Humanities (all)

• Apply vocabulary strategies (e.g., choosing appropriate definition; guessing meaning from context; identifying collocations, parts of speech, word parts, and word families; using an English-English dictionary)
• Identify and differentiate between different contextualized grammatical structures in English using correct terminology
• Identify and correct common advanced-level grammatical errors
• Create original language consciously applying grammar rules
• Articulate target grammar rules in English

• MyGrammarLab Advanced. by Mark Foley & Diane Hall. Essex: Pearson, 2012 (Purchase this book with answer key)
• Thematischer Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch. Stuttgart: Klett Verlag, 2002. (Recommended, not required)

• Apply vocabulary strategies (e.g., choosing appropriate definition; guessing meaning from context; identifying collocations, parts of speech, word parts, and word families; using an English-English dictionary)
• Identify and differentiate between different contextualized grammatical structures in English using correct terminology
• Identify and correct common advanced-level grammatical errors
• Create original language consciously applying grammar rules
• Articulate target grammar rules in English

• MyGrammarLab Advanced. by Mark Foley & Diane Hall. Essex: Pearson, 2012 (Purchase this book with answer key)
• Thematischer Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch. Stuttgart: Klett Verlag, 2002. (Recommended, not required)

• Apply vocabulary strategies (e.g., choosing appropriate definition; guessing meaning from context; identifying collocations, parts of speech, word parts, and word families; using an English-English dictionary)
• Identify and differentiate between different contextualized grammatical structures in English using correct terminology
• Identify and correct common advanced-level grammatical errors
• Create original language consciously applying grammar rules
• Articulate target grammar rules in English

• MyGrammarLab Advanced. by Mark Foley & Diane Hall. Essex: Pearson, 2012 (Purchase this book WITH answer key; recommended not to buy used as access code may be invalid)
• Thematischer Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch. Stuttgart: Klett Verlag, 2002. (Recommended, not required)

• Apply vocabulary strategies (e.g., choosing appropriate definition; guessing meaning from context; identifying collocations, parts of speech, word parts, and word families; using an English-English dictionary)
• Identify and differentiate between different contextualized grammatical structures in English using correct terminology
• Identify and correct common advanced-level grammatical errors
• Create original language consciously applying grammar rules
• Articulate target grammar rules in English

• Thematischer Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch. Stuttgart: Klett Verlag, 2002. (Recommended, not required)

• Thematischer Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch. Stuttgart: Klett Verlag, 2002. (Recommended, not required)

• Utilize appropriate sentence structure in English (simple, compound, & complex with adverbials)
• Evaluate grammatical differences between German and English usage
• Translate sentences of intermediate difficulty from German into English with attention to specific grammatical constructions (including, but not limited to: verb tense and aspect, conditionals, relative and noun clauses, articles, pronouns, and reported speech).
• Utilize an increased vocabulary in English.

• 2 essays (1,000–1,200 words) and revisions (optional)
• Final essay (1,000–1,200 words) – topic to be given out in the exam week and will be due at the end of the exam period with your composition book.
• 1 peer review
• 1 personal reflection of your writing process

• Know the basics of synchronic linguistics
• Practise linguistic analyses in the areas of sounds, words, and sentences
• Find out what is interesting to you in linguistics
• Learn to work with English textbooks
• Learn to accumulate and aggregate information from different sources

• Know the basics of synchronic linguistics
• Practise linguistic analyses in the areas of sounds, words, and sentences
• Find out what is interesting to you in linguistics
• Learn to work with English textbooks
• Learn to accumulate and aggregate information from different sources

• can explain how children acquire their first language
• can describe some central theoretical concepts used in acquisition research
• can present selected topics in multilingual acquistion
• will have practised analysing acquisition data
• will have had a chance to improve your oral and writing presentation skills
• will have had a chance to improve your research skills

• You will revise and deepen your knowledge of linguistic core concepts in the areas of sounds, words and sentences.
• You will develop a basic understanding of how human language is organized, how knowledge of language is acquired, and how knowledge of language is put to use, in the production and comprehension of words, sentences, and pieces of discourse by monolinguals and bilinguals as well as healthy and impaired language users.
• You will become familiar with a variety of empirical (observational and experimental) tools used by psycholinguists to study language acquisition and language performance.
• You will compare modern approaches in psycholinguistics in terms of their power to account for the psychological processes.
• You will practice your skills in critical thinking, academic reading, writing, presenting and teamwork.

• can describe how language and identity are interrelated
• can apply sociolinguistic methods to investigating youth lg today
• can critically evaluate the relation between youth lg and lg change
• will have had a chance to improve your oral and writing presentation skills
• will have had a chance to improve your research skills

• Attendance in the first session of term , Sept 4th.
• Successfully writing a term paper or passing an oral exam.

• Apply basic knowledge of linguistic levels of description to diachronic linguistics
• Develop a basic understanding of the dynamics of language change
• Learn to apply appropriate terminology and theories to describe the phenomenon of language change
• Learn to understand how diachronic texts are constructed linguistically
• Enhance your skills in critical reflection and academic reading, presenting, writing and analyzing
• Enhance your skills in orally expressing your own opinion in English

• Successful completion of a learning portfolio (6 ECTS credits)

• analyse and interpret literary texts
• identify, explain and position themselves to the main claims and arguments of research articles
• formulate their own ideas on literary texts in the form of thesis statements

• Sheridan Le Fanu, “Green Tea” (1869)

• Bram Stoker, The Snake’s Pass (1890)

• Dorothy MacArdle, “The Prisoner” (1924)

• Elizabeth Bowen, “The Back-Drawing Room” (1926)

• excerpts from Seamus Deane, Reading in the Dark (1996)

• Tana French, The Likeness (2008)

• excerpts from Anna Burns, No Bones (2013)

• short film: “You’re Not Home” (2022)
  
  (Please note: Many of these texts touch on topics that might be upsetting such as suicide, self-harm, murder, (sexual) abuse, racism.)
  
  Please purchase your own copy of Tana French's The Likeness (any edition). All other texts will be made available via ILIAS.

• term paper (12–15 pages)
• oral exam

• analyse and interpret literary texts by means of text-based (i.e., close reading), context-based, as well as theoretical approaches.
• reproduce, explain, and discuss scholarly theses.
• develop, articulate, and defend individual academic theses (orally and in written form).

• Hausarbeit (12-page term paper on a chosen topic)
• Prüfungsgespräch (20-min oral exam)
• Klausur, in Präsenz (written 90-min exam on campus)

• You will revise and deepen your knowledge of a American literary history.
• You will develop a basic understanding of the relationship between romanticism, modernism and postmodernism as well as the relationship between contemporary fiction and prevalent social issues. 
• You will familiarize yourself with canonical American writers and texts  
• You will analyze primary texts through specific historical and thematic frameworks 

• You will revise and deepen your knowledge of a American literary history.
• You will develop a basic understanding of the relationship between romanticism, modernism and postmodernism as well as the relationship between contemporary fiction and prevalent social issues. 
• You will familiarize yourself with canonical American writers and texts  
• You will analyze primary texts through specific historical and thematic frameworks 

 – You will deepen your understanding of the mechanisms underlying language and non-linguistic cognitive domains.

- You will become familiar with a variety of experimental paradigms used by psycholinguists to study the relationship between language and cognition.

- You will gain experience with designing experiments.

-You will practice your skills in critical thinking, academic reading, writing, presenting and teamwork.

Malt, B. C. & Wolff, P. (2010). Words and the mind – How words capture human experience. Oxford University Press. 

(This textbook is available as paper and online version at the library.) 

References to additional research articles will be provided in class. 

• You will revise and deepen your knowledge of linguistic core concepts in the area of sounds, words and sentences.
• You will develop a basic understanding of the mechanisms and processes of language comprehension.
• You will become familiar with a variety of experimental paradigms used by psycholinguists to study language perception.
• You will gain experience with the different steps of experimental research. You will practice your skills in critical thinking, academic reading, writing, presenting and teamwork.

Warren, P. (2013). Introducing psycholinguistics. Cambridge: CUP. (Chapters 12–18). References to the research articles (presentation assignments) will be provided in class.

Students have two assessment options, both based on the in-class project: Hausarbeit (3000-5000 word term paper) or Prüfungsgespräch (20-min oral exam)

• describe how phonology, morphology, and syntax  related to literacy
• compare current approaches to literacy.
• analyze literacy data
• develop your own project and thus practice to formulate research questions, investigating it, and  presenting  the results in class.
• You will practice analyzing literacy data.

• Attendance in the first session , Sept 3rd.
• Successfully writing a term paper or passing an oral exam

• Ian McEwan, Enduring Love (1997) 
• Ian McEwan, Saturday (2005) 
• Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach (2007)
• Ian McEwan, The Children Act (2014).

• You will revise and deepen your knowledge of 20th century and contemporary American fiction
• You will develop a basic understanding of the relationship between modernism and postmodernism as well as the relationship between postmodern fiction and contemporary literary movements such as neo-realism 
• You will familiarize yourself with the foundational texts of postmodern and post-structuralist theory (Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, Butler) and learn to apply these theories to cultural artifacts 
• You will analyze primary texts through specific theoretical and thematic framework.

• learn basic terms involved with / describing the evolution of the concept of fashion during different decades;
• become acquainted with cultural concepts of identity;
• be able to identify and analyze key media images of outfits and relate them to their broader cultural contexts;
• learn to apply theory to cultural events and media in order to gain a deeper understanding of the topic;
• practice research and presentation skills by selecting a weekly topic and acting as the discussion leader(s);
• and develop skills by analyzing an outfit in terms of its cultural and historical relevance.

• final  written exam

• Native American / First Nations perspectives and world views from 1st contact with Europeans up until today
• Key historical events that greatly affected Native life
• Native cultural heroes, myths and legends, tribes, regions and migration patterns
• Native concepts about ownership and trade – such as the potlatch
• Native ideas about other types of gender expression such as Two-Spirits or Mahu
• Native artists and musicians today (Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Halluci Nation, etc.)
• Depictions of Native Americans in film and TV

• final written exam

• explain the concepts and ideologies influencing the American political system in different time periods and contexts
• identify and describe major historical events or features of the US political system
• analyze current political arguments or policies in the US context

• You will develop a basic understanding of the psycholinguistic research process.
• You will become familiar with a variety of paradigms used by psycholinguistics to study language processing with eye tracking.
• You will gain experience with the different steps of experimental research.
• You will refine your skills in critical thinking, academic reading, writing, presenting and teamwork.

• You will develop an understanding of the relevance of heritage speakers for linguistic theory
•  You will become familiar with various psycholinguistic methods used to study heritage language speakers
• You will hone your analytical skills in working with data from various languages
• You will practise applying your linguistic knowledge gained in previous courses
• You will enhance your skills in academic reading and writing, critical thinking, presenting and team working

• You will revise and deepen your knowledge of American literary history.
• You will develop a basic understanding of the relationship between the cultural history of the United States and its literary productions 
• You will familiarize yourself with canonical American writers and texts 
• You will explore central tropes, motifs, and ideas of American culture and American Studies 
• You will be introduced to advanced literary and cultural theories

• Paul Lynch, Prophet Song (2023)
• Sheila Armstrong, Falling Animals (2023)
• Jacqueline Crooks, Fire Rush (2023)
• Tom Crewe, The New Life (2023)

• learn basic terms involved with / describing the evolution of the concept of oral culture;
• become acquainted with concepts of oral histories;
• be able to identify and analyze key terms related to oral art & culture and relate them to their broader social contexts;
• practice research and presentation skills by  executing small tasks;
• and develop media skills by putting together a final podcast project that deals with one of our course topics