Wintersemester 2006/2007 - Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität ...

INSTITUT FÜR ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK
KOMMENTIERTES VORLESUNGSVERZEICHNIS
WINTERSEMESTER 2006/07
INHALT
HINWEISE FÜR STUDIERENDE......................................................................................... 2
Struktur des Instituts für Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Wintersemester 2006/07.................... 2
Sprechstundenzeiten der Lehrkräfte:...................................................................................... 4
Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit ........................................................................ 4
Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester .............................................. 4
Studienberatung/Prüfungsanmeldung Lehramt im Wintersemester 2006/07: ....................... 4
Wichtige Termine................................................................................................................... 5
Einschreibung / Online enrolment...................................................................................... 5
Einstufungstest und Einschreibung für Studierende im ersten Semester........................... 5
Wichtige Informationen zum Studienbetrieb ......................................................................... 6
Weitere Informationen ...........................................................................................................7
Legende .................................................................................................................................. 7
LEHRANGEBOT IM WINTERSEMESTER 2006/07............................................................ 8
VORLESUNGEN und Veranstaltungen für alle Studierenden.......................................... 8
GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A. ....................................................................................................... 11
SPRACHPRAXIS........................................................................................................... 11
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT................................................................. 14
HISTORISCHE ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT UND
MITTELALTERLICHE ENGLISCHE LITERATUR.............................................. 14
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA ... 15
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB 17
HAUPTSTUDIUM / M.A. / M.ED........................................................................................... 22
SPRACHPRAXIS........................................................................................................... 22
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT................................................................. 23
HISTORISCHE ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT UND
MITTELALTERLICHE ENGLISCHE LITERATUR.............................................. 23
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA ... 24
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB 26
FACHDIDAKTIK.......................................................................................................... 28
B.A.-MODULE........................................................................................................................ 31
M.A.-MODULE ....................................................................................................................... 34
Application of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).............................................. 39
(Redaktionsschluss dieser Fassung: 2006-06-25)

HINWEISE FÜR STUDIERENDE
Im Wintersemester 2006/07 wird Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lutz geschäftsführender Direktor des
Instituts für Anglistik/Amerikanistik sein.
Postanschrift:
Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Steinbecker Str. 15
17487 Greifswald
E-Mail: ifaa@uni-greifswald.de
Tel.: (03834) 86 33 54
Fax: (03834) 86 33 65 & 86 33 66
Homepage: http://www.uni-greifswald.de/~anglam/
Der Vorlesungsbetrieb beginnt am 16.10.2006 und endet am 03.02.2007.
Unterrichtsfreie Tage: 27.12.2006-06.01.2007
Struktur des Instituts für Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Wintersemester 2006/07
Verantwortlich für studentische Belange (Studienberatung)
Dr. Margitta Kuty (Tel.: 86 33 60)
E-Mail: kuty@uni-greifswald.de
Lehrstuhl für Englische Literatur und Landeskunde:
Inhaber: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klein (Tel.: 86 33 58)
E-Mail: kleinj@uni-greifswald.de
Sekretariat: Kathrin Wirtz (Tel.: 86 33 59)
E-Mail: wirtz@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiter: PD Dr. Dirk Vanderbeke (Tel.: 86 33 62)
E-Mail: vanderbeke@t-online.de
Dr. James Fanning (Tel.: 86 33 62)
E-Mail: fanning@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Mascha Gemmeke (Tel.: 86 33 64)
E-Mail: gemmeke@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Allan Turner (Tel: 86 33 61)
E-Mail: allan.turner@uni-greifswald.de
Sonstiger Lehrkörper
PD Dr. Andrea Beck
E-Mail: amb-beck@t-online.de
PD Dr. Michael Szczekalla
E-Mail: Szczekalla-Michael@t-online.de
Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft:
Inhaberin: Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe (Tel.: 86 33 56)
E-Mail: kstobbe@uni-greifswald.de
Sekretariat: Heike Döring (Tel.: 86 33 55)
Mitarbeiterin: N.N. (Tel.: 86 33 63)
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Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik/Kanadistik:
Inhaber: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lutz (Tel.: 86 33 53)
E-Mail: lutz@uni-greifswald.de
Sekretariat: Anke Möller (Tel.: 86 33 51)
E-Mail: moellera@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiterinnen: Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86 33 51)
E-Mail: brauer@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Kerstin Knopf (Tel.: 86 33 51)
E-Mail: knopf@uni-greifswald.de
Bereich Historische englische Sprachwissenschaft und mittelalterliche englische
Literatur:
Leiterin: Prof. Dr. Lucia Kornexl (Tel.: 86 33 57)
E-Mail: kornexl@uni-greifswald.de
Sekretariat: Claudia Stüpmann (Tel.: 86 33 54)
Mitarbeiter: Dirk Schultze (Tel.: 86 33 63)
E-Mail: schultze@uni-greifswald.de
Bereich Fachdidaktik Englisch:
Leiter: PD Dr. Hans Enter (Tel.: 86 33 60)
E-Mail: enter@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiterin: Dr. Margitta Kuty (Tel.: 86 33 60)
E-Mail: kuty@uni-greifswald.de
Bereich Sprachpraxis:
Leiterin: Dipl.-Lehrerin Heike Gericke (Tel.: 86 33 61)
E-Mail: gericke@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiter[innen]: Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86 33 51)
E-Mail: brauer@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. James Fanning (Tel.: 86 33 62)
E-Mail: fanning@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Allan Turner (Tel: 86 33 61)
E-Mail: allan.turner@uni-greifswald.de
Emeriti: Prof. (em.) Dr. Roland Arnold; Prof. (i.R.) Dr. Günter Weise
Gastlehrkräfte:
Dr. Guðrún Guðsteinsdóttir (Tel.: 86 33 51)
E-Mail: gsteins@hi.is
Thomas Rafico Ruiz M.A. (Tel: 86 33 51)
E-Mail: rtr2107@columbia.edu
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Sprechstundenzeiten der Lehrkräfte:
Dr. Anette Brauer Mittwoch 10.00–11.00 Uhr u.n.V. Raum 25
PD Dr. Hans Enter Dienstag 10.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 35
Dr. James Fanning Dienstag 16.00–17.00 Uhr Raum 37
Dr. Mascha Gemmeke Mittwoch 11.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 39
Heike Gericke Mittwoch 11.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 36
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klein n.V. (Anmeldung bei Frau Wirtz) Raum 32/33
Dr. Kerstin Knopf Mittwoch 13.00–14.00 Raum 26
Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe Mittwoch 12.30–13.30 Uhr u.n.V. Raum 30
(Anmeldung bei Frau Döring)
Prof. Dr. Lucia Kornexl Mittwoch 12.00–13.00 Uhr u.n.V. Raum 31
(Anmeldung bei Frau Stüpmann)
Dr. Margitta Kuty Mittwoch 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 35
Donnerstag 14.00–15.00 Uhr u.n.V.
Prof Dr. Hartmut Lutz Donnerstag 13.00–14.00 Uhr u.n.V. Raum 25a
Dr. Allan Turner Montag 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 36
PD Dr. Dirk Vanderbeke Donnerstag 11.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 37
Sprechstunden während der vorlesungsfreien Zeit werden im jeweiligen Sekretariat bzw.
an den Bürotüren per Aushang bekanntgegeben.
Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit
Bei Frau Dr. Kuty (Raum 35):
Di, 18.7. 10 - 12 Uhr
Mi, 19.7. 10 - 12 Uhr
Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester
an den folgenden Tagen, jeweils um 9, 10 und 11 Uhr beginnend, in R 23:
Di 10.10., Mi 11.10., Do 12.10., Fr 13.10
Studienberatung/Prüfungsanmeldung Lehramt im Wintersemester 2006/07:
Mi, 12–13 & Do, 14–15 Uhr bei Frau Dr. Kuty (Raum 35).
Mi 10.00–11.00 Uhr bei Dr. Anette Brauer (Raum 25)
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Wichtige Termine
Einschreibung / Online enrolment
Enrolment for Winter Semester 2006/07 will take place from 01.09.06, 12.00 noon until
29.09.06, 12.00 noon
Go to the Institute's website (www.uni-greifswald.de/~anglam/) and follow the links.
Instructions will be provided when you have reached the right page.
There is no need to panic, as the final lists will be produced electronically after the deadline.
The week before teaching starts you can check the lists for your place. It is most important to
attend the first session of the respective course.
If you have any further questions write to fsr-anglo@uni-greifswald.de.
Einstufungstest und Einschreibung für Studierende im ersten Semester
Für Studierende des 1. Semesters findet am, Donnerstag, dem 12.10.2006 und am Montag, dem
16.10.2006, jeweils um 9.00 Uhr, um 10.00 Uhr und um 11.00 Uhr im Fremdsprachen- und
Medienzentrum der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Bahnhofstr. 50/51, ein sprachpraktischer
Einstufungstest statt.
Einschreibelisten für den Einstufungstest liegen in Raum 36 des Instituts für Anglistik/Amerikanistik,
Steinbeckerstr. 15, aus. Bitte tragen Sie sich in diese Listen ein.
An sprachpraktischen Veranstaltungen im Grundstudium können nur Studierende mit bestandenem
Einstufungstest teilnehmen. Der Beleg/Schein über den bestandenen Einstufungstest muss in den
sprachpraktischen Lehrveranstaltungen vorgelegt werden.
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Wichtige Informationen zum Studienbetrieb
Qualifizierte Teilnahme an Proseminaren (Magister bzw. Lehramt)
Voraussetzung für eine qualifizierte Teilnahme an Proseminaren ist die bescheinigte
erfolgreiche Teilnahme an der entsprechenden Einführungsveranstaltung bzw. am
jeweiligen Grundlagenseminar. Die Bedingungen der erfolgreichen Teilnahme werden
zu Beginn des Semesters bekannt gegeben.
Leistungsnachweise für das Grundstudium (ab WS 2006/07)
• Für alle Grundkurse (Introduction to Britain/USA, Introduction to Literary Studies,
Intruduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Medieval English Studies, English
Grammar, Intruduction to Phonetics and Phonology) sowie für alle
Sprachpraxiskurse sind nur zwei Wiederholungen, d.h. insgesamt drei Versuche
pro Leistungsnachweis erlaubt.
• Bei Proseminararbeiten sind Wiederholungen nur in Absprache mit den jeweiligen
Lehrkräften erlaubt.
Teilnahme an Aufbaumodulen (Bachelor)
Die Teilnahme an Aufbaumodulen des Bachelor-Studiums setzt das vorherige
erfolgreiche Absolvieren des entsprechenden Basismoduls voraus.
Bescheinigungen über das Zulassungsgespräch Lehramt
Künftig werden von den jeweiligen PrüferInnen Bescheinigungen über die erfolgreiche
Teilnahme am Zulassungsgespräch für literaturwissenschaftliche Hauptseminare
ausgestellt, die von den Lehramtsstudierenden bei der Abgabe einer Hauptseminararbeit
in den relevanten Bereichen (englische/amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft/Mediävistik)
vorzulegen sind.
Erklärung über die selbständige Abfassung von Hausarbeiten
Allen schriftlichen Hausarbeiten ist ab dem WS 2004/05 eine Erklärung über die
selbständige Abfassung der Arbeit beizufügen. Die Formulare sind über die Homepage
des IfAA abrufbar (www.uni-greifswald.de/~anglam/students/index.htm). Für
Studierende, denen ein Plagiat nachgewiesen wird, besteht keine Möglichkeit zur
Revision der Arbeit und damit zum Erwerb eines Leistungsscheins. Sie müssen ggf. mit
weiteren gravierenden Konsequenzen rechnen.
Internationale Beziehungen
Das Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik hat internationale Verbindungen zu Einrichtungen in
Europa und Nordamerika. Wer sich für ein Studium in den USA bzw. Kanada interessiert,
kann sich im Akademischen Auslandsamt bei Frau Dr. Roth informieren; Informationen über
ERASMUS/SOKRATES-Studienaufenthalte innerhalb der EU (speziell: Großbritannien)
erhalten Sie von Dr. Hans Enter.
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
Zu den Kriterien der Punktvergabe für Lehramts- und Magisterstudiengänge sowie für
ausländische Studierende siehe die Anmerkungen auf der letzten Seite. BA, MA- und MEd-
Studierende können die Richtlinien der Punktvergabe für die Module den jeweiligen
Prüfungs- bzw. Studienordnungen entnehmen.
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Weitere Informationen
Studienberatung: In allen Fragen der Beratung (Studienorganisation,
Stundenplan, Prüfungsanmeldungen, Urlaubssemester usw.)
wenden Sie sich bitte an Frau Dr. Kuty (s. Sprechzeiten).
Fachberatung:
Bei allen fachspezifischen Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an
die MitarbeiterInnen des jeweiligen Lehrstuhls
Auslandsstudien:
In Fragen der Anerkennung von im Ausland erbrachten
Studienleistungen wenden Sie sich bitte an Dr. Hans Enter.
Die Lehrveranstaltungen, die unter „Englische Literaturwissenschaft und Cultural Studies“ als
„Seminar“ bezeichnet sind, gelten grundsätzlich als Proseminare, können aber mit einem
Hauptseminarschein abgeschlossen werden, wenn die schriftliche Arbeit von einer der
habilitierten Lehrkräfte des Lehrstuhls (Prof. Klein, Dr. Vanderbeke) als Hauptseminararbeit
gewertet wird.
Für viele Lehrveranstaltungen werden Texte bereits in den Kursbeschreibungen dieses
Verzeichnisses genannt, damit Studierende die Möglichkeit haben, sie vor Beginn des
Semesters zu lesen. Primärtexte für Literaturseminare sollten generell vor Semesterbeginn
gelesen werden.
Legende
BA - Bachelor of Arts
CS - Cultural Studies
HS - Hörsaal (Hörsaalgebäude, Rubenowstraße bzw. ehemalige Augenklinik,
Rubenowstraße 2)
IfAA - Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik
IDtPh - Institut für Deutsche Philologie (Rubenowstraße 3)
IfSl - Institut für Slawistik (Domstraße 9-10 – Eingang über den Hof)
Kiste - Hörsaal, Makarenkostraße
Lit. - Literatur[e]
LA - LehramtsanwärterInnen
LV - Lehrveranstaltung
M.A. - Magister Artium
MA - Master of Arts
R
- Raum (Steinbeckerstraße)
SWS - Semesterwochenstunden
(2 SWS = 2 Stunden jede Woche über 1 Semester oder Äquivalent,
z.B. 4 Stunden alle 2 Wochen über 1 Semester)
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LEHRANGEBOT IM WINTERSEMESTER 2006/07
Das vorliegende Verzeichnis weist alle im Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
angebotenen Lehrveranstaltungen aus, soweit zum Zeitpunkt der Fertigstellung schon
verbindliche Aussagen möglich waren. In einzelnen Fällen können die Angaben von denen
in dem zentralen Vorlesungsverzeichnis der Universität abweichen, bei dem der
Redaktionsschluss früher war. Bitte beachten Sie auch die Aushänge am Institut über
eventuelle weitere Änderungen.
VORLESUNGEN und Veranstaltungen für alle Studierenden
Grundlagen der Fremdsprachendidaktiken (Vorlesung) 4002001
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mo 10-12 HS 1 Hans Enter
Diese Vorlesung dient dem „Einstieg“ in die Fremdsprachendidaktiken. Sie vermittelt deren
Begriffsgefüge und die generellen Beziehungen zwischen den Fremdsprachenfächern der
Schule (1. Fremdsprache, 2. und 3. Fremdsprache; Ziele und Lehrplanfestlegungen).
Bestandteile sind außerdem der Fremdsprachenaneignungsprozeß, Geschichte und
Entwicklungstendenzen des Fremdsprachenunterrichts, die Methodenvielfalt sowie die
fremdsprachenspezifischen Lehr- und Lernverfahren.
Schließlich beschäftigen wir uns mit dem „zukünftigen“ Fremdsprachenunterricht und -lehrer
sowie mit „alternativen“ Methoden.
maximum participants: 50
Grundkurs Fremdsprachenunterricht (fremdsprachenübergreifend)
(Grundlagenseminar) 4002002
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Margitta Kuty
In diesem Seminar werden die Grundlagen für das Unterrichten einer Fremdsprache in der
Schule gelegt. Ausgehend von der Rolle des Lehrers und seinen Möglichkeiten, Unterricht
interessant, modern und für Schüler motivierend zu gestalten, werden Unterrichtsformen zur
Entwicklung einzelner Könnensbereiche (Hören, Sprechen, Lesen, Schreiben) und der
Kenntnisbereiche (Lexik, Grammatik, Phonetik) aufgezeigt. Zudem erarbeiten die
Teilnehmer/innen theoretische Übersichten über den Umgang mit landeskundlichen Themen,
zur Leistungsbewertung, zu den Rahmenrichtlinien oder zum Frühbeginn Fremdsprachen. Zu
allen Themen werden die theoretischen Ausführungen mit praktischen Beispielen unterlegt
und erste Unterrichtssequenzen in einem 'Trockentraining' erarbeitet.
Dieses Seminar ist für alle Lehramtsstudierenden obligatorischer Bestandteil der
Fachdidaktik - Ausbildung und endet mit einer Klausur (erfolgreiche Teilnahme). Erst die
erfolgreiche Teilnahme an diesem Seminar berechtigt zur Teilnahme an den Schulpraktischen
Übungen.
maximum participants: 30
Introduction to Medieval English Studies (Grundlagenseminar) 4002003
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 08-10 HS IfDtPh Dirk Schultze
This course will introduce students to the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons and of
their post-Conquest successors within the relevant historical contexts. Through the study of
selected texts, participants will be acquainted with basic scholarly methods and analytical
tools for approaching Old and Middle English writings from both a linguistic and a literary
point of view in order to enable them to appreciate the outstanding achievements of medieval
English culture and civilisation.
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Students who are required to obtain a Schein in a Proseminar on historical linguistics and/or
medieval literature will have to write an assessment test at the end of the semester.
maximum participants:
The Linguistic Tool-Kit: Introduction to Linguistics (Vorlesung) 4002004
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 HS 2 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This series of lectures will introduce the scientific study of the English language from the
perspective of language use. The aim of the course is to provide students with a
methodological tool-kit that will enable them to critically analyse the English language and its
uses in real communicative settings.
Students without prior knowledge of English phonetics are strongly recommended to attend
the “Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology” as a prerequisite for successful
passing of the final test (Tool-kit exam).
A reader (with self-study components and text supplements) will be provided to assist firstyear
students in organizing and mastering the course contents. Since we constantly update our
reader and course material, the lecture series may also be of interest to students preparing for
the final exam.
Reader: The Linguistic Tool-Kit, available at the secretary’s office (Frau Döring).
Obligatory for first year students, recommended as revision for final-exam candidates.
maximum participants:
History of American Literature (Vorlesung) 4002005
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi & Fr 13-14 HS Rubenowstr.2 Hartmut Lutz
This survey on the development of American Literature will touch on indigenous oral
traditions, follow the development of colonial literature in English, discuss the advent of
romanticism in North America, describe the emergence of ‘local color’ realism and American
naturalism, and finally present modern and post-modern literature in the USA. The
development of literary forms will be discussed in the context of social and cultural changes
in American society, with a special emphasis on categories of ‘class’, ‘race’, ‘gender’ in
postcolonial cultures. Based on the reading lists in American Literature, the survey forms the
basis of Magister-Zwischenprüfung, Zulassungssgespräch für literaturwissenschaftliche
Hauptseminare (Lehrämter) and BA-Mikromodulprüfung Literatur I. Most texts covered in
the lecture are contained in The Heath Anthology of American Literature (2 vols), strongly
recommended for ‘Americanists.’
maximum participants: 100
Introduction to Literary Studies (Grundlagenseminar) 4002006
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 08-10 HS 3 Mascha Gemmeke
This course of lectures or Grundlagenseminar is designed to give students some basic
practical as well as theoretical knowledge of the art of literary analysis. It will cover (or
rather, touch upon) the fields of drama, poetry, and narrative, discuss literary criticism,
editorial policies, and canon formation, besides introducing the key terminology that forms
the basis of any kind of literary studies. As all literary seminars build on this introductory
class, students are strongly recommended to attend it within their first two semesters. You
should also purchase, and eventually read:
Texts: Michael Meyer, English and American Literatures, Tübingen and Basel:
Francke/UTB, 2005 (14,90 €).
maximum participants: 200
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English Grammar (Vorlesung) 4002021
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 HS IfDtPh Heike Gericke
This lecture is intended to give a survey of Modern English grammar in order to provide
students with basic theoretical knowledge of word phrases and their constituents, their
syntactic behaviour within simple sentences, and of multiple sentences in English.
Participants are required to attend regularly and actively , and to take a written test (Klausur).
maximum participants: 150
Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology (Vorlesung) 4002007
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 Kiste James Fanning
This course aims to give a thorough grounding in the sounds of English and their correct use
from a theoretical point of view, while paying attention to the practical needs of foreign
learners, particularly those of Germans. What is often known as ‘British Received
Pronunciation’ will be taken as the standard, however attention will be paid to significantly
different features of General American pronunciation and, to a lesser extent, of certain other
varieties.
Coursebook: Paul Skandera & Peter Burleigh: A Manual of English Phonetics and
Phonology (Narr: ISBN 3-8233-6125-2)
maximum participants: 200
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GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A.
SPRACHPRAXIS
Zugangsvoraussetzung für alle sprachpraktischen Kurse im Grundstudium: bestandener
Einstufungstest
Reading and Writing (Übung) 4002009
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 24 Heike Gericke
This course aims to improve text awareness (reading) and text production (writing). Students
will read short texts in class, practising different reading techniques. Follow-up activities aim
to enlarge students’ vocabulary and to enhance text comprehension. At home students will
write texts related to the topics discussed in class. These texts will be marked and corrected
during and at the end of the semester.
maximum participants: 20
Advanced Grammar (Übung) 4002010 / 4002020
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 23 Heike Gericke
or Do 12-14
In this course we shall deal with complex sentence structures in English. We shall analyse
sentence structures in texts and practise typical sentence patterns as well as advanced, but
discrete, grammar points.
This course is obligatory for teacher training, and will help Magister students to prepare for
the grammar section in the Intermediate Exam (Zwischenprüfung).
Obligatory textbook: Mark Foley & Diane Hall: Longman Advanced Learner's Grammar.
(Pearson Education Limited 2003)
maximum participants: 30 each group
Grammar in Speaking (Übung) 4002011
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 24 Heike Gericke
This course is designed to help students improve their grammatical accuracy and to increase
their understanding of advanced grammatical structures. It also aims to improve students’
pronunciation and fluency. Problem-solving and rule-inferring activities will encourage
students to theorise and talk about grammatical phenomena, gap-filling, matching and
transformation activities will give controlled accuracy practice, and personalisation and
controlled speaking activities will give practice using the grammar more freely in speech.
maximum participants: 25
Presentations (Übung) 4002012
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 34 Heike Gericke
This course is designed to equip students with the essential communication and language
skills needed for giving a presentation. We will analyse examples shown on video and
practise skills such as structuring information, using an appropriate style of language, using
visual aids and adopting the right body language. This course will culminate with each student
giving a presentation in class.
maximum participants: 20
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Reading/Writing about Science and Technology (Übung) 4002013
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 10-12 R 23 Anette Brauer
English words have increasingly entered the everyday vocabulary of international scientists
and engineers. But also the average (German) user of appliances like cell phones, computers,
and high-tech gadgets needs to understand specialized vocabulary. The aim of this course is to
practice and further the understanding and usage of those ‘tech-words’ as well as practicing
the understanding and usage of English in (popular-)scientific texts. This course will also
offer students the chance to apply and practice their writing abilities.
maximum participants: 25
Translation (Übung) 4002014
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Heike Gericke
In this course we will translate both isolated sentences and texts of various forms and degrees
of difficulty into English or German. Most texts will be set for homework and then discussed
in class. The course is meant to increase language awareness (particularly recognizing and
understanding differences between German and English) and also to give a better
understanding of English sentence structures and to help to extend the range of your
vocabulary.
maximum participants: 30
Socializing (Übung) 4002015
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 R 34 Allan Turner
This course will explore the ways in which spoken English can be used in a variety of social
situations. Both verbal (e.g. politeness formulae) and non-verbal (e.g. body language) aspects
will be practised through regular role-playing. Materials will be provided during the course.
maximum participants: 20
Sound and Meaning (Proseminar/Übung) 4002016
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Allan Turner
This course will combine an introduction to theoretical models of prosody and intonation with
practical exercises intended to improve students’ pronunciation, based on the whole sentence
rather than the individual sound or word. The emphasis throughout will be on the
communicative value of intonation, which will involve seeing how information structures are
built up within a text.
Obligatory coursebook: David Brazil: Pronunciation for Advanced Learners of English.
(Cambridge University Press 1997)
maximum participants: 30
In the News: Reading/Speaking (Übung) 4002017
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 23 Anette Brauer
As students read current articles from American newspapers and magazines, they will enlarge
their vocabulary in the field of national and international politics. Techniques necessary for
reading non-fiction texts, e.g. inferring and prediction, will be practiced. Additionally,
students are expected to determine and discuss the American perspectives presented in those
texts.
maximum participants: 25
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Listening and Writing (Übung) 4002018
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 34 Allan Turner
In this course, participants will practise their ability to extract specific information by
listening to a variety of recorded texts, not only in RP. The topics explored will then be used
as a basis for writing assignments. Participants will practise using the structures and registers
appropriate to different genres, with particular emphasis on academic English.
maximum participants: 15
Intercultural Competence: Reading/Speaking (Übung) 4002019
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 R 23 Anette Brauer
Topics and texts for this course will be chosen to advance intercultural competence in the
English language with a background in American cultural studies. Starting from theoretical
positions (reading), students will be encouraged to analyze and present different
national/ethnic cultures and discuss their own intercultural experiences (speaking).
Required textbook (for reading): to be announced at the beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 25
Grammar Practice (Übung) 4002022
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Allan Turner
This course will focus on mastering the complexities of the English verb system. The aim is
not so much theoretical description as learning to use the different verb forms in appropriate
situations, both oral and written. There will also be practice in correcting typical learner
errors.
Obligatory coursebook: Martin Hewings: Advanced Grammar in Use (2 nd edition).
maximum participants: 30
Understanding Americans: Listening/Reading (Übung) 4002023
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34 Anette Brauer
This practical language course not only aims to improve the listening and reading abilities of
students in general, but its content will also focus on various aspects of American society and
thus improve an interculturally based understanding of American society.
Required textbook (for reading): Muller, H. Gilbert: Many Americas. Boston, New York:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. ISBN: 0-618-60828-1
maximum participants: 25
Composition Tutorials (Übung) 4002024
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. n.V. R 25 Anette Brauer
By writing diverse forms of texts such as descriptions, narratives, formal letters, and
especially argumentative essays, students can prove and improve their understanding of text
organization, style, and related issues of word choice and basic grammar.
Limited to 12 active participants who MUST contact me at the very beginning of the new
semester to receive their task sheets and to agree on contact times.
maximum participants: 12
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ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
Introduction to Modern English Syntax (Proseminar) 4002025
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 08-10 R 23 N.N.
maximum participants: 30
Sound and Meaning (Proseminar/Übung) 4002026
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Allan Turner
Course description: see “Sprachpraxis”. A Proseminarschein in linguistics may be obtained
for this course.
maximum participants: 30
Introduction to Discourse Analysis (Proseminar) 4002027
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 10-12 R 23 N.N.
maximum participants: 30
HISTORISCHE ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT UND
MITTELALTERLICHE ENGLISCHE LITERATUR
Introduction to Old English (Proseminar) 4002028
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Dirk Schultze
This class will introduce students to the English language from its earliest documented
evidence to the emergence of Middle English. The focus will be mainly the linguistic
structure of Old English, exemplified with texts from the 10 th and 11 th centuries. Analysing
extracts from original texts, both fictional and non-fictional, students will examine aspects of
Old English, thus acquiring skills in historical linguistics and improving their ability to read
and translate Old English texts.
This class addresses students who have taken the Introduction to Medieval English Studies
(on requirements for a Schein, see course description to Introduction).
maximum participants: 30
Essentials of English Historical Linguistics (Proseminar) 4002029
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
Exploring major developments in the history of English from its beginnings to the present,
this seminar will seek to combine linguistic description with an introduction to the theory and
methodology of diachronic linguistics. A range of texts will be provided for analysis to
stimulate an awareness of both language change and linguistic continuity and to illustrate the
adaptability of the English tongue to new socio-cultural conditions and to the communicative
needs of an ever growing number of users.
maximum participants: 25
Late Medieval and Early Modern English Texts and Writings (Proseminar) 4002030
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 10-12 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
The late 14th to the end of the 16th centuries mark a crucial stage in the development of
English, from both a linguistic and a literary point of view. A combined look at the written
output of this time, though, cuts across the usual distinctions between Middle and Early
Modern English and between Medieval and Renaissance literature. Reading and analyzing a
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variety of texts from different spheres and genres, this course will seek to trace major trends,
similarities and potential breaks in linguistic development, literary outlook and cultural
perspective throughout the ‘period’ in question.
maximum participants: 25
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA
Writing Back: Literature of African, Asian, Latin, and Native American Authors
(Proseminar) 4002031
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Kerstin Knopf
This class will introduce students to a number of African, Asian, Latin, and Native American
authors and a selection of their texts. Students will get acquainted with basics of postcolonial
theory and the concept of "writing back" to American colonial discourse and history. While
discussing texts by Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Cherríe Moraga, Toni Morrison, James
Baldwin, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Hisaye Yamamoto, Tomas
Santos, Susan Power, and Joy Harjo we will approach the concerns and issues of people who
are members of colonized and marginalized groups in the United States. Some texts you will
find in the Heath Anthology of American Literature, ed. Paul Lauter, some will be provided as
master copies. You will have to purchase Ana Castillo The Mixquiahuala Letters (10.50 €),
Tony Morrison Beloved (10.80 €) and Susan Power The Grass Dancer (9.99 €), all available
at www.amazon.de.
maximum participants: 30
American Realism (Seminar) 4002032
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
American Realism and Naturalism as dominant literary modes from the end of the Civil War
to WWI were a response to and departure from Romanticism, replacing the romantic quest for
an ideal with a focus on an accurate representation of contemporary American life. In the
seminar we will read texts that have not been discussed in depth in this Institute for some
time, but were of considerable importance and influence in American literary history, among
them possibly some short stories by Ambrose Bierce, Jack London and Bret Harte and novels
by Stephen Crane (Maggie, a Girl of the Streets), Theodore Dreiser (Sister Carrie), Frank
Norris (McTeague) and Upton Sinclair (The Jungle). A folder with short stories and a reading
list will be provided by the beginning of September.
maximum participants: 30
Trash: Literature Straight from the Pits (Seminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
course description: see “Englische Literaturwissenschaft und Cultural Studies GB”
maximum participants: 30
Common Sense- From Colonial Literature to the American Literature of Independence
(Proseminar) 4002033
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 24 Anette Brauer
This junior seminar aims to combine literary studies with cultural studies/history in focusing
on texts in general and works of literature specifically that were written during the colonial
period of American history up to the time of the War of Independence. Special attention will
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e given to the motivations and styles of writers, but also to the questions why and how
colonial writers eventually created a unique American voice in English literature.
Literature: Heath Anthology. An additional reader will be provided at the beginning of
October 2005.
maximum participants: 25
A Kanata No More: Plotting a New Canadian Landscape (Proseminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Do 16-18 R 24 Thomas Rafico Ruiz
Whether wild tundra or infinite plain, the perception of Canadian space invariably revolves
around a constellation of white danger and frightful proportions. The purpose of this seminar
is not to debunk the picaresque-picturesque imaginings of the intellectual nomad (i.e. student),
but rather to plot a novel perspective on the “Great White North” of rhetoric. Thrown into the
unknown in-between, “A Mari usque ad Mare” [“From sea to sea”], students will be urged to
question their own imaginative landscapes through encounters with various artefacts of
Canadian culture, from photo-narratives to architectural drawings to filmic territories, in order
to begin to frame the “New World” of urban Canada.
Texts: A course reader will be made available to students. Also, students should try to read
Hubert Aquin’s Next Episode, available in the New Canadian Library, prior to the start of the
seminar.
maximum participants: 30
Native Literatures in Canada and the US (Proseminar) 4002035
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
This seminar will introduce students to contemporary literature in English by Indigenous
authors from the United States and Canada. We will read and discuss two prominent novels,
Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony (1977) and Beatrice Culleton’s In Search of April Raintree
(1983), a one-act play by Drew Hayden Taylor (Toronto at Dreamer's Rock, 1990), as well as
poems and short stories contained in the Heath Anthology of American Literature and Four
Feathers: Poems and Stories by Canadian Native Authors (1992; on sale for € 3.- from Frau
Möller, Amerikanistik-Büro). Additional texts will be made available in a reader. Students
must obtain and read the two novels before the beginning of classes.
maximum participants: 20
The Truth is Out There – American Values and Popular Culture (Proseminar) 4002036
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
While most students have a general understanding of ideological concepts like the American
Dream and Nationalism, Americans hold on to many more – sometimes contradicting –
beliefs that are expressed and enhanced by popular culture. This course aims to analyze
examples of American popular culture of the 20 th and 21 st centuries to uncover beliefs/value
systems and their reasons for existence in order to determine their relevance for the formation
and continuation of the ‘American character.’
maximum participants: 25
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ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB
Wales: Cultures in Contact and Conflict (Seminar: CS) 4002037
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 34 Allan Turner
In spite of the efforts of the Tudor monarchs to integrate Wales legally and culturally into
their kingdom, the principality has always remained stubbornly different both from England
and from the other parts of the ‘Celtic fringe’. The Welsh Language Act of 1967, which made
the country officially bilingual although only a small proportion of the population still have
Welsh as their first language, was a belated recognition of the cultural conflict which runs
through the communities living there, not just between different groups but also within
individuals. In addition to the history of the often stormy relations between the English and
the Welsh, we shall look at the present-day culture of Wales, paying particular attention to the
separatist campaigns of recent decades which led to the institution of the Welsh Assembly.
maximum participants: 30
Petrarchism in English Renaissance Poetry (Seminar: Lit.) 4002038
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 34 James Fanning
Drawing on the Courtly love poetry of the Troubadours and the Italian dolce stil nuovo,
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74) initiated a fashion that was to dominate western
European love poetry during the Renaissance and remained influential in later centuries. After
a brief consideration of Petrarch’s own work and some Italian and French intermediaries, we
shall study a selection of poems by T. Wyatt and H. Howard, Earl of Surrey, who first wrote
Petrarchan poems in English, before going on to see how Elizabethan and Jacobean poets,
male and female, (particularly P. Sidney, E. Spenser, W. Shakespeare, J. Donne and
M. Wroth) adopted and adapted the themes (not only love!), techniques and style of
Petrarchism for their own purposes.
A reader will be available at Digital Print Copy (Loefflerstr. / Kuhstr.) from the middle of
September. This will not include Shakespeare’s Sonnets, which you should buy in the Arden
edition (ed. K. Duncan-Jones; ISBN 1-903436-57-5). A good introduction to the topic is
L. Forster’s The Icy Fire (CUP 1969). A bibliography will be posted on the Internet.
maximum participants: 30
Prehistoric Britain (Seminar: CS) 4002039
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 34 Allan Turner
The landscape of Britain is dotted with cultural artefacts of the prehistoric past, the most
famous of which is undoubtedly Stonehenge. In this seminar we shall not only find out about
these remains from a historical and archaeological point of view, but also trace their effects on
the imagination of British writers, from the fantastic medieval accounts of their origins,
through popular superstitions reflected in such figures as Tolkien’s ‘barrow wights’, to the use
of Stonehenge as a setting for the climactic scene of Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
Reading materials will be made available to participants at the beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 30
Who was Winston S. Churchill? (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
The seminar will give an introduction to Churchill’s life and work in the first part of the term.
In the second part we shall concentrate on Churchill’s autobiography My Early Life. The aim
of the seminar is to analyse Churchill’s personality and the tension between artistic and
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literary imagination, on the one hand, and the career of a soldier and politician, on the other
hand. In order to do this, we shall also have to take a closer look at friends like Lawrence of
Arabia and adversaries like Austin Chamberlain.
Literature:
W.S. Churchill, My Early Life. London 1930: Butterworth (dt. Weltabenteuer im Dienst,
rororo 36, 1952); Sebastian Haffner, Churchill (rowohlts monographien 129, 1967); Piers
Brendon, Churchill, London 1984: Secker & Warburg);[ W.S. Churchill, The Second World
War, 6 vols. London 1948 – 1954: Cassell].
maximum participants: 30
George Orwell (Seminar: Lit.) 4002041
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 James Fanning
George Orwell was the pseudonym of Eric Blair (1903-50), an Eton-educated upper-middleclass
man who became one of Britain’s best-known socialists yet was banned in the socialist
countries. Although his political satire Animal Farm (“All animals are equal, but some are
more equal than others.”) and his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (“Big Brother is
watching you.”) are popular classics, he remains one of Britain’s most controversial writers.
As well as these, we shall deal with some of his other works, such as the documentary The
Road to Wigan Pier.
You should have read at least The Road to Wigan Pier before the first session (in the Penguin
volume Orwell’s England). For Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Penguin Student
editions are recommended. Among biographies of Orwell, the one by D.J. Taylor (London:
Vintage 2004) is particularly recommended. As background, you should brush up on the
history of Britain and Europe in general in the first half of the 20 th century.
maximum participants: 30
Lawrence Durrell's Mediterranean: Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953) to Sicilian
Carousel (1977) (Seminar: Lit.) 4002042
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Lawrence Durrell (1912–90), ingenious author of The Alexandria Quartet and other important
novels, grew up in India and lived only for short periods in England. Most of his life he lived
in the Mediterranean as a British diplomat and British Council officer. Like his friend Henry
Miller he always looked in a critical way at England. It is no wonder that Durrell wrote
poetical and informative travel books about his life in Rhodes (Reflections….1953), Corfu
(Prospero’s Cell, 1945), Cyprus (Bitter Lemons, 1957), and Sicily (Sicilian Carousel, 1977).
The seminar will analyse Durrell’s view of classical antiquity and Mediterranean life in
comparison to his Englishness and his perspective on the modernity of European life and
literature.
Literature: Durrell’s books are published by Faber & Faber, London.
maximum participants: 30
The Different Faces of Immigration (Seminar: CS) 4002043
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Allan Turner
For centuries Britain has welcomed different groups of immigrants looking for a new, safer
home, including the Huguenots and eastern European Jews. However, the main influx has
come in the last 50 years, mainly from outside Europe. In this seminar we shall look at the
different immigrant groups and the effect that they have had on the communities where they
have settled. A major topic will be the changing and often conflicting feelings of identity
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aised by these changes both for the old and for the new communities, as represented by the
news media and in creative writing.
Students should obtain and read Monica Ali, Brick Lane. Other reading materials will be
made available to participants at the beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 30
John Fowles: The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Proseminar: Lit.) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 James Fanning
Fowles’ The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) is a novel which can be read in several ways
and on several levels, serious or trivial. In the seminar we shall consider it from various
perspectives: e.g. plot structure, narrative technique, philosophical content, historical
portrayal of the Victorian period, references to Victorian literature, gender aspects, the
question of Postmodernism. We shall also compare the novel with the film version written by
Harold Pinter in cooperation with Fowles and directed by Karel Reisz
You should buy and read the whole novel before the beginning of the semester so that the
surprises in the plot are not spoilt for you when we discuss them in the first sessions! A reader
containing relevant extracts from Victorian texts as background will be available at Digital
Print Copy (Loefflerstr. / Kuhstr.) from the middle of September. You are also strongly
advised to read A.N. Wilson’s The Victorians (Hutchinson 2002; pbk. Arrow 2003).
maximum participants: 30
Spionageliteratur in Ost und West (Seminar: Lit) 4002045
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. Mi 10-12 IfSl Dirk Vanderbeke & Michael Düring
Die Veranstaltung setzt die komparatistische Reihe der letzen Semester fort, in der Texte aus
unterschiedlichen Genres der anglophonen und und osteuropäischen Literatur gelesen und
diskutiert wurden. Dabei sollen hier allerdings nicht nur literarische Texte im Zentrum des
Interesses stehen, sondern auch die Geschichte der Spionage im 20. Jahrhundert und deren
Einfluss auf Autoren, die selbst häufig genug mit Geheimdiensten in Verbindung standen. Ein
Ordner mit Sekundärliteratur und einer detailierten Liste der zu lesenden Primärtexte wird ab
Anfang September in den Instituten zur Verfügung stehen.
maximum participants: 30
Introduction to Shakespeare (Proseminar: Lit.) 4002046
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 34 Mascha Gemmeke
This seminar is intended to introduce first- and second-year students to Shakespeare’s
writings – the range of his poetic as well as of his dramatic genius! We will read some of the
sonnets, extracts from the longer poems, King Lear (tragedy), Richard III (history), and Much
Ado About Nothing (comedy). We will moreover consider Shakespeare's life and times as well
as the performance history of the plays named above. Please note that students will need
annotated editions of all these plays.
maximum participants: 30
Theory & Criticism: Reading Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Seminar: Lit.) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 21 Mascha Gemmeke
There are two parts to this seminar: first and foremost, it is an introduction to modern literary
theory. We are going to discuss (at least) Structuralist, Feminist, Marxist, and Postmodernist
approaches to literature, and by way of example, discuss various readings of Thomas Hardy’s
Tess of the D’Urbervilles. This should give participants not only an idea of what literary
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theory is all about, but also a more practical notion concerning the use, advantages, and limits
of the various approaches to literature.
Texts: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, ed. Scott Elledge (New York and London:
Norton Critical Edition, 1991).
maximum participants: 20
Trash: Literature Straight from the Pits (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002048
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
The literature we most commonly discuss in seminars is rather like the tip of an iceberg,
while, submerged in the depths, a wide range of texts remain comparatively invisible to
academic scrutiny. Moreover, even in the genres previously considered too trivial for serious
discussion we can distinguish between more accepted works (Dick and Łem in science
fiction, Hammett and Chandler in crime fiction) and the lower strata of literature. In this
seminar we will wallow in the mud: pulp fiction, comics, Harlequin romances, pornography,
space and horse operas and maybe some Christian fundamentalist novel – but don’t be
deceived, analyzing trivial literature is in itself not a trivial endeavour. A list with texts and
possibly some specimens will be available in a folder by the beginning of September.
Suggestions are welcome.
maximum participants: 30
Women and War (Seminar: Lit.) 4002049
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Mascha Gemmeke
Women’s experiences during WW I and WW II, whether expressed in the form of poetry,
essays, or autobiography, will be the focus of this seminar. While soldiers often tried to
protect their mothers, wives or sisters from the reality of war in the trenches, women had their
own realities of war to contend with. We will read extracts from Vera Brittain’s account of
her war-time experience as a VAD (Testament of Youth), Virginia Woolf’s anti-war essay
Three Guineas, as well as poems by Winifred Holtby and Edith Sitwell, among others. In
order to gain a more extensive view of women’s experiences during these wars, we will read
other, less literary documents besides. Last but not least, we will consider some of the more
famous male war poets by way of comparison.
Texts: A course reader will be made available towards the beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 30
The Enlightenment in English Literature (Seminar: Lit.) 4002050
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. 13.-16.11.06, 16.00-21.00 R 22 Michael Szczekalla
This seminar will join current debates on the Enlightenment. Its four set texts belong to three
different genres covering the relatively short period from the 1730s to the 1750s. With the
inclusion of Hume’s Dialogues – a must for all students seriously interested in eighteenthcentury
literature – due emphasis will be given to the Caledonian contribution to the (English)
Enlightenment. All four writers may be said to inhabit the same ‘literary world’. If we
succeed in pointing out their common concerns, we shall see what is wrong with the
fashionable dismissal of the Enlightenment as ‘a conspiracy of dead white men in periwigs to
provide the intellectual foundation for Western imperialism’.
Students ought to have read the following texts by the beginning of the first meeting:
Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” (Dover Thrift), Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews (The
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World's Classics), Samuel Johnson, Rasselas (Penguin), David Hume, Dialogues concerning
Natural Religion (Penguin).
Recommended further reading: Roy Porter, Enlightenment, Britain and the Creation of the
Modern World (Allen Lane, 2000).
maximum participants: 25
Literaturtheorie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Seminar: Lit.) 4002051
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. 30.10.-3.11. 16.00-21.00 R 22 Andrea Beck
Auf der Grundlage einer Selektion von Texten aus dem 19. und 20.Jh. wird ein Überblick
über literaturtheoretische Strömungen und Schulen erarbeitet. Zudem sollen zentrale Aspekte
– etwa jener des Werks bzw. Lesers, des Dichters, der Natur, der (Selbst)Referentialität – in
ihrem Bedeutungswandel diskutiert werden.
Texte aus dem 19.Jh. werden zur Verfügung gestellt. Der folgende reader sollte angeschafft
werden: David Lodge (ed.), 20th Century Literary Criticism , London 1972 (bzw. eine neuere
Ausgabe; Zeitraum: Abrams bis Kermode).
maximum participants: 25
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HAUPTSTUDIUM / M.A. / M.ED.
Das vorliegende Verzeichnis weist alle im Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
angebotenen Lehrveranstaltungen aus, soweit zum Zeitpunkt der Fertigstellung schon
verbindliche Aussagen möglich waren. In einzelnen Fällen können die Angaben von denen
in dem zentralen Vorlesungsverzeichnis der Universität abweichen, bei dem der
Redaktionsschluss früher war. Bitte beachten Sie auch die Aushänge am Institut über
eventuelle weitere Änderungen.
SPRACHPRAXIS
Zugangsvoraussetzung für alle sprachpraktischen Kurse im Hauptstudium: erfolgreicher
Abschluß des Grundstudiums
Translation German-English (Übung) 4002052 / 4002056
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 23 James Fanning
or Fr 12-14 R 23
This course aims above all to increase your awareness of the similarities and differences
between the two languages and practice techniques for getting around problems of translation.
We shall mainly work orally, but performance will be assessed on the basis of three pieces of
written homework for the mark on the Schein. Essential preparation for the final exam.
maximum participants: 25 each group
Current Affairs (Übung) 4002053 / 4002055
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 21 James Fanning
or Mi 16-18 R 21
In this course we shall read about a variety of topics from current affairs (mainly, but not
exclusively, from the Anglophone world) in the British and US press, as a basis for
discussion. The final mark for the course will take continuous assessment into account as well
as marks for at least one oral presentation (about 10 mins) and two essays on different topics.
maximum participants: 15 each group
Error Correction (Übung) 4002054
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 24 Heike Gericke
This course for prospective teachers aims to improve your ability to spot and correct mistakes
(spelling, lexical, grammatical, idiomatic) in your pupils’ written papers. At the same time the
course provides a general revision of English grammar for everyone.
maximum participants: 20
Composition Tutorials (Übung) 4002057
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Allan Turner
This course is for students who have already had considerable writing practice and wish to
improve their ability to write, concentrating on formal and academic texts. In individual
weekly tutorials we will talk about your texts and concerns, and work on ways to improve the
expression and development of ideas. A list of tasks will be available at the beginning of
semester (and can be sent to you by e-mail). Students who wish to take part must contact me
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within the first week, preferably in person, to arrange a tutorial time. (‘Master’ candidates will
have priority.)
maximum participants: 12
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
English in European and Non-European Languages: Focus on Germany and Japan
(Koll.) 4002058
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This seminar will cover a wide range of topics to be studied from socio- and psycholinguistic
theoretical frameworks:
1. Language and culture contact and conflict; language contact and transfer; code-choice
and code-switching.
2. English as a first, second or foreign link language; bilingualism; linguistic and
communicative competence.
Students are expected to actively contribute to projects on lexical transfer and borrowing in
German and Japanese language cultures.
maximum participants:
‘Grey matter and speech cortex’: Neurolinguistics (Hauptseminar) 4002059
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This seminar will cover aspects of the relationship of language and brain as studied in
neurolinguistics, neuropsychology and cognitive linguistics. We will not only look at ‘normal’
processes of language production and comprehension, but also at pathological, or ‘abnormal’
processes, following e. g. brain lesions. Our starting point will be the development of brain
and language in the young child.
A seminar shelf will provide essential textbooks students are requested to consult.
maximum participants:
Linguistic choices: Sociolinguistics (Hauptseminar) 4002060
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
The seminar will focus on all aspects of ‘social’ language and the linguistic and behavioural
patterns (and norms) accompanying ‘natural’ language.
Students are expected to participate in group-oriented project work. Topics for project studies
can be obtained in the first week of the semester.
Recommended textbook: F. Coulmas (2005): Sociolinguistics. Cambridge.
maximum participants:
HISTORISCHE ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT UND
MITTELALTERLICHE ENGLISCHE LITERATUR
Word-formation in the History of English: Patterns and Processes (Hauptsem.) 4002061
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
English can boast of an exceptionally large and stylistically varied vocabulary. Wordformation
is a major technique of enrichment that has been employed in all periods, though in
varying degrees and with different means. This seminar will study English word-formation
and word structure by analyzing selected patterns and discussing major theoretical and
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methodological issues such as the notion of productivity, the difference between inflexion and
derivation and the relationship between word-formation and borrowing.
maximum participants: 20
Chaucer’s Poetic Art (Hauptseminar) 4002062
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 08-10 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
This course seeks to study and to evaluate the poetic achievements of the greatest Middle
English author. We will take a closer look at his unique way of handling a broad range of
subjects and literary motives and analyze his special techniques of poetic description and
characterization. Questions of genre, metre and style will be discussed on the basis of samples
from Chaucer’s most famous work, the Canterbury Tales.
maximum participants: 20
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA
In God We Trust – Religion in the USA (Hauptseminar) 4002063
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 34 Anette Brauer
In traditional Native American cultures every being and every experience was potentially
spiritual. For many early European settlers, the ‘New World’ meant freedom from religious
persecution. Due to – or maybe despite – the existing religious diversity, the U.S. constitution
paved the way to the separation of state and church. This seminar will look at how religious
movements and churches reflect a growing ethnic and ideological diversity, how religion
interacts and often clashes with issues in politics and culture and thus shapes American
identity.
maximum participants: 25
Classics of Canadian Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002064
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
The canon of anglophone Canadian Literature brings together British ‘foundational’ literature
as well as the works by various non-British immigrant writers. Leaving out Aboriginal
authors, our seminar will focus first on texts by early English immigrants (C.P. Traill, S.
Moodie, A.B. Jameson), will then analyse literature by late nineteenth and early twentieth
century immigrant writers of European background (Icelandic, German), and will finally see
how contemporary Canadian Literature confirms and transcends the various cultural traditions
in terms of race/ethnicity, class and gender. Participants must obtain and read copies of
Susannah Moodie’s Roughing It in the Bush (1852), Laura Goodman Salverson’s The Viking
Heart (1923), F.P. Grove’s Settlers of the Marsh (1925), Margaret Laurence’s The Stone
Angel (1964) and Suzette Mayr’s The Widows (1998).
maximum participants: 20
Icelandic Canadian Classics (Hauptseminar) 4002065
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 & n.V. (Block) R 24 Guðrún Björk Guðsteinsdóttir
[This block of 8 contact hours in November is a component of the 2 SWS (28 contact hours)
Hauptseminar “Classics of Canadian Literature” listed above. Guest professor Dr. Guðrún
Björk Guðsteinsdóttir (U. of Iceland, Reykjavik) is an expert on Canadian Literature,
especially Icelandic-Canadian.]
In this brief historical overview, we will explore themes relating to the constructs of home and
ethnic identity, primarily in works by Stephan G. Stephansson, Laura G. Salverson, W. D.
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Valgardson, David Arnason, and Kristjana Gunnars. A reader will be made available at the
beginning of term, which students must have read before attending this part of the seminar.
maximum participants: 20
American Realism (Seminar) 4002066
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Female Utopian Fiction (Hauptseminar) 4002067
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
After a discussion of ‘Utopia’ as a literary genre, and how it turned into dystopia and/or
science fiction, we will read and discuss utopian/dystopian fiction by North American Women
writers. How do patriarchy, capitalism, ecocide and racism intersect in their fictions? What
hopes are projected, which fears are expressed? Students need to obtain and read: Charlotte
Perkins Gilman’s Herland (serialized: 1909-1916; book 1979), [Ursula K. LeGuin’s The
Dispossessed (1974)], Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time (1976), , Margaret
Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale (1985) and Oryx and Crake (2003).
maximum participants: 20
Trash: Literature Straight from the Pits (Seminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
course description: see “Englische Literaturwissenschaft und Cultural Studies GB”
maximum participants: 30
‘Weird Sex and Snowshoes’: Contemporary Films in Canada (Hauptseminar) 4002068
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Kerstin Knopf
Do not expect exotic pornography in the snow! Weird Sex and Snow Shoes is the title of a
book by Katherine Monk on Canadian film and also the title of a documentary on Canadian
feature films. The documentary asks a number of well-known Canadian filmmakers: What
makes a film Canadian? These directors come up with a variety of answers that are not really
answers. In this seminar we will try to approach this question and discuss how Canadian films
relate or do not relate to the lives and concerns of contemporary Canadians? After getting
acquainted with basic concepts of filmmaking and film analysis we will watch and analyze
films by Denys Arcand, Gil Cardinal, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Zacharias Kunuk,
Bruce McDonald, Deepa Metha, Patricia Rozema, Cynthia Scott, and Denis Villeneuve.
Viewing sessions will be Wednesday evenings. Secondary texts will be provided as master
copies.
maximum participants: 25
Kolloquium f. Examenskandidat(inn)en 4002069
1 SWS ab Examenssemester. Do 14-16, 14-tägl. R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Dies ist eine Pflichtveranstaltung für alle Examenskandidatinnen und -kandidaten in den
Lehramts-, Magister- und Masterstudiengängen, die H. Lutz als Prüfer (schriftlich, mündlich,
Hausarbeit) gewählt haben und im Winterhalbjahr ihre Prüfungsleistungen ablegen, sowie für
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in Greifswald ansässige Doktorand(inn)en in Nordamerika-Studien. Weiteren Interessierten
steht das Kolloquium nur nach vorheriger Absprache offen.
maximum participants: 20
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB
Wales: Cultures in Contact and Conflict (Seminar: CS) 4002070
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 34 Allan Turner
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Prehistoric Britain (Seminar: CS) 4002071
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 34 Allan Turner
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Who was Winston S. Churchill? (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002072
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
George Orwell (Seminar: Lit.) 4002073
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 James Fanning
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Lawrence Durrell’s Mediterranean: Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953) to Sicilian
Carousel (1977) (Seminar: Lit.) 4002074
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 21 Jürgen Klein
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
The Different Faces of Immigration (Seminar: CS) 4002075
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Allan Turner
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Raymond Williams: Culture and Society (Hauptseminar: Lit. & CS) 4002076
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Raymond Williams’ classic study on England’s cultural (including literary) and social
development from 1780 to 1950 gives a very good survey of the country’s construction of
modernity between the Enlightenment and Modernism. This Hauptseminar will concentrate
on a critical discussion of Williams’ text, but it will also include some additional secondary
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material. The complementary seminar (see below) will concentrate on close reading of
primary sources.
maximum participants: 30
Spionageliteratur in Ost und West (Seminar: Lit.) 4002077
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 10-12 IfSl Dirk Vanderbeke & Michael Düring
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Close Reading: British Culture and Society from Burke to Orwell
(Hauptseminar: Lit. & CS) 4002078
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Close reading / intensive study of primary prose sources on Britain’s cultural and social
development.
Literature: Raymond Williams (ed.), The Pelican Book of English Prose, volume 2: From
1780 to the present day. Harmondsworth 1969: Penguin).
This seminar may be taken together with the one on R. Williams (see above) as an MA
micromodule, or by itself.
maximum participants: 30
Petrarchism in English Renaissance Poetry (Seminar: Lit.) 4002079
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 34 James Fanning
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Trash: Literature Straight from the Pits (Seminar) 4002080
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
Theory & Criticism: Reading Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Seminar: Lit.) 4002081
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 21 Mascha Gemmeke
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 20
Samuel Beckett (Hauptseminar: Lit.) 4002082
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 12-14 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
2006 is the centenary of Samuel Beckett’s birth, and thus it is certainly worthwhile having a
closer look at the work of an author whose influence on modern drama is probably second to
none. Moreover, Beckett is almost equally famed for his novels, and, if only to a lesser
degree, for his short stories and poems. In the seminar we will read texts from the whole range
of his works (don’t panic, most of them are very short), but also discuss his influence on 20 th
century literature. A list with texts to read will be available in a folder by the beginning of
September – the Complete Dramatic Works will be a sure buy for prospective participants.
maximum participants: 30
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Women and War (Seminar: Lit.) 4002083
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Mascha Gemmeke
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 30
The Enlightenment in English Literature (Seminar: Lit.) 4002084
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. 13.-16.11.06 16.00-21.00 R 22 Michael Szczekalla
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 25
Literaturtheorie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Seminar: Lit.) 4002085
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. 30.10.-3.11. 16.00-21.00 R 22 Andrea Beck
course description: cf. “Grundstudium”
maximum participants: 25
FACHDIDAKTIK
Science Fiction in the English Classroom (Hauptseminar) 4002086
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 24 Hans Enter
Science Fiction stories meet the interests of most pupils. We will find out which ones could be
selected for school at different levels of English and how to teach/read them.
For this purpose we will go into the history of SF and also deal with related texts (Fantasy,
Utopias, Dystopias). Finally we will compare SF topics in literature with those on TV, videos,
movies and computer games. At the end of the seminar everybody will have a collection of
stories (English and American authors), teachers’ guides and plenty of additional material to
be used in the classroom.
maximum participants: 20
Media and their Didactical Potential (Proseminar) 4002088
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 08-10 R 34 Hans Enter
This seminar will examine the technical and above all didactic potential of using media to aid
in the teaching of English: computer programs (‘language computers’), the Internet (including
a collection of Internet addresses for the future teachers of English as well as a systematic
collection for university students of English), e-mail, videos/DVD, Power Point, etc.
Der hier erworbene Teilnahmeschein gilt gleichzeitig auch als Nachweis für die
Anmeldung zum 1. Staatsexamen beim Lehrerprüfungsamt. („Medienschein“)
maximum participants: 12
Formen der Selbsteinschätzung im Fremdsprachenunterricht
(fremdsprachenübergreifend) (Proseminar/Hauptseminar) 4002089
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 12-14 R 24 Margitta Kuty
Portfolios sind oftmals aus dem Kunstbereich bekannt: Kandidaten reichen eine Kunstmappe
mit ihren besten Arbeiten ein, um einen Job oder einen Studienplatz zu bekommen. Portfolios
befinden sich aber auch in der Schule und konkret für das Fremdsprachenlernen auf dem
Vormarsch. Den Hintergrund dazu bietet der Europäische Referenzrahmen, der es ermöglicht,
Sprachkenntnisse europaweit vergleichbarer zu machen. In den verschiedenen Bundesländern
existieren unterschiedliche Sprachenportfolios für die Klassenstufen 3-12. Auch international
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kann man viel Interessantes dazu finden. In diesem Seminar analysieren wir die
verschiedenen Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Portfolios und deren Auswirkungen auf den
Fremdsprachenunterricht. Wenn Interesse besteht, können Lehrer, die damit arbeiten, nach
ihren Erfahrungen befragt werden. Zudem erstellen wir ein Portfolio für Lehramtsstudierende,
die bei Bedarf auch unter den Studierenden ausprobiert werden kann.
maximum participants: 25
English across the curriculum – bilingualer Unterricht (Hauptseminar) 4002090
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 14-16 R 21 Margitta Kuty
Können Sie sich vorstellen, eine Geschichts-, Kunst- oder Biologiestunde auf Englisch
durchzuführen? Bilingualer Unterricht gewinnt (nunmehr auch in Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern) zunehmend an Bedeutung und dient der Möglichkeit, die
Fremdsprachenkompetenz bei den Schülern zu erhöhen. Dieses Hauptseminar ist kein
‚normales‘ Seminar, sondern eher ein Projekt, an dem die TeilnehmerInnen sich ganz
persönlich einbringen können. Gesucht werden unterrichtswillige Studierende, die neben
Englisch auch ein Sachfach (Sport, Mathe, Geschichte, Kunst etc.) studieren. Alle
Kombinationen sind möglich (außer Deutsch und andere Fremdsprache). Wir planen
gemeinsam mit Lehrern eines Gymnasiums der Stadt eine Unterrichtseinheit in einem
Sachfach auf Englisch und führen das dann auch an der Schule durch. Eine überaus gute
Möglichkeit, sich für später auch persönlich zu profilieren!
maximum participants: 6
Canadian Métis Cultures in the English Classroom of the German Gymnasium?
(Hauptseminar) 4002091
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 21 Hans Enter
The University College of the Fraser Valley and Inkster House Educational Services in British
Columbia (Canada) have developed the Primary and Elementary Métis Awareness Project
2006 (PEMA), which has been introduced in Canadian schools in 2006. The aim of this
seminar is to find out how parts of this program can be introduced into English lessons in
German schools. So we shall first deal with the content of the program (oral and written
stories; artefact and craft units; coloring book; DVD; music CD); then we start planning
teaching instructional guidelines; in two groups we will then practice the teaching material in
English classes in Greifswald; and finally we will produce a written report about the effects of
PEMA.
The intensive teaching period included will also be counted as Schulpraktische Übungen
(SPÜ) for those students who need a Schein for it.
maximum participants: 10
Formen der Binnendifferenzierung im Englischunterricht der Orientierungsstufe 5/6 –
ein Forschungsprojekt (Oberseminar) 4002092
2 SWS ab 7. Sem. (Block) Margitta Kuty
Mit Beginn des neuen Schuljahres 2006/07 werden an den Regionalschulen des Landes MV
alle Schüler bis zum Ende des 6. Schuljahres gemeinsam beschult. Die ‚Auslese’ der Schüler
erfolgt somit erst mit Beginn des 7. Schuljahres. Dies stellt hohe Anforderungen an einen
ausdifferenzierten Englischunterricht. Gemeinsam mit in den Klassenstufen unterrichtenden
Lehrern wollen wir der Frage nachgehen, welche Möglichkeiten der Binnendifferenzierung es
gibt und wie sie im Unterricht umgesetzt werden können. Gesucht werden dafür ‚forschende’
Studierende, die schon über unterrichtspraktische Erfahrungen verfügen und Lust haben, sich
vor allem an den Untersuchungen der Auswirkungen unterrichtlichen Handeln auf die Schüler
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zu beteiligen (Befragungen, Interviews, Videomitschnitte etc.). Dazu werden wir nicht nur an
der Universität, sondern vor allem auch an den Schulen tätig sein. Die Treffen mit den
Lehrern finden blockweise (Freitag/Samstag) statt. Die genauen Termine können erst zu
Beginn des neuen Schuljahres bekannt gegeben werden (Absprachen mit den Lehrern
notwendig).
maximum participants: 6
Theorie und Praxis der Unterrichtsgestaltung (inkl. SPÜ) (Seminar/Übung) 4002093
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Margitta Kuty
Endlich wird es ernst! Nach all dem Trockentraining geht es nun in die Schule und in den
Unterricht! Gruppen von max. vier Studierenden gehen mit mir einmal pro Woche in die
Schule und geben ihre ersten Unterrichtsversuche. Die Vor- und Nachbereitungen finden mit
mir bzw. in der Gruppe statt. Die genauen Termine können erst zu Semesterbeginn bekannt
gegeben werden.
Die Schulpraktischen Übungen sind Voraussetzung für die Absolvierung des Großen
Schulpraktikums. Sie dürfen jedoch erst nach erfolgreicher Teilnahme am Grundkurs
Fremdsprachenunterricht belegt werden.
maximum participants: 8 (2 x 4)
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B.A.-MODULE
SPRACHPRAXIS
BASISMODUL "LANGUAGE AWARENESS"
Reading and Writing (Übung) 4002009
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 24 Heike Gericke
Reading/Writing about Science and Technology (Übung) 4002013
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 10-12 R 23 Anette Brauer
Translation (Übung) 4002014
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Heike Gericke
Sound and Meaning (Proseminar/Übung) 4002016
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Allan Turner
Listening and Writing (Übung) 4002018
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 34 Allan Turner
Grammar Practice (Übung) 4002022
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Allan Turner
Understanding Americans: Listening/Reading (Übung) 4002023
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34 Anette Brauer
Composition Tutorials (Übung) 4002024
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. n.V. R 25 Anette Brauer
AUFBAUMODUL "LANGUAGE SKILLS"
Grammar in Speaking (Übung) 4002011
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 24 Heike Gericke
Presentations (Übung) 4002012
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 34 Heike Gericke
Socializing (Übung) 4002015
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 R 34 Allan Turner
In the News: Reading/Speaking (Übung) 4002017
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 23 Anette Brauer
Intercultural Competence: Reading/Speaking (Übung) 4002019
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 R 23 Anette Brauer
MODERNE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
BASISMODUL "ENGLISH: THE LINGUISTIC TOOL-KIT"
The Linguistic Tool-Kit: Introduction to Linguistics (Vorlesung) 4002004
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 HS 2 Amei Koll-Stobbe
Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology (Vorlesung) 4002007
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 Kiste James Fanning
Sound and Meaning (Proseminar/Übung) 4002026
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Allan Turner
English Grammar (Vorlesung) 4002021
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 HS IfDtPh Heike Gericke
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AUFBAUMODUL "VARIETIES AND VARIABILITY OF ENGLISH"
Introduction to Modern English Syntax (Proseminar) 4002025
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 08-10 R 23 N.N.
Sound and Meaning (Proseminar/Übung) 4002026
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Allan Turner
Introduction to Discourse Analysis (Proseminar) 4002027
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 10-12 R 23 N.N.
HISTORISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT UND MITTELALTERLICHE ENGLISCHE LITERATUR
MIKROMODUL "HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS AND MEDIEVAL ENGLISH STUDIES"
Introduction to Medieval English Studies (Grundlagenseminar) 4002003
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 08-10 HS IfDtPh Dirk Schultze
Introduction to Old English (Proseminar) 4002028
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Dirk Schultze
Essentials of English Historical Linguistics (Proseminar) 4002029
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
Late Medieval and Early Modern English Texts and Writings (Proseminar) 4002030
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 10-12 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
ENGLISCHE UND NORDAMERIKANISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT
BASISMODUL "LITERATUR I"
History of American Literature (Vorlesung) 4002005
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi & Fr 13-14 HS Rubenowstr.2 Hartmut Lutz
Introduction to Literary Studies (Grundlagenseminar) 4002006
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 08-10 HS 3 Mascha Gemmeke
AUFBAUMODUL "LITERATUR II"
Petrarchism in English Renaissance Poetry (Seminar: Lit.) 4002038
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 34 James Fanning
Who was Winston S. Churchill? (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
George Orwell (Seminar: Lit.) 4002041
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 James Fanning
Lawrence Durrell's Mediterranean: Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953) to Sicilian
Carousel (1977) (Seminar: Lit.) 4002042
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 21 Jürgen Klein
John Fowles: The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Proseminar: Lit.) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 James Fanning
Spionageliteratur in Ost und West (Seminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. Mi 10-12 IfSl Dirk Vanderbeke & Michael Düring
Introduction to Shakespeare (Proseminar: Lit.) 4002046
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 34 Mascha Gemmeke
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Writing Back: Literature of African, Asian, Latin, and Native American Authors
(Proseminar) 4002031
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Kerstin Knopf
American Realism (Seminar) 4002032
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
Trash: Literature Straight from the Pits (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002048
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
Theory & Criticism: Reading Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Seminar: Lit.) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 21 Mascha Gemmeke
Common Sense- From Colonial Literature to the American Literature of Independence
(Proseminar) 4002033
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 24 Anette Brauer
Native Literatures in Canada and the US (Proseminar) 4002035
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Women and War (Seminar: Lit.) 4002049
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Mascha Gemmeke
The Enlightenment in English Literature (Seminar: Lit.) 4002050
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. 13.-16.11.06, 16.00-21.00 R 22 Michael Szczekalla
Literaturtheorie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Seminar: Lit.) 4002051
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. 30.10.-3.11. 16.00-21.00 R 22 Andrea Beck
CULTURAL STUDIES GB/USA
MIKROMODUL "CULTURAL STUDIES GB/USA"
(Die Vorlesungen "Introduction to the USA" und "Introduction to Britain" werden im
Sommersemester gehalten)
Wales: Cultures in Contact and Conflict (Seminar: CS) 4002037
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 34 Allan Turner
Prehistoric Britain (Seminar: CS) 4002039
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 34 Allan Turner
Who was Winston S. Churchill? (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
The Different Faces of Immigration (Seminar: CS) 4002043
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Allan Turner
A Kanata No More: Plotting a New Canadian Landscape (Proseminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Do 16-18 R 24 Thomas Rafico Ruiz
The Truth is Out There – American Values and Popular Culture (Proseminar) 4002036
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
GENERAL STUDIES I
Spionageliteratur in Ost und West (Seminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. Mi 10-12 IfSl Dirk Vanderbeke & Michael Düring
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M.A.-MODULE
MASTER OF ARTS 'BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES'
(die Mikromodule des Lehrplans, die hier nicht aufgeführt werden, werden im
Sommersemester angeboten)
1. MODULE IM KERNBEREICH
Bereich: English Linguistics
01 Mikromodul 'Modern English Linguistics'
English in European and Non-European Languages: Focus on Germany and Japan
(Koll.) 4002058
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Amei Koll-Stobbe
‘Grey matter and speech cortex’: Neurolinguistics (Hauptseminar) 4002059
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
02 Mikromodul 'World Englishes: Structures and Theories'
English in European and Non-European Languages: Focus on Germany and Japan
(Koll.) 4002058
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Amei Koll-Stobbe
03 Mikromodul 'Discursive Linguistics and Textual Studies '
Chaucer’s Poetic Art (Hauptseminar) 4002062
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 08-10 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
04 Mikromodul 'Lexicology'
Word-formation in the History of English: Patterns and Processes (Hauptseminar)4002061
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
ODER: Bereich: English Literature and British Cultural Studies
05 Mikromodul 'Theory and Methods in the Study of English Literature'
Raymond Williams: Culture and Society (Hauptseminar: Lit. & CS) 4002076
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Close Reading: British Culture and Society from Burke to Orwell
(Hauptseminar: Lit. & CS) 4002078
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Theory & Criticism: Reading Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Seminar: Lit.) 4002081
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 21 Mascha Gemmeke
Literaturtheorie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Seminar: Lit.) 4002085
2 SWS ab 3 Sem. 30.10.-3.11. 16.00-21.00 R 22 Andrea Beck
06 Mikromodul 'English Literature up to the Age of Shakespeare'
Chaucer’s Poetic Art (Hauptseminar) 4002062
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 08-10 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
Petrarchism in English Renaissance Poetry (Seminar: Lit.) 4002079
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 34 James Fanning
07 Mikromodul 'Early Modern Age and Enlightenment'
The Enlightenment in English Literature (Seminar: Lit.) 4002084
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. 13.-16.11.06 16.00-21.00 R 22 Michael Szczekalla
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08 Mikromodul 'Romanticism and Victorianism'
Theory & Criticism: Reading Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Seminar: Lit.) 4002081
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 21 Mascha Gemmeke
09 Mikromodul 'English Literature after the First World War'
Who was Winston S. Churchill? (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002072
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
George Orwell (Seminar: Lit.) 4002073
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 James Fanning
Lawrence Durrell’s Mediterranean: Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953) to Sicilian
Carousel (1977) (Seminar: Lit.) 4002074
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Spionageliteratur in Ost und West (Seminar: Lit.) 4002077
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 10-12 IfSl Dirk Vanderbeke & Michael Düring
Trash: Literature Straight from the Pits (Seminar) 4002080
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
Samuel Beckett (Hauptseminar: Lit.) 4002082
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 12-14 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
Women and War (Seminar: Lit.) 4002083
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Mascha Gemmeke
10 Mikromodul 'British Society and Culture'
Wales: Cultures in Contact and Conflict (Seminar: CS) 4002070
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 34 Allan Turner
Prehistoric Britain (Seminar: CS) 4002071
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 34 Allan Turner
Who was Winston S. Churchill? (Seminar: CS & Lit.) 4002072
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
The Different Faces of Immigration (Seminar: CS) 4002075
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Allan Turner
Raymond Williams: Culture and Society (Hauptseminar: Lit. & CS) 4002076
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Close Reading: British Culture and Society from Burke to Orwell
(Hauptseminar: Lit. & CS) 4002078
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 21 Jürgen Klein
ODER: Bereich: North American Studies
11 Mikromodul 'U.S. American Literature'
American Realism (Seminar) 4002066
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
Female Utopian Fiction (Hauptseminar) 4002067
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Kolloquium f. Examenskandidat(inn)en 4002069
1 SWS ab Examenssemester. Do 14-16, 14-tägl. R 24 Hartmut Lutz
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12 Mikromodul 'Anglophone Literatures in Canada'
Classics of Canadian Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002064
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz & Guðrún Björk Guðsteinsdóttir
Female Utopian Fiction (Hauptseminar) 4002067
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Kolloquium f. Examenskandidat(inn)en 4002069
1 SWS ab Examenssemester. Do 14-16, 14-tägl. R 24 Hartmut Lutz
13 Mikromodul 'Cultural and Media Studies USA/Canada'
In God We Trust – Religion in the USA (Hauptseminar) 4002063
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 34 Anette Brauer
Trash: Literature Straight from the Pits (Seminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Dirk Vanderbeke
‘Weird Sex and Snowshoes’: Contemporary Films in Canada (Hauptseminar) 4002068
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Kerstin Knopf
Kolloquium f. Examenskandidat(inn)en 4002069
1 SWS ab Examenssemester. Do 14-16, 14-tägl. R 24 Hartmut Lutz
14 Mikromodul: 'Native American/Canadian First Nations Studies'
Kolloquium f. Examenskandidat(inn)en 4002069
1 SWS ab Examenssemester. Do 14-16, 14-tägl. R 24 Hartmut Lutz
15 Mikromodul 'Gender Studies'
Classics of Canadian Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002064
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz & Guðrún Björk Guðsteinsdóttir
Female Utopian Fiction (Hauptseminar) 4002067
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Kolloquium f. Examenskandidat(inn)en 4002069
1 SWS ab Examenssemester. Do 14-16, 14-tägl. R 24 Hartmut Lutz
ODER: Bereich: English Historical Linguistics and Medieval English
16 Mikromodul 'The Historical Study of English'
Word-formation in the History of English: Patterns and Processes (Hauptseminar)4002061
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
17 Mikromodul: 'Medieval English Language and Literature'
Word-formation in the History of English: Patterns and Processes (Hauptseminar)4002061
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 21 Lucia Kornexl
2. MODULE IM ERGÄNZUNGSBEREICH
18 Mikromodul 'Advanced Language Competence'
Translation German-English (Übung) 4002052 / 4002056
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 23 James Fanning
or Fr 12-14 R 23
Current Affairs (Übung) 4002053 / 4002055
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 21 James Fanning
or Mi 16-18 R 21
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Error Correction (Übung) 4002054
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 24 Heike Gericke
Composition Tutorials (Übung) 4002057
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Allan Turner
19 Mikromodul 'Medienorientierte interkulturelle Kommunikation'
Media and their Didactical Potential (Proseminar) 4002088
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 08-10 R 34 Hans Enter
‘Weird Sex and Snowshoes’: Contemporary Films in Canada (Hauptseminar) 4002068
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Kerstin Knopf
MASTER OF EDUCATION: ENGLISCH
1. MIKROMODULE FACHWISSENSCHAFTLICHE AUSBILDUNG
(für das konkrete Modulangebot vgl. oben unter Master of Arts 'British and North American
Studies')
Mikromodul 'English Linguistics'
entweder Mikromodul 'Modern English Linguistics'
oder Mikromodul 'World Englishes:Structures and Theories'
oder Mikromodul 'Discursive Linguistics and Textual Studies'
Mikromodul 'English Literature /Cultural Studies'
ein Seminar zur Literaturwissenschaft (400272, -73, -74, -76, -77, -78, -79, -80, -81, -82, -83,
-84, 85) und ein Seminar zu Cultural Studies (400270, -71, -72, 75, -76)
Mikromodul 'North American Studies'
ein Seminar zur Literaturwissenschaft (400264, -66, -67) und ein Seminar zu Cultural Studies
(400263, -68)
Mikromodul 'Advanced Language Competence'
(eine Übung Error Correction, eine Übung Composition/Writing, eine Übung Translation)
2. MIKROMODULE FACHDIDAKTISCHE AUSBILDUNG
20 Basismodul
(eine Vorlesung, ein Grundkurs, ein Proseminar)
Grundlagen der Fremdsprachendidaktiken (Vorlesung) 4002001
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mo 10-12 HS 1 Hans Enter
Grundkurs Fremdsprachenunterricht (fremdsprachenübergreifend)
(Grundlagenseminar) 4002002
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Margitta Kuty
Media and their Didactical Potential (Proseminar) 4002088
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 08-10 R 34 Hans Enter
Formen der Selbsteinschätzung im Fremdsprachenunterricht
(fremdsprachenübergreifend) (Proseminar/Hauptseminar) 4002089
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 12-14 R 24 Margitta Kuty
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21 Aufbaumodul 1
(ein Hauptseminar wahlweise zur Literatur- oder Sprachdidaktik oder zum Bilingualen
Unterricht)
Science Fiction in the English Classroom (Hauptseminar) 4002086
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 24 Hans Enter
Formen der Selbsteinschätzung im Fremdsprachenunterricht
(fremdsprachenübergreifend) (Proseminar/Hauptseminar) 4002089
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 12-14 R 24 Margitta Kuty
English across the curriculum – bilingualer Unterricht (Hauptseminar) 4002090
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 14-16 R 21 Margitta Kuty
Canadian Métis Cultures in the English Classroom of the German Gymnasium?
(Hauptseminar) 4002091
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 21 Hans Enter
Formen der Binnendifferenzierung im Englischunterricht der Orientierungsstufe 5/6 –
ein Forschungsprojekt (Oberseminar) 4002092
2 SWS ab 7. Sem. (Block) Margitta Kuty
22 Aufbaumodul 2
(Schulpraktische Übungen, Hauptpraktikum)
Theorie und Praxis der Unterrichtsgestaltung (inkl. SPÜ) (Seminar/Übung) 4002093
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Margitta Kuty
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Application of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
at the University of Greifswald, Institute of English and American Studies (Institut für
Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
Basic Principles:
1. Each semester, 30 ECTS points must be collected for the subject chosen within the
SOCRATES exchange.
2. ECTS points and marks (grades) are separate entities.
3. Each semester, courses amounting to a minimum total of 14 periods (45 Min.) per week
must be taken. (valid for SOCRATES exchange)
4. Each semester, at least one Senior Seminar (HAUPTSEMINAR) must be taken.
5. No ECTS points are given for mere attendance (i.e. passive presence), points can be given
for lectures only if there is some form of test or examination (which the lecturer has to
guarantee).
ECTS Point System (for courses of 2 periods per week):
Type of course
Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral
and written performance (term paper 15-25
pages or equivalent):
Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral
performance (presentation in class, oral exam
etc.):
Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral and
written performance (term paper 10-15 pages
or written exam):
Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral
performance (presentation in class, oral exam
etc.):
Lecture (with test or examination):
Basic Seminar (Grundlagenseminar) with
assessment:
Practical Class (Übung) with assessment:
Special practical class: Successful
Participation in a German Language course
(maximum 2 courses per semester to be
counted):
ECTS Points (for courses of 2 periods/week)
N.B.: For any other forms of class or assessment not mentioned: ECTS points should be
allocated by analogy with this system.
The category seminar ("Seminar") corresponds to either Hauptseminar or Proseminar,
depending on the length and level of the term paper.
10
5
8
4
3
2
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