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Englisch für das Studium der Biologie und Chemie: Introduction to Academic English

SPZ 1.520

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Beschreibung

At university, you are regularly reading, listening to, and producing academic texts in English that are different in many ways from the type of texts you encounter in your every-day life. Such academic texts follow their own conventions: they are constructed in a special way and use a particular form of English. Therefore, they may be difficult to understand at first, and they might be even more difficult to produce on your own.
The purpose of this course is to address these issues and to develop English language skills for studying at university and to understand how English is and should be used in academic contexts. It will develop strategies for reading effectively and for producing well-constructed (written and spoken) texts. In particular, the course will practice English grammar, academic writing, critical thinking, and the proper use of sources, data, and other information.

Main Learning Outcomes:
• understanding the specifics of Academic English
• using English properly in academic contexts
• avoiding typical language errors/pitfalls
• constructing clear, concise, and convincing sentences
• understanding research papers and other difficult aca-demic texts and reading them effectively
• organizing the writing process, esp. when getting started
• developing a clear focus in a writing or presentation as-signment
• planning and structuring a coherent, well-organized text
• drafting effective paragraphs
• applying critical thinking skills when expressing yourself
• using slides and voice effectively in oral presentations
• working with ideas and data from the research literature
• planning and developing a literature review
• avoiding plagiarism and understanding good academic practice and conduct

Throughout the course, we will both analyze different types of texts and actively practice the use of Academic English in writing and speaking/presenting. For this, the course will alternate between lectures (with input and discussions) and tutorials (with group work and small individual projects). While the lectures address the issues listed above in a more general, interdisciplinary way and are integrating student groups from various disciplines, the tutorials will consider specific topics from Biology, Chemistry, and related fields to ensure that the guidelines and skills discussed can be applied to your course of studies. Thus, your specific requirements and your previous knowledge of English will be taken into consideration here.

The course is offered as an intensive course during the "vorlesungsfreie Zeit." We will meet Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning for three consecutive weeks.

Weitere Angaben

Ort: 69/E15
Zeiten: Termine am Montag, 04.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Montag, 04.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Dienstag, 05.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Dienstag, 05.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Mittwoch, 06.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Mittwoch, 06.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Montag, 11.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Montag, 11.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Dienstag, 12.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Dienstag, 12.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Mittwoch, 13.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Mittwoch, 13.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Montag, 18.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Montag, 18.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Dienstag, 19.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Dienstag, 19.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00, Mittwoch, 20.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Mittwoch, 20.03.2024 11:30 - 13:00
Erster Termin: Montag, 04.03.2024 09:30 - 11:00, Ort: 69/E15
Veranstaltungsart: Fachspezifischer Kurs (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)

Studienbereiche

  • Sprachen lernen und Vielfalt gestalten
  • Lernen und wissenschaftlich arbeiten
  • Für die Studierenden im Zwei-Fächer-Bachelor-Studiengang > Professionalisierungsbereich / Schlüsselkompetenzen > Fächerübergreifende Schlüsselkompetenzen > Angebote zum Spracherwerb
  • Fremdsprachenangebot > Fremdsprachen > Englisch
  • Biology/Chemistry
  • Akademische Fremdsprachenlehre > Englisch

Past and Forthcoming Events

Publications

  • Asymptotics of a time-bounded cylinder model, with N. Aschenbruck and S. Bussmann, Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269964822000420
  • The method of cumulants for the normal approximation, with S. Jansen and K. Schubert, Probability Surveys 2022, Vol. 19, 185-270, https://doi.org/10.1214/22-PS7
  • Sedentary Random Waypoint, with C. Betken, arXiv:2009.02941
  • The Impact of Bit Errors on Intra-Session Network Coding with Heterogeneous Packet Lengths, with B. Schütz, N. Aschenbruck, S. Bussmann and M. Juhnke-Kubitzke, Proc. of the 45th IEEE LCN Symposium on Emerging Topics in Networking LCN, virtually hosted in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 16–19, 2020.
  • Stationarity for the Small World in Motion Mobility Model, with Nils Aschenbruck, Christian Heiden und Matthias Schwamborn, MSWIM '19: Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Nov 25-29, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1145/3345768.3355935
  • Crossing Numbers and Stress of Random Graphs, with Markus Chimani and Matthias Reitzner, In Proceedings 26th International Symposium, GD 2018, Barcelona, Spain, 255--268, 2018 available here and for an extended journal version here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.07558
  • Fluctuations in a general preferential attachment model via Stein's method, with Carina Betken and Marcel Ortgiese, Random Structures & algorithms, vol.55, no.4, 2019 available here
  • Connection times in large ad-hoc mobile networks, Bernoulli, vol.22, no.4, 2143--2176, 2016 available here
    with Gabriel Faraud, Wolfgang König
  • The random disc thrower problem, Proceedings of the 90th European Study Group Mathematics with Industry, 59-78, 2013  available here with T. van der Aalst, D. Denteneer, M. Hong Duong, R. J. Kang, M. Keane, J. Kool, I. Kryven, T. Meyfroyt, T. Müller, G. Regts, J. Tomczyk
  • Edge fluctuations of eigenvalues of Wigner matrices, High Dimensional Probability VI: the Banff volume, Progress in Probability, vol.66, 261-275, Springer, Basel, 2013 available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moderate deviations for the determinant of Wigner matrices, Dedicated to Friedrich Götze on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, Limit Theorems in Probability, Statistics and Number Theory, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol.42, 253-275, 2013, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moderate deviations for the eigenvalue counting function of Wigner matrices, ALEA, Lat. Am. J. Probab. Math. Stat. 10 (1), 27-44, 2013, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moderate deviations via cumulants, Journal of Theor. Probability, 2012, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moments of recurrence times for Markov chains, Electronic Comm. Probab., 16(28), 296-303, 2011, available here
    with Frank Aurzada, Marcel Ortgiese, Michael Scheutzow
  • Moderate deviations in a random graph and for the spectrum of Bernoulli random matrices, Electronic Journal of Probability, Vol. 14, Paper no. 92, 2636-2656, 2009, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Perpendicular transport of charged particles in slab turbulence: recovery of diffusion for realistic wave-spectra?, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 35, 025202, 2008
    with Andreas Shalchi
  • Velocity correlation functions of charged test particles, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 34, 859, 2007
    with Andreas Shalchi