Course Schedule


Lehrveranstaltungen

Englisch/FSZ: Englisch B1. Kommunikation im akademischen und beruflichen Kontext. Professional Skills (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Paul Lauer

Termin:
wöchentlich | Freitag | 08:15 - 11:45 | 18.10.2010 - 04.02.2011 | W 302

Inhalt: We will choose a number of written and oral communicative skills to work on during the semester. These could include socializing, telephoning, delivering presentations, taking part in meetings, negotiating, writing email/letters or short reports.

Englisch/FSZ: Englisch B1. Kommunikation im akademischen und beruflichen Kontext. Professional Skills (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Paul Lauer

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 08:15 - 11:45 | 18.10.2010 - 04.02.2011 | W 302

Inhalt: We will choose a number of written and oral communicative skills to work on during the semester. These could include socializing, telephoning, delivering presentations, taking part in meetings, negotiating, writing email/letters or short reports.

Englisch/FSZ: Englisch B2. Kommunikation im akademischen und beruflichen Kontext. Competencies for Communicating in a Global Context (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Maryann Henck

Termin:
wöchentlich | Freitag | 10:15 - 13:45 | 18.10.2010 - 04.02.2011 | C 12.006 Seminarraum

Inhalt: This seminar will focus on using English as a global language in professional and international contexts. Participants will have the opportunity to examine the following topics in detail: intercultural communication, marketing and advertising, gender and language use in the media as well as negotiation, motivation and problem-solving strategies. In addition, participants will gain practice in perfecting spoken and written forms of communication (presentations, e-mail, essays). Particular emphasis will be placed on topics such as communication styles, appropriate register as well as cultural and gender issues.

Englisch/FSZ: Englisch C1. Kommunikation im akademischen und beruflichen Kontext. Ethics in Fact and Fiction (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Maria Moss

Inhalt: The primary objective of this seminar is to introduce students to various ethical theories which will be applied to both corporate reality as well as cinematic and literary fiction. Students will be asked to analyze the social and moral implications of current issues as well as evaluate potential steps which can be taken to overcome such problems, and analyze the efficiency of those approaches in real and fictional contexts.