Course: Intermediate German 4

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Course title Intermediate German 4
Course code KAL/NSP4
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Břenek Oldřich, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Nový Jiří, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
34. - 36. unit of the textbook. Working with additional authentic texts for reading and listening comprehension. Lesson 34: BEGEGNUNGEN: Bedeutungen erklären, Konsequenzen nennen, Bedingungen und Wünsche formulieren (Grammatik: Sätze verbinden mit deshalb, deswegen, trotzdem, Konjunktiv II - wenn-Satz mit irrealer Bedingung, Kurzwörter und Abkürzungen) Lesson 35: ARBEIT IM WANDEL: über Arbeitsverhältnisse sprechen, über Tagesabläufe sprechen, Tipps zur Arbeit im Ausland geben (Grammatik: Nebensätze mit während, seit/seitdem, Satzverbindungen, Abkürzungen in Texten) Lesson 36: EIN LEBEN LANG LERNEN: über Lernerfahrungen sprechen, in einer E-Mail Lerntipps geben, über Zukunftspläne sprechen (Grammatik: Partizip als Adjektiv, Temporale Präpositionen, lange Wörter) Current short videos and written texts from the Internet.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The last semester of a four-semester course in German for intermediate students without focus on their major. Its aim is to improve command of German on the output level B2 of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. All types of language skills (perceptive, productive as well as interactive) are to be developed in the classes: - speaking - writing - reading - listening
Comprehensive development of all language skills: - speaking - listening comprehension - reading - writing After successful completion of the whole course, the students will achieve target level of B2 of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Prerequisites
Input language level - intermediate: A2/B1. In case of greater number of applicants than possible, the priority will be given to students with obligatory foreign language classes.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Didactic Test

Credit requirements: - activeness in the class - regular attendance - max. two absences allowed (to do homework and preparation necessary) - pass all continuous tests to each lesson (in the other case the students must write and pass complete credit test) - preparation and homework - oral presentation int the class - cooperation with other students Students can obtain the credit not later than by the end of the examination period of the semester they registered for this course.
Recommended literature
  • Aktuální autentické texty z internetu..
  • Kaufmann, S., Lemcke, C., Rohrmann, L., Rusch, P., Scherling, T., Sonntag, R., & Rodi, M. Berliner Platz 3 Neu: Deustch im Alltag : Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch..


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