximum number of participants: 30.

Why is English English, and what makes German German? How are, for example, case and tense realized in these languages? How is the word order different? Why does one language have words that the other does not have, and how do speakers deal with that fact?
In this class, we start with a revision of basic grammatical concepts. We can then investigate several grammatical and lexical differences. In addition, we will study practical applications of our findings, e.g. in translation equivalence or for language teaching.

Should we not be able to meet for classes on campus, then this class will be category C1 Asynchronous online learning, meaning no video meetings at any time. You work on the tasks in your own pace and place.

Form of assessment:
BA ESC module WD2a: Studienleistung, not graded: Portfolio consisting of two written assignments
BA ESC module WD2c: Prüfungsleistung, graded: Portfolio consisting of three written assignments
MaEd LING module: Portfolio consisting of three written assignments, with a focus on benefits of constrastive linguistics to language teaching.
Erasmus students can gain between 3 CP and 6 CP, depending on the workload we agree on.

Please be aware that you can NOT take this class for the BA ESC D2 module. Furthermore, it is NOT possible to choose this class as “Ersatzleistung für das Auslandssemester”.

In the course of this seminar we shall analyse three contemporary films and TV productions which highlight diverse aspects of the (imagined) lives of Queen Elizabeth (1533-1603) and William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Shekhar Kapur's film ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007) foregrounds a Queen who is threatened with assassination while her country has to cope with a large-scale invasion. In SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998), directed by John Madden, a specific biographical reading is offered that locates the phenomenon of greatness in progress in an intricate web of a romantic love narrative. And finally, Barbara Willis Sweete's TV-production ELIZABETH REX (2002), which focusses on Elizabeth I and her Bard, features some lively debates about masculinities and femininities as well as about literary and royal power.
The aim of this seminar is to have a close look at the way in which each film or TV production ventures on a biographical reconstruction of Queen Elizabeth I and the playwright William Shakespeare. And it will be interesting to see how their iconic images are being refashioned by means of the multimodal quality of the corpus under scrutiny.

requirements:
• active participation
• oral presentation (handout) or
• research in progress and final paper

Prior enrolment via Stud.IP is mandatory. The enrolment period ends on March 15.