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German as a Foreign Language A2.1

SZ0303
Languages and Culture

About this course

This module teaches basic knowledge of German as a Foreign Language, taking into account intercultural and cultural aspects of the country, enabling students to cope in simple, routine situations, e.g. when traveling, at the doctor's, looking for an apartment, in the department store, among colleagues, friends and neighbors. They will learn/practice vocabulary/expressions on topics such as study and training, work, housing, media, and travel. They learn/practice using basic main and subordinate clauses (e.g. dass, weil, und, denn, etc.), reporting in the past tense (modal verbs) and perfect tense, the use of the comparative and superlative forms, and the declension of the adjective. They review and expand the use of prepositions in the accusative and dative.

Learning outcomes

The module is oriented towards level A2 of the CEFR. After completing this module, students will be able to understand and use simple sentences, phrases and idiomatic expressions in conversations on an extended range of familiar topics, such as basic information on everyday topics or topics relevant to studies or work, including cultural aspects of the country. They can, for example, describe themselves and other people, personal living situation, state of health, leisure activities and basic work-related situations. Students can understand longer texts and letters on familiar topics using common but simple everyday or work-related language and containing predictable information. They can write short, informative texts or messages on basic situations in everyday life and study.

Examination

Performance, testing the learning outcomes specified in the module description, is examined by a cumulative portfolio of competence and action-oriented tasks. Aids are permitted. The examination performances are designed in their entirety to test the use of vocabulary and grammar, reading and/or listening comprehension, and free text production. Oral communication skills will be tested via the use of appropriate idioms in written dialogue examples and/or in the form of an audio/video file. For this purpose, we observe the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO, Art. 12 -21).

6 ECTS Exam regulations: 3-4 certificates of achievement, e.g. a project task, writing task or (online) test. Audio or video recordings can be part of an examination. Further information will be announced at the beginning of the course and can be found in Moodle.

Course requirements

assured knowledge of level A1.2; placement test with result A2.1

Resources

  • Textbook: will be announced in the course

Activities

The module consists of a seminar in which students study the learning content with targeted listening, reading, writing and speaking exercises. The communicative and action-oriented approach is implemented by combining these exercises in individual, partner and group exercises. Online material for controlled self-study of basic grammatical phenomena and communication patterns is provided to deepen and intensify the content taught during the course. Voluntary homework (for preparation and revision) consolidates what has been learned.

Additional information

  • Credits
    ECTS 6
  • Contact hours per week
    4
  • Instructors
    Helga Jokl, Renate Steidten, Christine Geishauser, Juliana Stolz, Heide Stiebeler, Laura Hoff, Claudia Hanke, Sigrid Schneider, Cornelia Feistle, Ingeborg Wostanis, Gabriele Bauer, Ana da Silva, Ulrike Julika Betz, Christine Reulein, Andrea Kummer-Rock, Olgi Kovacs, Agnieszka Bogacz-Groß, Barbara Schimmack, Nadine Sukniak, Bettina von der Forst, Barbara Moore, Anne Schlömer, Sandra Bakker, Christine Zünkler, Johannes Gröbl, Julia Del Piano, Marion Sohlbach, Katharina Lechle, Inna Pinskaia, Monja Knirsch, Jutta Schlüter, Angelika Gärtner, Silvia Dechant, Jovana Lebling-Gemaljevic, Salman Kouhi, Maria Karsten-Ott, Gabriele Meuschel, Anna Grigorieva, Martina Kostial, Julia Oelmayer, Dorothea Hartkopf, Julia Schnell, Christina Rommel-Gerbaudo, Judit Vari, Felix Steffan, Andreas Pöschl, Inese Keza, Giulietta Comparato, Christiane Sturz, Claudia Kargl, Anne Zerfass, Bettina Denzl, Birgit Nierhoff-King, Tanja Kutschker, Christian Körner, Jutta Wietusch, Sabine Schmidt-Bender, Jacqueline Aßmann, Isolde Hummel, N.N. Noch nicht bekannt, Anna Mielert, Iana Detcheva-Knippelmeyer
  • Mode of instruction
    Hybrid
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Offering(s)

  • Start date

    22 October 2024

    • Ends
      6 February 2025
    • Term *
      Winter 2024/2025
    • Instruction language
    Enrolment period closed
These offerings are valid for students of TU/e (The Netherlands)