Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE GRM1042

 
TITLE German Level C1.2

 
UM LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
ECTS CREDITS 5

 
DEPARTMENT German

 
DESCRIPTION The study-unit is a continuation of the course German C1.1. Language knowledge will be further expanded in communicative contexts. Furthermore, vocabulary is broadened by providing participants with a deeper understanding of technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.

Study-unit Aims:

The study-unit is designed to provide proficient language skills in speaking, listening, writing and reading German at level C1.2.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:
By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- understand a wide range of longer, challenging texts, appreciating distinctions of style;
- understand specialized articles and longer technical instructions;
- understand implicit meanings in texts.

2. Skills:
By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- follow extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signaled explicitly;
- apply various means of text association appropriately;
- take part in a technical discussion in his/her field of specialization;
- cope effortlessly with most situations and express him/herself spontaneously and fluently without having to search for words frequently and noticeably.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

Sicher! C1.2: Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch (Hueber)
em neu - C1: Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch (Hueber)

Additional material will be provided during the seminar.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Pre-Requisite qualifications: Knowledge of German on Level B2

Pre-Requisite Study-units: German C1.1

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Seminar

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Oral Examination SEM2 Yes 25%
Classwork SEM2 No 25%
Examination (2 Hours) SEM2 Yes 50%

 
LECTURER/S Annalena Messner

 

 
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