Course requirements: regular
attendance;preparation
of HHH chapters using the discussions tool, answering questions
provided by topic experts, selecting those aspects of most relevance
for German students; please remember to always bring the HHH and at
least one dictionary to each class;intensive
preparation of five topics for use in class with examples of mistakes
and models and advance questions and comments for all students using
the discussions tool, read
details here; submission of a minimum of four
written assignments plus a minimum of one evaluation as detailed below.General requirements for all written assignments: fulfill the
formal requirements for all essays and learning logs: printed front and
back of the page, font size 14, double-spaced, margins of 2 cm top,
bottom, left and right, justified right-hand margin with paragraphs
clearly marked using indentation; all paragraphs and lines must be
numbered for the evaluator;remind
yourself of the serious consequences of plagiarism (see
our policy online). Plagiarism will result in an automatic
grade of 6* with immediate expulsion from the course and notification
of all instructors in the department!The following minimum of four written assignments with no more than one assignment to be turned in each week: shorter
essay (no less than three, no more than four sides = two
pages) to be brought as homework
to the first class;at least one
longer essay on an academic topic (no less than five sides, no more
than six sides = three
pages) with evaluation
for the longer essay (following the tabular format
exactly with each page numbered), all pages printed front and back and
put in my university mailbox in one plastic cover (Klarsichthülle)
per packet for the essay (each packet must include essay and evaluation
sheet together unstapled); in order to give me a good chance of
returning your essays within a week, please reserve rolling deadlines
for the longer essay with evaluation sheet using the sign-up sheet
tool in Blackboard; at least
two reflective learning logs (no less than one, no more than two
sides = one page hard copy only) dealing with your progress in writing
and possibly including HHH exercises of your choice or alternatives to
mistakes marked in your essays, general suggestions about the course or
any relevant comments about your writing; please turn in each learning
log only after you have received the previous one with my comments; an
optional second longer essay (for extra credit) under exam conditions
(four hours with use of one of the accepted dictionaries) on an exam
topic of your choice; an optional additional shorter
essay on an exam topic of
your choice (no less than three, no more than four sides = two pages)
with evaluation
for the shorter essay including three areas
that you as writer have especially tried to improve on.The following assignments are for the evaluators to give to the writers of the longer and shorter essays, who will complete the sheets and turn in the evaluations together with their essays: at least one evaluation
for the longer essay,an optional evaluation
for the shorter essay (can be either an evaluation of the first
homework essay or of any additional shorter essay). |