Course: German Language A

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Course title German Language A
Course code FJC/BNR2
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
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)
  • Škvára Martin, Mgr.
  • Zakarová Markéta, Mgr.
Course content
1. Discipline introduction, faculties and universities, professional career. 2. Organizational structure of university, faculties, academic year and its parts, system of studies (courses - names, content, credit system, organizational structure of university, faculties, diploma thesis, final examination). 3. Description of discipline in terms of study and practical application. 4. Academic text (annotation/resumé of an academic text). 5. Topic I.: training, presentation. 6. Topic II.: reading of an academic text. 7. Basic composition in formal correspondence (curriculum vitae, letter of application). 8. Topic III.: discussion on a specific topic. 9. Topic IV.: listening of lectures at university. 10. Topic V.: past tenses. 11. Topic VI.: expressing future. 12. Topic VII.: stylistics of academic texts. 13. Topic VIII. 14. Final test.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on language acquisition for academic and professional use at the intermediate and upper-intermediate level (B1 - B2 level of the Common European Framework). The aim is to develop reading skills and strengthen the communication skills in different professional and academic situations. According to students´ needs vocabulary and grammatical structures important for professional style of particular disciplines will be practiced as well.
Student knows the basic vocabulary of his/her discipline, can understand an academic text, is able to understand a lecture on own discipline in a foreign language, prepare and give a presentation in a foreign language concerning his/her discipline.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Test and exam which includes an introduction of students´ field of study and translation of an academic text related to their discipline, active participation in seminars, presentation.
Recommended literature
  • D. Dusilová - M. Ebel - R. Goedert - L. Vachalovská. Cvičebnice německé gramatiky. Praha, 1998.
  • A. Breitsameter, S. Glas-Peters, A. Pude. MENSCHEN A2.1/B1.2 Deutsch als Fremdsprache Arbeitsbuch. Max Hueber Verlag, 2017.
  • Dudenredaktion. Standardwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Německo, 2018.
  • H. Dreyer, R. Schmitt. Lehr - und Übungsbuch der Deutschen Grammatik. Max Hueber Verlag, 2006.
  • Ch. Habersack, A. Pude, F. Specht. Menschen A2.1 Deutsch als Fremdsprache Kursbuch. Německo, 2017. ISBN 978-3-19-301902-8.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): General Basis (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (Double-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Documentation of Historical Memorials (A14) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter