German 3200

GRMN 3200: Reading and Writing for Pleasure and Purpose

Haben Sie sich schon mal gefragt …? What makes a good read? In this course we analyze texts for fun and purpose!

Description

We review a variety of texts ranging from idiomatic expressions to pick-up lines, music lyrics, poems, memoirs, and short stories... but also news, interviews, and scholarly texts - culminating in a collaborative translation project of actual real-world museum panels. You are grooming your reading and writing skills in pursuit of what you identify as “a good read”! Take this course to learn to read for purpose and pleasure. Learn to become a better communicator through an improved understanding of reception, the practice of analysis, and the exercise of creative production!

Skills

• Deutsch und Englisch

• Interaktives Lernen

• Lesestrategien

• Schreibhilfen

• Sprechtipps

Highlights

• “Sprüche” & Musik

• Nachrichten & Interviews

• Geschichten & Gedichte

• Historisches & Aktuelles

• ein Übersetzungsprojekt: Was macht Spaß beim Lesen & Schreiben?