Objectives and competences
• develop students' knowledge in the field of receptive and productive skills at B1+ level of The Common EU Framework.
• Enable students to become efficient and flexible users and analyzer of the German language, both for personal and professional purposes,
• Enable students for an adequate evaluation of lingual utterances.
• enable students to accurately formulate and orally express their and other people's thoughts and opinions on different topics
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Reading and listning comprehensions: different reading and hearing strategies (detailed and selective) for various types of readings (advertisement, brochure,instructio for use, short story),
• Vocabulary: further broadening and deepening of selected vocabulary at B1+ level (traveling, holidays) of The Common EU Framework,
• broadening and deepening of productive skills: characteristics of selected written and spoken texts, oral and written production ( summary of a short story, discussion) at B1+ level of The Common EU Framework
• cultural heritage, literature, food, tourism and society in the German speaking areas along the Slovenian border,
• Cohesive devices: preparation of a project assignment,
• Linguistic means: critical assessment of linguistic means according to the characteristic features of project assignment,
• Research methods: methods of research and evaluation pertaining to the collection of technical encyclopedic and cultural data,
• Presentation methods: presentation of selected topics.
Learning and teaching methods
• method of explanation
• discussion,
• role play,
• home work
The information and communications technology is used for educational purposes in the teaching and learning process.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course students will:
• be able to demonstrate the knowledge of the language (all skills) at B1+ level of The Common EU Framework,
• know and use different reading and listening strategies,
• know and recognise the characteristcs of different text types,
• use the language and appropriate vocabulary in oral and written production of texts,
• get acquainted with the cultural heritage, literature, food, tourism and society in the German speaking areas along the Slovenian border,
• correctly use, analyze and evaluate adequate lingual means in accordance with the project work,
• correctly design the project work,
• efficiently present the project work.
Readings
Bayerlein, O. 2014. Campus Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Präsentieren und Diskutieren. München: Hueber Verlag.
Deutsche Welle. Deutschkurse. URL= https://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/deutschkurse/s-2068, 10.3.2020.
ImTeaM4EU. Unterrichtseinehiten. URL= http://imteam4.eu/de/unterrichtseinheiten.html, 10.3.2020.
Kuhn C., Winzer-Kiontke, B., Würz, U. 2011. Studio d. Die Mittelstufe. Berlin: Cornelsen Verlag.
Schnack, A. 2020. Deutsch intensiv Wortschatz B2. Das Training. Buch + Online.
Stuttgart: Klett Verlag.
Prerequisits
Prerequisits for acceding the course:
None.
Conditions for prerequisits:
The student has to pass the tests, project work and submit the completed portfolio before acceding the oral examination.
Additional information on implementation and assessment • tests 60 %
• active participation and portfolio 10 %
• oral examination 10 %
• completed project work and oral presentation of project work 20 %
