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Vorheriges Semester

Professional Writing and Discussions: The Language of Songwriting


DozentIn: Andrew Jones, B.A., M.Phil.

Veranstaltungstyp: Seminar

Ort: 11/211

Zeiten: Mo. 12:00 - 14:00 (wöchentlich)

Beschreibung: Professional Writing and Discussion classes are designed to allow students – under the guidance of their course instructors – to undertake a more active and independent development of their language skills by applying them to a specific topic area. Ultimately, the central aim of these courses, whatever topic area and skills focus you choose, is to facilitate your transition into a self-sufficient and proficient user of the English language. You will continue to train your productive and receptive language skills, you will further expand your lexico-grammatical knowledge in connection with the specialist language used in the course, and you will acquire supplementary cultural knowledge on English-speaking countries. You will be expected to attend class regularly and contribute actively and intelligently. Furthermore, you will need to complete oral and written tasks during the course of these classes and will need to submit a final written task by the end of the teaching semester.

In this particular course, we will focus our attention on creative language use in music. This is a practical rather than a theoretical course, so we will be looking at songwriting strategies and hearing from native speaker songwriters and putting these ideas into practice in individual and small group compositions throughout the course. We will not be placing a strong focus on music theory. This course is designed for students of English who are musically active. Preference will be given to students who sing and / or play instruments and who compose, and up to twelve spots in the course can be allocated in advance to students who come to my office hour and confirm that they are musically active and prepared to commit to taking the course. Please note that the Stud.IP registration procedure is not binding and that the remaining spots in the course will be allocated during the first class session.


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