Workshop: Language Lunch: The Hit List of Common Mistakes

Language Lunch: The Hit List of Common Mistakes

I am at WU since two years …. I’ll shortly explain why … let’s now look on the actual figures … it’s unsure whether this will work …

Do these sound familiar? All are examples of rather frequent errors in English. Yet they can all be easily avoided if one knows why they occur, and how they can be put right.

Avoiding avoidable mistakes: That’s essentially what this brief workshop is about. Of course, not all such errors lead directly to misunderstandings. But many do. And, just as importantly, repeated errors can give the impression of a more general lack of competence, and so undermine the message a speaker wishes to convey.

Target Group

Anyone who wishes to consolidate their English-language competence at the level of B2/C1 according to the Common European Frame of Reference for Languages (you can find a guideline for self-evaluation here >>).

Workshop Content

The workshop focuses on those areas of the English language that are known to cause particular difficulty for non-native speakers of English (particularly those whose mother tongue is German).

Method

On the basis of authentic examples (i.e., errors that other learners have made in the past) we’ll discuss mistakes with the help of the FACE approach: FIND – ANALYSE – CORRECT – EXPLAIN.

Location, date and time

All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.

Fees and Registration

This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 24 April 2020.

Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged. Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.

To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. By registration for this workshop, you accept our terms and conditions “Workshop and Event Registration Information Sheet”. Further information on the collection of personal data can be found in the document “Information obligations pursuant to Art. 13 and 14 of the GDPR”.

For any further information please contact Nina Rath (Nina.Rath@wu.ac.at, Ext. 6173).

The course fee is €10.

Trainer

Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Mautner   Professor of English Business Communication, WU Honorary Visiting Professor, Cass Business School (City University, London, UK) Research focus: organisational and marketing communication; critical discourse analysis; legal discourse (see https://www.wu.ac.at/ebc/about-us/team/gerlinde-mautner/ Frequently conducts research at British universities Has published widely in international outlets Acts as a reviewer for top-rated journals Many years of experience in training post-docs and faculty in academic writing Author of Englische Grammatik für die Wirtschaftskommunikation (Linde-Verlag, 3rd ed., 2014), Wissenschaftliches Englisch: Stilsicher Schreiben in Studium und Wissenschaft (utb 3444; Konstanz: UVK, 3rd ed., 2019) and Discourse and Management: Critical Perspectives Through the Language Lens (Palgrave, 2016).

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