Dear all,
you have successfully registered for my seminar “A Survey of American Literature” (Mondays 10-12 a.m.). As you already know, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we will continue distance teaching during the Winter Semester.. Thus there will be no in-presence teaching of this class until further notice from the University of Duisburg-Essen.
I have set up this Moodle classroom which will replace
in-presence teaching for the time being.
How will this class be taught this semester?
As long as this class will take place in a virtual
space I will upload for each according session my Power Point Presentations.
You can download them each week (I will not upload all presentations in
advance!). In these presentations will contain background information for each according session. These
presentations will furthermore feature the key questions for the texts which
will discussed in this course. These texts are made available in our Moodle
classroom as well. Please download these texts and go through them along with
the questions in the Power Point Presentations. These questions will be
discussed during our virtual sessions. Please check your mails on a regular basis for updates and announcements.
The university has set up a new tool to enable you
to listen to my Power Points live and to interact with me in this
virtual space. The BIG BLUE BUTTON technology will be set up for each
session and you can join the session week during our scheduled class
time. If you cannot join the session you can download the Power Point
and work through it individually.
Yet, I
will stay in contact with you as good as possible. I offer weekly office hours via ZOOM which you are welcome to make use of in case of any questions concerning the seminar. None
of you has to be afraid that he/she cannot take necessary exams this semester.
This means that in the course of the semester some
methods might be adjusted or there might be slight changes in the class
syllabus.
I will update you each week in advance about the upcoming session, teaching methods, tasks et cetera. Check your mails on a regular basis in order not to miss significant information or updates.
Carefully read through the class requirements which
can be found in the attached class syllabus.
What are the class requirements?
Bachelor Studiengänge UND Lehramt Bachelor (Studienbeginn ab WS 18/19) - Modul Lit2 BA Studienleistung für die Zulassung zur Hausarbeit im Modul Lit2 BA
· weekly quizzes on the class-readings and key questions (available online in our Moodle classroom)
· please take the weekly quizzes; you need to achieve 60% in total to pass the “Studienleistung”
Bachelor Studiengänge und Lehramt Bachelor (Studienbeginn vor WS 18/19) - Modul V oder E
· 10-12-page research paper on an assigned topic (due March 31, 2021)
· please prepare and discuss an assignment for the prospective topic, otherwise the paper will not be accepted
· the assignment should include a thesis statement, an outline, a selected bibliography and an introduction to your topic
Lehramt Bachelor Grundschule (Studienbeginn vor WS 18/19) - Modul C/E)
· a 20-minute oral exam at the end of the semester together with the linguistics lecture
E2 and E3 - Students
· weekly quizzes on the class-readings and key questions (available online in our Moodle classroom)
· please take the weekly quizzes to get the credits for E3
- Lehrende(r): Wiebke Engel
