Analysis of text genres in English

Course number: 12411116
Program
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19 Sept 21 Sept	Text against genre Practice: recipes	Spanish omelet 1 Spanish omelet 2	Tasks for all students
26 Sept 28 Sept	Spokenness vs. writtenness in English Speech and writing Practice	Corpus of spoken English	Tasks for external students
3 Oct 5 Oct	Official texts: CVs in English and Spanish	Model for an American resumee Practice: Job applications	Task: Write up your CV in English
10 Oct 12 Oct	Technical English - Plain prose	On clarity and fog in English	Task for external students
17 Oct 19 Oct	Technical English - Editing	Complete awareness exercise	Task for external students
24 Oct 26 Oct	Technical English: Academic Prose	Translating from Plain Prose into Academic English, and vice versa.	Tasks for external students
31 Oct	De-sexing English pronouns	Virtual class. Read the lesson and complete the assignment on sexist pronouns	Avoiding sexist pronouns
2 Nov	Using style sheets	MLA works cited stylesheet MLA parenthetical references A publisher's instructions to authors	Tasks for all students
7 Nov 9 Nov	Academic journals	Abstracts Keywords Macrostructure of academic articles	Task for all students
14 Nov	MID-TERM TEST, ON ALL THE WORK DONE SO FAR
21 Nov 23 Nov	Introduction to legal English	Map of legal language Contracts: St Jerome, Britannica, Destino, Parramon. Treaty of Nice Criminal Justice Act (1998) Criminal Records Act (Canada)0	Tasks for external students
28 Nov 30 Nov	News as genre: written journalism	The Sun The Guardian The Times Today's news	Task for external students
5 Dec	Television journalism	--	-
12 Dec	Financial English: Discourses of the stock exchange Financial English: Economic factors	CNBC television Economic indicators Financial indicators Yahoo financial	Tasks for external students
14 Dec	Describing numbers Using Powerpoint	Using PowerPoint presentations How not to use PowerPoint presentations	Tasks for external students
18 Dec 21 Dec	Review of genres	Mock exam Review of mock exam
	Notes on how to do the exam	First paper Second paper
	Practice exams (corresponding to previous versions of this course)	January 2005 September 2005 June 2002 NOTE: STUDENTS WHO DID THE COURSE IN 2004 WILL HAVE AN EXM LIKE THE JANUARY 2005 ONE	Notes on the answers to the exam
13 Jan	Exam 1: 10-12	3102 (Friday the 13th!)
1 Feb	Exam 2: 10-12	3102 (Wednesday)