TLÜ ÕIS

Text Analysis and Writing Practice

Course code

GRA6333.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Tekstianalüüs ja kirjutamispraktika

Course title in English

Text Analysis and Writing Practice

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Paul Rüsse (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Core subject. Augmenting C1 language skills: reinforcing reading and writing skills, enhancing vocabulary, improving oral and written fluency, polishing grammar. Developing analytical skills. Awareness of urgent contemporary issues. Digital technologies in an academic context.

Brief description of the course

Analysing different texts: short fiction, journalism, media and video materials. Styles and genres of writing. Essays, character sketches; creative writing. Business correspondence. Opinion articles. Tackling topical issues (politics, media, internet world, ecology and the environment) on the basis of media texts and video material. Discussions and presentations. Practicing grammar, translation and paraphrasing exercises.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has improved their grammar and vocabulary;
- is able to write various texts and express their opinion in fluent and correct English;
- is capable of seeing the deep structure of a text, hidden (also metaphorical and symbolic) meaning in a literary text, connections between characters and other textual elements;
- is aware of English-language media;
- has a grasp of urgent contemporary issues and is able to discourse on them;
- as developed digital skills and is capable of doing various tasks in an electronic environment.

Teacher

Paul Rüsse

The course is a prerequisite

Lexicology and Stylistics of the English Language (GRA6311.HT)

Study programmes containing that course