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Institut für Anglistik Institut für Anglistik

Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Pisek Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Pisek, +43 512 507 4157

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Awareness IV

UE 2

2,5

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

To enhance and extend students’ language awareness and to improve their text-writing skills. The aim is not to train students to produce professional translations but to deepen their awareness of some basic differences (and, of course, similarities) between English and German.

Translation of authentic German texts from German into English; interlingual textwork; analysis and comparison of parallel texts (e.g. newspaper articles in both languages dealing with the same problem/topic/issue). Tense and aspect, modals and conditionals, reported speech, word order; translation of man- and es- constructions into English; strategies for translating culture-specific elements in texts; false friends, collocations etc.

Translations of texts are produced in class and at home (regular assignments); in-depth discussions of texts in class

Assignments, written final exam

Anmeldevoraussetzung/en: positive Beurteilung der Pflichtmodule 7, 8 und 9 (gilt nur für Bachelor-Studium) Entspricht im Diplomstudium (343): UE 2: Language Awareness IV: Interlanguage
Beginn: März 2011