| Modulname |
The Art of Writing an Argumentative Essay |
| Gebiet |
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| Profil |
Profil Praxis
Profil Freie Studien
Profil Wissensvermittlung
Profil Forschung
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| CPs |
5 CP |
| Campus |
Hier geht
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| Voraussetzungen |
This class is taught in English. All the readings, communications, and writings will be in English. Therefore, the participants are expected to be able to read English texts, express themselves and their ideas in English, and have at least some familiarity with writing in English. |
| Besonderheiten |
TN-Plätze: 16/16 Teilnehmer*innen Termin der 1. Sitzung: August 1, 2022, 09:00, Room (TBA). Anmeldung: The registration takes place via eCampus. Zusammensetzung der Endnote: The grading of the final assignment will depend on how well each student is able to employ the feedback they receive throughout the course. Class participation is obligatory and failing to submit assignments on time without an excuse will be reflected on the final grade. Prüfungstermin: Final paper is due on August 31, 2022. Dozent*in: Armanc Yildiz, ayildiz@g.harvard.edu |
| Blockseminar |
Nein |
| Vorkenntnisse |
This class is taught in English. All the readings, communications, and writings will be in English. Therefore, the participants are expected to be able to read English texts, express themselves and their ideas in English, and have at least some familiarity with writing in English. |
| Veranstaltungszeit |
Montag 09:00 - 17:00, Dienstag 09:00 - 17:00, Mittwoch 09:00 - 17:00, Donnerstag 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Dozenten |
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| Arbeitsaufwand |
Class participation, Homework, Final Assignment, Reading Texts |
| Literatur |
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| Modulteil |
[432030] Text Production: Getting Started - SS 2022, [432029] Writing an Argumentative Essay - SS 2022 |
| Modultyp |
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| Modulanbieter |
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| Inhalt |
Teil 1: Text Production: Getting Started (Übung), 01.-03.08, 08.-10.08., 9.00-17.00, Raum wird noch bekannt gegeben Teil 2: Writing an Argumantative Essay (Workshop), 15.-18.08.2022, 22.08.2022, 9.00-17.00, Raum wird noch bekannt gegeben This course teaches students how to write argumentative essays in English. In that, it includes all components that go into writing including reading, research, literature review, as well as writing blocks of an argumentative essay such as an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The essay is used to practice aspects of academic writing that are also important for other genres (e.g. research papers). In part 1 Students will get to know their writing styles and learn about strategies for composing a draft, giving and receiving feedback on their writing, revising their drafts, and by the end of the course, composing a polished argumentative essay that they will have written throughout the course. It will be a hands-on course consisting of 20 different 3-hour-long workshops dispersed to 10 days in the month of August. Outside the workshop days, students will busy themselves with reading and writing assignments that will receive feedback from their peers as well as the instructor. We will focus on the topic of climate change and activism in readings. In part 2 each workshop will consist of a lecture, an in-class practice assignment, and a discussion session. In that way, students will get a chance to practice what they learn in the lectures and see how they produce different texts in response to the same assignment prompt. Additionally, except for the first week, each week will begin with a feedback session in which the students will be paired up with a peer to give each other constructive feedback. Homework is designed to continue this text production and feedback loop, which will result in a polished argumentative essay by the end of the course as the final assignment. The grading of the final assignment will depend on how well each individual student is able to employ the feedback they receive throughout the course. The essay may not be submitted as an assessment of another module, nor may an already submitted assessment of another module be used for the essay. |
| Lernziele |
By the end of the course, students will be able to use skimming, scanning, and active reading as different approaches to reading, identify their own writing styles and strategize accordingly in their writing assignments, identify the differences between expository and argumentative writing, and use the former in the service of the latter, articulate logical arguments around which an argumentative essay can be structured, conduct research in their university library, distinguish between primary and secondary sources, and employ appropriate citation practices, review the literature and identify problems in the existing literatures with which their arguments are in conversation, write body paragraphs with a topic sentence, evidence, and a concluding sentence, write different types of introduction and conclusion paragraphs with clearly articulated arguments or thesis statements, employ different strategies to revise and edit their written work, clarify their writing, and use style that fit their disciplines as well as strengthen their argumentation, compose a polished argumentative essay, give constructive feedback to their peers, and reflect on their learning process through journaling. |
