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Infoongradedassignments
Thefinalgradeisbasedon

I)anessayplusnotes(onethirdoffinalgrade)
A. Essay (30%):
Topic: HowdoesBowStreetRunnerfacilitatelearningaboutgenderand sexualityORtheGinCrazeORcrimeandpunishmentin mid18thcenturyEngland? 1,000words(withapermittedmarginof20%,or200words, moreorless)formoreonthewordlimitpolicy,seebelow doublespaced top,bottom,left:2.5cm;right:4cm WORDdocumentsONLYwillbeaccepted.Otherfileformats willbereturnedforeditingandyouwillfaceapenaltyforlate submission(seetheLatesubmissionsectionbelow) Thebeginningsofparagraphsmustbeindented. TheessayMUSTbeaccompaniedbythefollowingstatement:

Length: Linespacing: Margins: Format:

Hiermit erklre ich, dass ich die vorliegende Arbeit selbst angefertigt und alle von mir benutzten Hilfsmittel und Quellen angegeben habe. Alle wrtlichen Zitate und Entlehnungen aus fremden Arbeiten sind als solche gekennzeichnet. Assessmentcriteria: Analysisofthegame.Doesyourtextindicatethatyouhaveanalysed thegamecarefullyandsystematically? Knowledgeanduseofthesecondaryliteratureassignedforthis essay.Areyouabletodrawmeaningfullyandappropriatelyonthe literature? Constructingacademicdiscourse.Istheassignmentproducedwith carefulattentiontothequalityofthewriting,theskilfulexpressionof ideas,andtherequirementsoftheassignment?

SubmissiononlineviaILIAS Deadlineforsubmission:Sunday,21July,2013,23:59

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Please note: If you do the work I ask you to do throughout the semester, you will NOT have the slightest difficulty completing the written assignment in time, and there will NOT be a conflict with other assignments and exam preparations. For this reason, the submission deadline is inflexible except in cases of illness documented by a doctors note. For late submission, there will be a penalty (see the Late submission section below).

B.Notes
i.e.yourwellstructured notesonthegame(aspertherelevantmemosIhavegiven you.) The notes are not marked and graded. However, if they are not submitted, incomplete or indicative of insufficient input, this will have a negative effect on the gradeoftheessay.

C.Wordlimit
One of the facts of academic life whether writing articles for publication, conference abstracts, research bids, or pretty much any other formal academic output is inflexible word limits. Many journals, funding bodies and conferences have online submission systems which will not allow submissions which go over the specified word limit by even one character. It is part of your research training to learn to work with these kinds of constraints. As a result, the final written assignment for this course will not be marked if it exceeds the maximum word limit. If you submit an assignment over the limit, it will be returned to you for editing, and you will face a late penalty (as per the specifications below) each day until it is resubmitted. No exceptions!Soplanyourassignmentscarefully,andeditmercilessly. Whatsincludedinthewordcount? All the text in your essay is counted, except references, footnotes and the notes on the game. Sectionheadingsand textualtables areincluded in the word count. I will count words by selecting everything up to the references, using Words word count tool, unticking the box that counts footnotes and endnotes, and looking at the words result.Youshoulddothesame,andshouldincludethewordcountintheassignment. Whatdoes+/20%mean? The eagleeyed among you will notice that there is a 20% word count margin allowed on all of your assignments. The reason for this margin is so that you dont have to concern yourself too much about things like tables and section headings. Do NOT plantowrite1200wordsfora1,000wordassignment.Plantowrite1,000words.Ifits slightlyunder,orslightlyover,dontworry.Thatsthepurposeofthemargin.

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D.Latesubmission
Latesubmissionoftheessayandthesupplementarydocumentswillincurapenaltyof three points on the 15point grading scale per working day that work is late, for a maximum of five days. Example: You submit one day late and your grade would normallyhavebeen12points.Theloweredgradeforyouressayis9points. In cases where the submission is more than five days late, or where the assignment is notsubmittedatall,amarkof0pointswillberecorded. Pleasenote:Therewillbenoexceptionstothis.

II)afinalexam(90minutes,onethirdoffinalgrade)
Theminimumforpassgradeis65%.

SectionI:DictionarySkills
This is to test your ability to use a learners dictionary for the purpose of checking your writing for problems especially of grammar, lexis, collocation and register. You will need to bring a learners dictionary to the exam. Mobile electronic devices may be used to access a learners dictionary online. You will needtostateontheexampaperwhichlearnersdictionaryyouused.Dictionaries maybeusedonlyforSectionI. Samplequestionsfrompastexampapers: Part A Decide whether the following sentences are acceptable grammatically. Do not change anything that is already correct. Your corrections must contain the word in question. Make any necessary alterations. Briefly explain why the construction is correct or not. Even if the construction is correct, be sure to explain why the construction is correct. Doctors do not advocate to drink alcohol excessively. a) necessary change: Doctors do not advocate drinking alcohol excessively. b) explanation: advocate (somebody) doing something you have to use the gerund, not the infinitive, after advocate

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Part B: Dictionary Skills Error Correction In the following passage, correct the grammar and spelling mistakes you find. Do NOT correct punctuation, style or names.

In this essay I propose offering an analysis of The Strange and Wonderfull Life of Liz Tonne, the novel which won the Man Booker Price to Eric Hawse in 2010. It seems uncomprehensible that many critics still have difficulties to appreciate Hawses exceptional talent. Thus Tom Jonson in his recent monograf on the contemporary novel forgets mentioning Hawse all together (instead he wastes at least two dozens of pages on unrelevant novelists). Only Matt Franck, from whose clearly-sighted analyses literary criticsm has received many stimuluses, points Hawses genie out and explains his readers why Hawse matters.

b)SectionII:Proofreading
e.g. assessing a given text for appropriate paragraph development, unity, cohesion,clarity,conciseness,etc.

c)SectionIII:Miscellaneousquestions
answeringquestionsonanythingdiscussedduringthesemester e.g. Explainwhatismeantbythethemerhemestructureandhowthisisrelevant foryourwriting. Explainthedifferencebetweenlessandfewer.

III)Viva(onethirdoffinalgrade)
This is a 10minute oral exam (simulating oral exams in literary or cultural studies) in which you are expected to demonstrate your ability to deal with secondaryliterature,askillessentialforthewritingoftermpapers. Youwillbeaskedtoprepareajournalarticle,yettobespecified,andto
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giveawellstructuredandconciseaccountofitsargumentation;in preparationforthis,youwillwriteanexcerptandsubmitthisintheoral exam assessthearticlecriticallyinlightofyourownknowledgeofthesubject matter

I will make available TWO different journal articles on Ilias, but I am asking each of you to prepare only ONE of these. I will assign each of you one of the articles a list willbepostedonIliasinduecourse. Thepurposesofthisassignmentare 1. to satisfy the module description, which stipulates that part of your grade be basedonanoralcontribution 2. to practice dealing with secondary literature, a skill absolutely essential to your furtherstudiesingeneralandthewritingoftermpapersinparticular 3.topracticeoralpresentationskills 4.tosimulateoralexamsinyourcontentareas You will possibly hate this assignment and probably find it challenging. I can guarantee,however,thatyouwillfinditbeneficial.Whileinourcontextwecannotgo veryfarinthisdirection,academicwritinginseminarcontextsisaboutdemonstrating that you can take part in an academic discussion and follow generally accepted conventions of written academic discourse. In this connection, decoding, reporting and criticizing what others have written is a central skill. Writing an excerpt of the assigned text and orally reporting its argumentation should give you a chance to practicethisskill. In preparation for the viva I am asking you to write an excerpt of the article you have beenassigned.Wewillpracticethisinclass,andamemoonWritinganexcerptwill be posted on Ilias. In the viva, it is important that you can communicate the argumentative structure of the text and that you can restate its ideas clearly and concisely in your own words. A memo entitled Hints on oral presentation should giveyouanideaofwhatisexpectedinthisregard.