Aug
07
2008
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Results of the written exam, July 24th

Here are the results of the written exam that took place two weeks ago:

Klausurergebnisse Introduction to English Linguistics 2008 (PDF)

Congratulations to those of you who have passed. To those who haven’t: don’t despair. Failing a test is something that happens to almost everyone at some point. Register for the Nachschreibklausur (see below for instructions) as soon as possible and prepare yourself as extensively as you can. If you have any questions about the exam, do not hesitate to get in touch with me via email ( cornelius.puschmann@uni-duesseldorf.de) to make an appointment for a talk. I will post the hours for my Feriensprechstunde in a moment, but in case those hours don’t work for you we can still schedule a separate appointment. Most importantly, don’t let an initial failure demotivate you. If at first you don’t succeed

To register for the Nachschreibklausur, first sign up here in the HISLSF.  Next, download the Anmeldeformular, print it out and drop it off at my office (you can either give it to me personally or throw it into the mailbox in front of the Anglistik 3 Sektretariat at any time). The Nachschreibklausur will take place on Tuesday, September 16th, at 10.00am in Hörsaal 3H. The deadline for registration is August 14th!

I wish all of you a good semester break, whether productive or relaxing. All the best for your future endeavors and maybe we’ll meet again in one of the more advanced classes.

Take care,

Cornelius Puschmann

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Jul
18
2008
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Final exam next week

Here is some information about the time and place of the exam, as the Geschaeftszimmer confirmed it yesterday:

Der schriftliche Teil Ihrer Prüfung findet am 24.7.2008 von 14.30 - 16.00 Uhr in Hörsaal 3 H, 23.21 statt. Bitte stellen Sie unbedingt sicher, dass Sie spätestens um 14.00 Uhr am genannten Hörsaal sind und Ihren Lichtbildausweis mitbringen.

Zu den Arbeitsplätzen dürfen nur Schreibmaterial (kein Papier!!!) und ein wenig Proviant mitgenommen werden. Taschen, Jacken etc. sowie elektronische Geräte aller Art müssen bei der Anmeldung im Klausurraum abgegeben werden.

Sollten Sie den Termin ohne zwingenden Grund (durch Attest nachzuweisen) nicht wahrnehmen, so gilt die Klausur als nicht bestanden.
Für ein ärztliches Attest muss das auf den Internetseiten des Anglistischen Instituts verfügbare Krankmeldeformular (http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/ang/pruefungen/bachelor/basismodul-ii-sprachwissenschaft/) Ihrem Arzt vorgelegt und innerhalb von 4 Tagen im Akademischen Prüfungsamt (Frau Hendrich, Geb. 16.11., Eb. 04.49) eingereicht werden. Davon unabhängig sollte eine Mitteilung, telefonisch oder per E-Mail, an die Prüfungsbeauftragten erfolgen.

I wish all of you success and a dose of luck. Provided you didn’t find linguistics entirely terrible, our paths may cross again in one of the more advanced modules. :-)

Break a leg,

Cornelius Puschmann

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Jul
17
2008
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Test exam

You can download the test exam that we used to practice for the finals next week here. To check your answers, download the answer key here.

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Jun
20
2008
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WICHTIG: Klausuranmeldung

Liebe Kursteilnehmer,

hier noch einmal zur Erinnerung: bis Montag müssen sich *ALLE* Bachelor-Studenten aus meinem Kurs für die Abschlussprüfung im Basismodul Englische Sprachwissenschaft angemeldet haben.

Das funktioniert in zwei Schritten, wie hier beschrieben:
http://introling.ynada.com/anmeldung-zur-prufung

Sie können das Anmeldeformular noch bis Montag, 13.00 Uhr, im Sekretariat der Anglistik 3 (23.21, Etage 1, Raum 66) abgeben oder in meinen Briefkasten dort werfen.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass Sie, wie in der Anleitung beschrieben, im HISLSF UND per Anmeldeformular angemeldet sein müssen!

Take care & enjoy your weekend,

Cornelius Puschmann

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Jun
11
2008
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Paper copies of the course reader

For those interested, a paper version of the course reader will be available for a small fee (6 Euros) in class tomorrow. Please bring exact change if possible. More copies will be made in case the demand can’t be met.

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Jun
04
2008
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Download all summaries for part one

A single PDF file containing all master summaries for the first part of the course is now available for download here. I will also provide paper copies of this reader next week for a small fee.

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May
29
2008
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Anmeldung zur Prüfung

Am 24.7. findet die zentrale Abschlussklausur für das Basismodul II - Sprachwissenschaft Introduction to English Language and Linguistics statt.

Die Anmeldung zur Klausur erfolgt in zwei Schritten:

1. Anmeldung im HISLSF

Melden Sie sich, wie sonst bei Lehrveranstaltungen üblich, im HISLSF an:

https://lsf.verwaltung.uni-duesseldorf.de/qisserver/servlet/de.his.servlet.RequestDispatcherServlet?state=verpublish&status=init&vmfile=no&publishid=43966&moduleCall=webInfo&publishConfFile=webInfo&publishSubDir=veranstaltung
(Sorry, leider produziert das HIS aus unerfindlichen Gründen lächerlich lange Web-Adressen.)

2. Abgabe des Zulassungsantrags

Laden Sie auf der folgenden Seite den Vorausgefüllten Zulassungsantrag für die Abschlussprüfung im Basismodul II herunter. Drucken Sie diesen aus und bringen Sie mir bitte beide Seiten ausgefüllt und unterschrieben mit:

http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/ang/pruefungen/bachelor/basismodul-ii-sprachwissenschaft/

Bitte unbedingt beide Schritte erledigen, und daran denken, beide Seiten des Zulassungsantrags bei mir abzugeben.

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May
14
2008
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Working groups updated

Just wanted to let you know that several ‘working groups requests’ that were made during the last two weeks have now been integrated into the list. Have a look to see when you are due to write a summary and be sure to save the date.

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Apr
07
2008
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Welcome to Part 2!

Starting Thursday, we will continue our investigation of language (and specifically English) from a linguistic perspective in Introduction to English Linguistics, Part 2. The focus in this semester will be on language use - how to do things with words, as the language philosopher J.L. Austin put it. How can we describe the social and affective aspects of language? How do people interact in a spoken conversation? How do texts convey information and in what ways is people’s speech shaped by their ethnicity, gender and social background?

Have a look at the syllabus for an overview of the major topics that we’ll cover. As in the last semester, you’ll have to write a session summary for your BN (but just one, not two). Also, have a look at the list of working groups and sign up if you feel like you already know what topic you want to cover.

Just like last semester, I will regularly update this blog with the presentation slides used during sessions and (with slight delay) post summaries of sessions here. The topics page gives you a complete overview of the entire course (part 1 + part 2) and will also be continuously update.

Finally, you can note down an important date that we’ll be working towards:

24 July 2008

- that’s the date of the Abschlussklausur for the Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft.

Have a good semester start and see you all on Thursday.

Best,

Cornelius Puschmann

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Mar
14
2008
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Topics page as an overview

I thought I’d point you to the new topics page which is meant to make browsing the site a little easier (there’s also a link to the page in the main navigation). The summaries which are currently missing will be added before the end of the semester break and topics covered in the summer will also be added as we discuss them.

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