Veranstaltungsverzeichnis

Lehrveranstaltungen WiSe 2020/2021

Global Education

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Programmes for Exchange Students (Incomings)

Programmes for Exchange Students (Incomings)

VAKTitel der VeranstaltungDozentIn
08-zsp-GS-1025Urban History and Geography of Bremen and Northern Germany (in englischer Sprache)
Stadtgeschichte und Geographie Bremens und Norddeutschlands
A/C

Seminar
ECTS: 4

Termine:
wöchentlich Fr 14:00 - 16:00 GW2 B2880 (2 SWS)

Einzeltermine:
Fr 06.11.20 14:00 - 16:00 BBB Meeting room in studip
Fr 13.11.20 14:15 - 15:30 BBB Virtual Meeting room in studip

Inhalt: This course is a special offer for international students who are interested in Regional and Urban Geography, and the local history of Bremen and Northwest Germany.
  • Students understand the historical development of cities and the processes connecting historical events and urban development
  • Students understand the basic ideas of (Regional) and Urban Geography and History as a university science
  • Students understand the most important historical events that shaped today’s Germany
  • Students are able to give presentations about topics that they researched on their own (about an excursion destination as well as a unique city quarter of Bremen

Michael Thiele
10-76-1-B-02Introduction to English Linguistics 1 (in englischer Sprache)
B

Seminar

Termine:
wöchentlich Mo 10:15 - 11:45 Online (2 SWS)

Einzeltermine:
Mi 17.02.21 14:00 - 19:30 Testcenter (time TBA)
Dr. Ramona Kreis
10-76-1-B-04Introduction to English Linguistics 1 (in englischer Sprache)
B

Seminar
ECTS: 3

Termine:
wöchentlich Do 10:15 - 11:45 Online (2 SWS)

This class will be taught both online and in class. You will be expected to present at the live sessions.
Linguistics is the scientific study of language and communication. It deals with all aspects of how people use language and what they must know in order to do so. The purpose of this class is to give a systematic introduction to the variety of ways in which language can be examined scientifically. Students will be introduced to and equipped with the fundamental concepts, the adequate terminology and methodology for linguistic analysis. The class will thus provide an overview of the core areas of linguistics – phonetics and phonology (the study of speech sounds), morphology (the structure of words), syntax (the structure of sentences), semantics (the study of meaning) and pragmatics (the study of meaning and language use in context). Taking a contrastive German-English perspective whenever possible, this course will also cater to the needs and interests of students who want to become teachers of English.


RECOMMENDED LITERATURE (please buy this book):
Kortmann, Bernd (2005), English Linguistics: Essentials. Berlin: Cornelsen.

ASSESSMENT

• careful reading and preparation of assigned readings and exercises for each session
• final exam.

Dr. Inke Du Bois
10-76-1-LING-02Key Topics in Linguistics/Language History for Teachers of English: Varieties of English in the foreign Language Classroom (in englischer Sprache)
B

Seminar

Termine:
wöchentlich Mo 14:15 - 15:45 Externer Ort: Zoom Externer Ort: Asynchronous: Work on assigned task Externer Ort: Asynchronous (work on assigned task) (2 SWS)

IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!!

This seminar is reserved for M.Ed. students in their 1st semester. It is offered in combination with a seminar in module FD3, 10-76-1-FD3-02 "Handlungskompetenzen - Teaching Varieties of English" (C3, online
seminar) offered on Tuesdays 14:15-15:45. The two seminars build upon each other and should thus be taken together. So, please also register for that course as well.

The massive spread and diversification of the English language, its dominance as a second/foreign language and its use as a global lingua franca has brought about a change in the foundations of how English should be taught and learned. However, in English Language Teaching
(ELT) in Germany there is still an exclusive exonormative orientation towards "Standard English", i.e. British and/or American English. But setting a monolingual, inner-circle native-speaker benchmark for todays' learners, including the corresponding cultural norms, does not correspond to the linguistic reality and is therefore no longer considered appropriate in many contexts. This seminar aims at helping teacher students develop an awareness of the sociolinguistic and pedagogical implications of the global spread of English, also beyond school curricula. In this linguistics seminar will approach World Englishes from a pedagogical point of view and discuss the sociolinguistic and pedagogical implications of the global spread of English.

Note that this seminar is component 1 of a paired tandem teaching project. Component 2 is a seminar on World Englishes and ELT pedagogy that shifts the focus to questions of material evaluation and design, curricular implementation and the preparation of students' teaching projects (seminar in module FD3, 10-76-1-FD3-02 "Handlungskompetenzen
  • Teaching Varieties of English" offered on Tuesdays 14:15-15:45).

The knowledge acquired in these two paired seminars is then brought together in component 3, a practical phase at the end of the term in which the students take their lesson plans and teaching material dealing with selected varieties of English to the classroom by co-operating with local partner schools and experienced in-service teachers.

Dr. Ramona Kreis
10-76-1-SP1-07University Language Skills 1g (in englischer Sprache)
B/C3

Übung
ECTS: 3

Termine:
wöchentlich Mo 08:15 - 09:45 Online (2 SWS)

Please note that this course is an online course. Students are asked to participate regularly in the video conferences (see course schedule).

University Language Skills 1 (ULS 1) is the first half of the SP-1 module (“SP-1 Sprachpraxis Basismodul”) taken in the winter semester. It requires 90 hours of work and earns you 3 credit points. University Language Skills 2 (ULS 2) is the second half of this module and will be offered in the summer semester, requiring 180 hours of work and giving you 6 credit points.

The focus of this module is on academic writing in English at university level. The emphasis during ULS 1 is on planning and organising an academic essay in an academic context at university level. It emphasizes writing skills in three broad categories: paragraphing, structure, and argumentation. Not only will students practice structural elements (e.g. topic sentences, outlining strategies), but they will also be working on refining their English language skills, including word choice, grammar and syntax. In addition, they will discover the importance of cohesion and coherence as key skills in good writing.



Materials will be provided via StudIP.

Anne Kirkham, M.A.
10-76-1-SP1-10University Language Skills 1j (in englischer Sprache)
B/C3

Übung
ECTS: 3

Termine:
wöchentlich Do 10:15 - 11:45 Online (2 SWS)

This course is an online course. Some parts will be in synch with the scheduled times, while other parts are asynchronous.

University Language Skills 1 (ULS 1) is the first half of the SP-1 module (“SP-1 Sprachpraxis Basismodul”) taken in the winter semester. It requires 90 hours of work and earns you 3 credit points. University Language Skills 2 (ULS 2) is the second half of this module and will be offered in the summer semester, requiring 180 hours of work and giving you 6 credit points.

Please register for ONE ULS 1 class only.

The focus of this module is on academic writing in English at university level. The emphasis during ULS 1 is on planning and organising an academic essay in an academic context at university level. It emphasizes writing skills in three broad categories: paragraphing, structure, and argumentation. Not only will students practice structural elements (e.g. topic sentences, outlining strategies), but they will also be working on refining their English language skills, including word choice, grammar and syntax. In addition, they will discover the importance of cohesion and coherence as key skills in good writing.

Course requirements:
  • regular (80%) and active participation in class
  • thorough preparation of each class session
  • submission of assignments of approx. 1000 words

Please note that this class is planned as a hybrid course involving both online and on-site teaching. The course will be divided into two groups at the beginning of the semester. Each group will meet every two weeks at the university and spend the other week completing tasks online.

Materials will be provided via StudIP

Recommended material for ULS 1 ( a book which will also be used in ULS 2 in your 2nd semester)
Meyers, Alan Longman, Academic Writing Series (level 5) - Essays to Research Papers. Pearson: 2014. (copies available in the library for reference)

Recommended literature for further language work
McCarthy, Michael & Felicity O’Dell Academic vocabulary in Use
Cornell, Alan & Geoff Parkes What’s the Difference? Englang Books (online quizzes available)
Use the latest edition of either the Langenscheidt/Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English or the Cornelsen/Oxford University Press Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, including the electronic version (CD or DVD as appropriate) or a comparable learner's dictionary.

Katja Müller, M.A.
10-76-1-SP1-12University Language Skills 1l (in englischer Sprache)
B/C3

Übung
ECTS: 3

Termine:
wöchentlich Mi 08:15 - 09:45 Online
Anne Kirkham, M.A.
10-76-1-WD1-09Key Topics in Linguistics: English with an accent: Language ideology in the US and New Zealand (in englischer Sprache)
C3 Online Course

Seminar

Termine:
wöchentlich Di 10:15 - 11:45 (2 SWS)

This class will be taught online. It deals with the ways that linguistic diversity might be related to the linguistic discrimination. We will begin with the studies on 'linguistic profiling' based on experimental studies of housing discrimination, and expand upon those findings to promote equity in education, employment, medicine and the law. This class deals with these studies, devoted to the advancement of equality and justice globally. You will give an online group presentation in this class via Zoom.

Dr. Inke Du Bois
10-76-3-WD1-07Key Topics in Linguistics: Uses and Abuses of Social and News Media: Linguistic Perspectives (in englischer Sprache)
C3

Seminar

Termine:
wöchentlich Di 14:15 - 15:45 (2 SWS)

This course will run entirely online. In the course we cast a critical eye over the ways in which contemporary media can come to derail democratic processes. This will stretch across all media which currently make use of digital forms of distribution, spanning social media, channels of various kinds, regular newspapers, news videos, and so on. The methods to be learnt and practised in concrete analyses are linguistic and multimodal. That is: we will pay particular attention to how various forms of expression, images, written text, video, sound, and so on may be combined for persuasive effect. The course will draw on current discussions from the Research Group on Multimodal Rhetoric in Online Media running at the Bielefeld Centre for Interdisciplinary Research: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZIF/FG/2020Multimodal/.

Prof. John Bateman, Ph.D.
10-M80-1-SpecMo-04Linguistics and Social Justice (in englischer Sprache)
C 3 Online Course

Seminar

Termine:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 (2 SWS)

This class is a project oriented online class. We read recent texts about humor as a coping mechanism and Covid 19 communication. In the next step, we will use Maxqda Software to analyse and code multimodal data. You will write a project report about a self selected research project regarding Covid 19 and humor using your Maxqda data analyses.

Dr. Inke Du Bois