Objectives and competences
Objectives:
• to apply the basic conceptions of intercultural research to the German speaking area;
• to evaluate the situation of german language today in Europe and wider and to evaluate its international function;
• to interprete inner heterogeneousness of the German speaking area;
• to evaluate the appropriateness of the subdisciplines of intercultural German studies, particulary the sociolinguistic, pragmatic and textlinguistic aspect, for the concrete research.
Competences:
- generally: communication skills (writing and speaking), using information technology (finding information on the internet, using other sources like libraries and partly archives).
- specific: knowledge and understanding can be transfered to other research fields, provided in the linguistic blocks of the programm and within the framework of the future employments
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Culture and language. Language and mentality. Cultural differences and symmetries.
• Language research from intercultural points of view (language in cultural/ intercultural / comparative contexts, dialogue, empathy, taboo, distance, foreigness).
• German language worldwide and in European framework (sociolinguistics and language policies).
• Heterogeneousness of the German speaking area (pluricentricity, German as a minority language).
• Intercultural dimensions of traditional linguistic discipline (sociolinguistical, pragmatical and textlinguistical views).
Learning and teaching methods
seminar
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able: to apply the basic conceptions of intecultural research in case of german language, to value the situation of German in wider context as well as the divergence inside the german language speaking area, to value the basic characteristics of the subdisciplines of intercultural German studies, particulary the sociolinguistic, pragmatic and textlinguistic aspect, for the concrete research.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
generally: communication skills (writing and speaking), using information technology (finding information on the internet, using other sources like libraries and partly archives).
specific: knowledge and understanding can be transfered to other research fields, provided in the linguistic blocks of the programm and within the framework of the future employments.
Readings
• Wierlacher, A. / Bogner, A. (2003). Handbuch interkulturelle Germanistik. Stuttgart/Weimar: Metzler. (izbrana poglavja/selected chapters)
• Ammon, U. (1995). Die deutsche Sprache in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Berlin: de Gruyter. (izbrana poglavja/selected chapters)
• Ammon, U. (2015). Die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt. Berlin: de Gruyter. (izbrana poglavja/selected chapters)
• Clyne, Michael G. (ed.) (1992): Pluricentric Languages, Berlin: de Gruyter. (izbrana poglavja/selected chapters)
Additional information on implementation and assessment Homeworks
Oral examination
