Course: Proseminar in Grammar

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Course title Proseminar in Grammar
Course code KGER/2GPS
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrabcová Tereza, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Present tense and imperative form of irregular verbs 2. Perfect and past perfect tense of regular, irregular, mixed verbs and verbs with strong and weak forms 3. Auxiliary verbs to have and to be in perfect and past perfect - rules for the use 4. Preterit of irregular, regular, mixed verbs and verbs with strong and weak forms 5. Passive 6. Conditional - unreality, potentiality 7. Conditional - indirect speech 8. Adjective declension, participles in attributive position, substantivized adjectives 10. Main clause, word order, basic parts of a sentence 11. Subordinate clause, word order, subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns 12. Prepositions, prepositional verbs

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to sort out and improve skills in German grammar and develop students´ grammatical competence at least at the B1+ level of the CEFR. This course is designed to practice and is focused on verbs, nouns, adjectives and sentence structure.
Student - knows the German grammatical structure - knows the grammatical terms and can apply them - can define the grammatical categories of inflected parts of speech - can adequately use common grammatical devices and structures.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation - are allowed 2 absences, the student must apologize in advance. Failure to do so is grounds for denial of credit. Fulfillment of tasks of the given teacher by their timely submission. A task not handed in on time is grounds for denial of credit. Passing two written tests (70%).
Recommended literature
  • Mittelstufengrammatik DaF. Stuttgart : Klett, 2009. ISBN 978-3-12-675337.
  • Dreyer, H. /Schmitt, R. Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik aktuell. Ismaning: Hueber, 2009. ISBN 978-3-19-307255.
  • Geiger, S. / Dinsel, S. Großes Übungsbuch Deutsch - Grammatik. Ismaning : Hueber, 2009. ISBN 9783191017217.
  • Hall, K. / Scheiner, B. Übungsgrammatik für die Oberstufe. Ismaning : Hueber. ISBN 978-3-19-207448-6.
  • Hoberg, R./Hoberg, U. Der kleine Duden: Deutsche Grammatik: Eine Sprachlehre für Beruf, Studium, Fortbildung und Alltag: Band 4. Mannheim : Dudenverlag.
  • Schweiger, S./ Hoberg R./ Hoberg, U./ Münzberg, F. Deutsche Grammatik kompakt / erarb. von der Dudenredaktion auf der Grundlage des Titels "Der kleine Duden - Deutsche Grammatik" von Ursula Hoberg und Rudolf Hoberg.. Berlin : Dudenverlag, 2014. ISBN 978-3-411-74322-3.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences 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 Science Study plan (Version): - (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter