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Studying English in Trier
ute.roemer@anglistik.uni-hannover.de
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Anglistik
http://www.uni-trier.de
1. Introduction
Dr. Werner Schäfer
Introduction – Studying English?
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1. Introduction
False expectations:
Islamic Studies
Biology
Sports
English
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1. Introduction
You should ...
like reading
be interested in foreign cultures
be ready to learn
be interested in how language works
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1. Introduction
Job Possibilities
Teaching
requirements
chances
Others
requirements
chances
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2. Studying English
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Arts # Bachelor of Education
(3 years)
Master of Arts # Master of Education
(2 years)
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2. Studying English
Classes:
Language Classes (Sprachpraxis)
Linguistics
Literary Studies
TESOL (Fachdidaktik)
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2. Studying English
Stay abroad
recommended for all degree programmes
required for B.Ed./M.Ed.
exchange programmes (University, DAAD, PAD, ISEP...)
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2. Studying English: Reading
Robinson Crusoe
Gulliver‘s Travels
Frankenstein
Ivanhoe
Oliver Twist
Treasure Island
Alice in Wonderland
Tom Sawyer
Dracula
Harry Potter
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2.1. Language Classes
Carol Ebbert, M.A.
Language Classes (Sprachpraxis)
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2.1. Language Classes
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‘English’
at School
‘English Studies’ at University – language classes
- general language
-communicate in English
- EAP, English for business, linguistics & literature, TESOL meta-language, translation
- aim for native-like accuracy & fluency, analyse language, study cultures
- learn language for teaching
2.1. Language Classes
What Uni Trier Sprachpraxis offers
Native-speaker teachers
Various areas of expertise
Aim to graduate with C2 level
Study & transferable skills
Few book-based courses
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2.1. Language Classes
Language Classes:
Presentation Skills
Academic Writing
Advanced Grammar
Professional Writing
Cultural Studies
Phonetics & Phonology
Translation / Translation Studies
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2.1. Language Classes
Example Class:
Phonetics & Accents of American English
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This familiarises students with the International Phonetic Alphabet and enables them to accurately transcribe between IPA and orthographic English. Students will learn how to describe sounds and how they are produced. This will be used to raise awareness of pronunciation errors caused by German interference. The course will also familiarise students with native-speaker “fast speech” of different American accents. The analysis of various pronunciation features will enable students to recognise accents according to regional heritage. This work also aims to improve the accuracy and fluency of students’ spoken English, and awareness and understanding of varieties of English and culture of the USA.
2.1. Language Classes
Example Class:
Phonetics & Accents of American English
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2.1. Language Classes
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in TrierExample Class:Phonetics & Accents of US English
The Sopranos: New Jersey Accent
True Blood: Southern Accents
Clueless: Valley Girl
The Wire: AAVE
2.2. Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Andrea Sand
Linguistics – What’s that?
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2.2. Linguistics
Linguistics studies ...
... how language works
... how people use language
... what people think about language
... how language changes over time
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2.2. Linguistics
Example 1:
Max: … if you don’t mind me saying soHenry: My saying, Max.
Max gets up and wants to leave.Henry: I’m sorry, but it actually hurts.
(Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing, London: Faber, 1983, p. 34)
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2.2. Linguistics
Example 1:
Max: … if you don’t mind me saying soHenry: My saying, Max.
Max gets up and wants to leave.Henry: I’m sorry, but it actually hurts.
(Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing, London: Faber, 1983, p. 34)
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2.2. Linguistics
Example 3:
and I remember my great great great grand aunt aunt Jane out in Saint Thomas dead now god rest her soul <#>She was so upset and you know in a way she represented the values of many Jamaican families to date I suspect <#>She said to me <quote>you de a university fi study story book weh yu go do wi dat you'da look so nice ina de doctor suit</quote> You know an old old lady <#>She died at ninety-eight or ninety-nine and her pride and joy was this little one pikney dat finally reach university and so help me god <#>She gone and read story book
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2.3. TESOL
Prof. Dr. Andrea Sand
TESOL (Fachdidaktik)
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2.3. TESOL
TESOL is concerned with ...
... language teaching methodology
... from a theoretical and pratical perspective
-> to prepare you for your further
teacher training
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2.4. Studying English Literature
Dr. Heiko Zimmermann
•Studying English Literature?
•English Literature in Trier?
•Courses – Examples?
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2.4. Studying English Literature
Why?•How to recognize subtle and complex differences in language use.
•How to read figurative language and distinguish between literal and metaphorical meaning.
•How to seek out further knowledge about the literary work, its author, its content, or its interpretation.
•How to detect the cultural assumptions underlying writings from a different time or society, and in the process to become aware of one’s own cultural assumptions.
•How to relate apparently disparate works to one another, and to synthesize ideas that connect them into a tradition or literary period.
•How to use literary and artistic models as cultural references, either to communicate with others or to clarify one’s own ideas.
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2.4. Studying English Literature
Why?•How to think creatively about problems by using literature, music and art as a broadening of one’s own experience and practical knowledge.
•How to read closely, with attention to detailed use of diction, syntax, metaphor, and style, not only in high literary works, but in decoding the stream of language everyone in modern society is exposed to.
•How to create literary texts of one’s own, whether imaginative or critical.
•How to think creatively within and beyond literary studies, making some connections between the work and one’s own life.
•How to work and learn with others, taking literature as a focus for discussion and analysis.
•How to defend a critical judgment against the informed opinions of others.
(Elaine Showalter, Teaching Literature (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003) 26-27.)
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2.4. Studying English Literature?
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The apparition of these faces in the crowd:Petals on a wet, black bough.
(Ezra Pound)
The text itself What does it mean, how does it work?
Literary Con-TextsJapanese literature /
Literary Modernism / The history of poetry /
Imagism / ...
Other ContextsModernism in other fields / The modern age / Cultural
history / Philosophy / Social issues / Politics
/Urbanisation / ...
2.4. Studying English Literature?
Broad Fields of Inquiry
• English-speaking cultures fromaround the world (GB, USA, Ireland, Canada, etc.)
• Literature and culture from theRenaissance until today
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2.4. Studying English Literature
in Trier?
• BA/BEd: English literatures (UK/US/...)• Various MA/MEd degrees • Canadian Studies Centre (ZKS) and Trier
Center for American Studies (TCAS)• Academically active staff (conferences,
guest speakers, ...)• Openness to various media (e.g. film)
BUT: You need to love to read and critically reflect upon literary texts!
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2.4. Studying English Literature
in Trier?
Courses – Some Examples from Last Semester
•Games as Literature, Texts as Play •'Freaks' - Extraordinary Characters in Literature and Culture•African American Identities in Literature and Film •Theories of Reading and Interpretation •Hollywood Detectives •Science Fiction and Alternate Worlds •Representations of the Modern City in 20th-Century American Literature•Gender Identities and Diasporas in Contemporary Canadian Fiction•British Fiction of the Modernist Period
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3. Further Information
Questions? Please ask!
In English or German
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3. Further Information
Or ask some of our students:
Barbara Bollig (Lehramt, B.E.d)
Corinne Seil (B.A. Hauptfach)
Tobias Schwindling (B.A. NF LING)
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3. Further Information
Find out more on our website:
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http://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?id=1058
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