Translation-Oriented Text Skills in English II

Translation-Oriented Text Skills in English II

Study Cycle: 2

Lectures:0

Seminars:30

Tutorials:0

ECTS credit:3

Lecturer(s): doc. dr. Hirci Nataša, prof. dr. Pisanski Peterlin Agnes

Content

Students gain familiarity with the conventions of written and spoken discourse in English with regard to form, function, purpose and target audience. The course focuses on rhetorical conventions and features of specific genres. Students gain familiarity with the structure of various genres, the language used in specific genres, and compare reading/listening and writing/speaking positions. Students apply the concepts introduced to the production of texts. The course focuses on specialised genres.