Course Learning Outcomes:CLO 1- Use brainstorming, organizing and planning techniques to generate ideas and narrow down a topic before completing a plan for a piece of writing, and be able to locate and select appropriate sources when needed including the use of library resources.CLO 2- Deploy appropriate skills and strategies to further understanding of academic vocabulary in context.CLO 3- Use material from relevant reliable sources to develop clear and detailed text acknowledging materials used by citing sources in APA or Harvard format and using direct quotations correctly so that detailed information is communicated reliably and with appropriate acknowledgement. Understanding the seriousness of plagiarizing and the consequences of doing so.CLO 4- Draft, revise, edit and proofread written work largely independently using appropriate reference materials, tools, software or websites where necessary.

On-line Session: presentation of a Power Point Lecture; Writing Groups /Writing as a TeamMoodle Writing Activities; Individual Portfolio: short presentations, exercises for self check  using case studies, feedback and discussion; Writing Workshops.In-class Tests.eLearning-Tools: Grammarly Reddit Feedly BuzzSumo Paper.li

The rules and conventions of scientific writing should be communicated early and often. This course is designed to reinforce essay composition skills and introduce students to the practice of writing for academic purposes.It will place equal or greater emphasis on macro-level composition skills such as: essay structure,paragraph structure,Paragraph Writingwith Quotations: ChatGPTcoherence, unity; and micro-level skills such as: sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, spelling and mechanics.Course topics will also include the following: basic rhetorical modes (narration, description, exposition); Thesis Statements: How to write a thesis statement writing process (pre-writing, writing, re-writing); effective use of quotation, paraphrase and summary; grammar & mechanics as needed; reading and responding to assigned readings.

Very good knowledge of English.

Will be announced or provided in class.

Schreibportfolio:Dieses soll Ihre Lektüre widerspiegeln und Ihre im Laufe des Kurses erworbenen Schreibfähigkeiten zeigen.

Das Portfolio wird Ihre Fähigkeiten widerspiegeln5 Kursmodule aus Theorie und Praxis in Form von schriftlichen Aktivitäten innerhalb und außerhalb des Unterrichts zu reflektierenÜbungen zur Selbstkontrolle im Moodle durchzuführenBrainstorming, Zusammenfassen und Überprüfen der eigenen Arbeit Bestehen von 4 benoteten Tests in der Klasse und eines Abschlusstestsverpflichtende Teilnahme während des Kurses

Die Bewertungsrichtlinien sind im Moodle im Dokument „Outline of the Course“ zu finden.