Objectives and competences
A student can classify features of German technical and scientific language.
A student develops writing skills for drawing up academic and technical texts in German
Content (Syllabus outline)
Technical and scientific writing in German:
Topics:
- Composition (planning, title, introduction, paragraphs, body of article, conclusion, tables, abstract, summary),
- Style (objectivity, clarity, formality, hedging, signposting),
- Language functions (agreeing and disagreeing, comparing and contrasting classifying, defining, emphasizing, generalizing, quoting),
- Grammar (word order, adverbs, verb tenses, passive voice).
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures with exercises on all skills (listening, reading, communication), focused on writing by means of composition exercises
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students will be familiar with characteristic features of technical and scientific German.
Students will be able to distinguish between features of technical / academic and general German.
Students will be able to actively use technical / academic German in composition.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Lectures with exercises on all skills (listening, reading, communication), focused on writing by means of composition exercises
Readings
1. Jahr, Silke: Wissenschaftsdeutsch, Booksbaum Verlag, Berlin 2011
Ostalo / Other:
1. TECHMER, Marion, BRILL, Lilli Marlen. Großes Übungsbuch Deutsch: Wortschatz, Huber Verlag, 2011
2. JIN, Frederike, VOß, Ute. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Grammatik Aktiv, Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin 2017
3. MULEJ, Sabina. Strokovni nemški jezik za gradbenike = Deutsch als Fachsprache für Bauingenieure. Maribor: Založba Fakultete za gradbeništvo, 2014. ISBN 978-961-248-444-6. http://dkum.uni-mb.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=46548[COBISS.SI-ID 78325249]
4. Strokovni in znanstveni članki v nemščini (German technical and scientific papers)
Prerequisits
B2/C1 knowledge level of German.
