| Target group: | Foreign students at the TU Dresden |
| Contents: | - Structure and style of scientific text types, - Grammatical structures of scientific language, - Exercises to set up theses and ways of definition, - Intensive training of correct citation, - Exercises for impersonal formulating - Characteristics of written scientific reasoning. |
| Prerequisite: | B2+ or proof of knowledge through a placement test. |
| European Framework of Reference/CEFR: | C1 |
| Type of teaching/duration: | 1 semester language learning seminar/language course | 2 SWS |
| Frequency of the course: | WiSe |
| Workload: | The total workload is 75 hours. Of these, 30 hours are accounted for by attendance and 45 hours by self-study, including preparation for the exam and completion of the exam. |
| Examinations: | - Portfolio The credit points are earned when the examination is passed. |
| Credit points and grades: | - (Graded) certificate of participation. |
| Qualification goals: | The students are able to study independently and produce work-related oral communication in German at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The students can understand complex scientific and job-related specialist texts that are presented orally, express themselves clearly and fluently in detail and using complex linguistic structures as well as an extensive general and specialist vocabulary on topics in their specialist area, follow and participate in complex interactions in discussions, even with abstract and complex topics , use language flexibly and effectively for the expression of inauthenticity such as irony, allusions, metaphors, deal effectively with communication and cultural problems. The aim of the course is to improve writing skills. It is about text type characteristics, style, and grammatical and other linguistic phenomena. During the semester, you work on your own writing productions, which promotes and continuously optimizes your own technical language skills. |
| Usability: | General language requirement level C1 taking into account the respective study regulations / prerequisite for level C1+. |
| Teaching material: | Announced by the teacher |