| Gruppe 1
Niveau B1
This course aims to develop your understanding of and ability to talk about a wide range of topics from the field of social work in English. Topics complement what you are learning in courses from your main syllabus and on your personal areas of interest. In the past these have included discrimination, mental health support, work with children and teenagers, therapies, addiction, and gender issues, for example. Lessons involve whole class, group and pair work discussions based on audio-visual and reading material. The main goal is to build your vocabulary and confidence in communicating your ideas in English.
You will also be introduced to the different types of writing required for social workers. You will discuss and explore together a number of case reports and get experience in developing your own treatment plans. Assessment is based on regular and active participation in class, and students need to register on LSF for one of two exam options to pass the course. This will be either a final writing task (case report) based on the texts studied over the course OR you may give one informal presentation on a social work topic of your choice later in the semester. Details of both options will be given nearer the time.
Gruppe 2
Niveau B2
This course aims to develop your understanding of and ability to talk about a wide range of topics from the field of social work in English. Topics complement what you are learning in courses from your main syllabus and on your personal areas of interest. In the past these have included discrimination, mental health support, work with children and teenagers, therapies, addiction, and gender issues, for example. Lessons involve whole class, group and pair work discussions based on audio-visual and reading material. The main goal is to build your vocabulary and confidence in communicating your ideas in English.
You will also be introduced to the different types of writing required for social workers. You will discuss and explore together a number of case reports and get experience in developing your own treatment plans. Assessment is based on regular and active participation in class, and students need to register on LSF for one of two exam options to pass the course. This will be either a final writing task (case report) based on the texts studied over the course OR you may give one informal presentation on a social work topic of your choice later in the semester. Details of both options will be given nearer the time.
Gruppe 4
The course is designed to provide you with intensive language skills through a focus on improving form and usage by listening, reading, speaking, writing, grammar and vocabulary exercises. It will also engage you in some project activity, with the goal of i) increasing confidence, fluency and ease of use, as English is such an important language of today’s professional and academic world, and ii) exposing you to a variety of societal problems through engagement with the problems/issues and with basic tools that can be applied to the problems.
Course Materials: Will be listed on the first day of course and are to be downloaded from the Moodle Webpage or internet (please examine the materials ahead of time to prepare for active participation). This sometimes includes internet-broadcast TV and radio materials, and publications.
Some possible topics (TBA):
"Mafiaboy:" Youth cyber crime and hacking
”Money Clinic:” Clients with financial problems
"The whole of me" People living with Dementia
”Regrets, I’ve had a few” Child Custody
”The Main Issues” Autism
Alcoholism- The 12 Steps of AA
Alcoholism/Addiction – 2 Stories
Aaron and Amber - a case study
Maximum security prison life: I Am a Killer: ”In Her Hands” (Netflix)
Maximum security prison life: I Am a Killer: ”Mockingbird” (Netflix)
"Stages of Transitioning:" Issues with transgender people
”Boots Riley’s Story” Racism and Police Brutality
Children of Prisoners
Gruppe 5
The course is designed to provide you with intensive language skills through a focus on improving form and usage by listening, reading, speaking, writing, grammar and vocabulary exercises. It will also engage you in some project activity, with the goal of i) increasing confidence, fluency and ease of use, as English is such an important language of today’s professional and academic world, and ii) exposing you to a variety of societal problems through engagement with the problems/issues and with basic tools that can be applied to the problems.
Course Materials: Will be listed on the first day of course and are to be downloaded from the Moodle Webpage or internet (please examine the materials ahead of time to prepare for active participation). This sometimes includes internet-broadcast TV and radio materials, and publications.
Some possible topics (TBA):
"Mafiaboy:" Youth cyber crime and hacking
”Money Clinic:” Clients with financial problems
"The whole of me" People living with Dementia
”Regrets, I’ve had a few” Child Custody
”The Main Issues” Autism
Alcoholism- The 12 Steps of AA
Alcoholism/Addiction – 2 Stories
Aaron and Amber - a case study
Maximum security prison life: I Am a Killer: ”In Her Hands” (Netflix)
Maximum security prison life: I Am a Killer: ”Mockingbird” (Netflix)
"Stages of Transitioning:" Issues with transgender people
”Boots Riley’s Story” Racism and Police Brutality
Children of Prisoners
Gruppe 5
The course is designed to provide you with intensive language skills through a focus on improving form and usage by listening, reading, speaking, writing, grammar and vocabulary exercises. It will also engage you in some project activity, with the goal of i) increasing confidence, fluency and ease of use, as English is such an important language of today’s professional and academic world, and ii) exposing you to a variety of societal problems through engagement with the problems/issues and with basic tools that can be applied to the problems.
Course Materials: Will be listed on the first day of course and are to be downloaded from the Moodle Webpage or internet (please examine the materials ahead of time to prepare for active participation). This sometimes includes internet-broadcast TV and radio materials, and publications.
Some possible topics (TBA):
"Mafiaboy:" Youth cyber crime and hacking
”Money Clinic:” Clients with financial problems
"The whole of me" People living with Dementia
”Regrets, I’ve had a few” Child Custody
”The Main Issues” Autism
Alcoholism- The 12 Steps of AA
Alcoholism/Addiction – 2 Stories
Aaron and Amber - a case study
Maximum security prison life: I Am a Killer: ”In Her Hands” (Netflix)
Maximum security prison life: I Am a Killer: ”Mockingbird” (Netflix)
"Stages of Transitioning:" Issues with transgender people
”Boots Riley’s Story” Racism and Police Brutality
Children of Prisoners
Gruppe 7
The aim of this course is to apply and strengthen your advanced English skills (C1) to practical social work practice in individual client cases. We will focus on integrating all aspects of language usage (reading, listening, discussion and writing) as they apply to academic and professional purposes in social work.
In the first couple of weeks of this course, we will look at what it means to be a social worker, and discuss the foundations of the profession of social work as an integral part of the social welfare system.
Thereafter, this course will be structured around case studies and is project-oriented. The students will choose their own workgroups; each workgroup will work on a case study. Each student is responsible for a particular role within the case study project: client-social worker dialogue writing and role play, investigating intervention methods, exploration of resource availabilty, risk management, ethical considerations, documentation practices and writing social history reports.
For the purposes of writing social history reports, we will learn how to exercise the expression of logic, clarity and cohesion, objectivity, and social sensitivity.
At the end of the semester the case studies will be presented to the class in the form of role play videos and presentations. Those who choose not to present orally are responsible for written work (social history report) for their exam.
This class is designed to encourage regular attendance and teamwork. The success of this class depends on your commitment to attend, engagement and willingness to collaborate with your classmates.
If you are at B2 level, but are ready for a challenge to improve your English skills, please feel welcome to join this class.
Gruppe 8
The aim of this course is to apply and strengthen your advanced English skills (C1) to practical social work practice in individual client cases. We will focus on integrating all aspects of language usage (reading, listening, discussion and writing) as they apply to academic and professional purposes in social work.
In the first couple of weeks of this course, we will look at what it means to be a social worker, and discuss the foundations of the profession of social work as an integral part of the social welfare system.
Thereafter, this course will be structured around case studies and is project-oriented. The students will choose their own workgroups; each workgroup will work on a case study. Each student is responsible for a particular role within the case study project: client-social worker dialogue writing and role play, investigating intervention methods, exploration of resource availabilty, risk management, ethical considerations, documentation practices and writing social history reports.
For the purposes of writing social history reports, we will learn how to exercise the expression of logic, clarity and cohesion, objectivity, and social sensitivity.
At the end of the semester the case studies will be presented to the class in the form of role play videos and presentations. Those who choose not to present orally are responsible for written work (social history report) for their exam.
This class is designed to encourage regular attendance and teamwork. The success of this class depends on your commitment to attend, engagement and willingness to collaborate with your classmates.
If you are at B2 level, but are ready for a challenge to improve your English skills, please feel welcome to join this class. |
