GERMAN LANGUAGE 2
- Academic year
- 2018/2019 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- LINGUA TEDESCA 2
- Course code
- LT0062 (AF:248303 AR:135870)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 12
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-LIN/14
- Period
- 2nd Semester
- Course year
- 2
- Moodle
- Go to Moodle page
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding applied: meta-linguistic reflection, also in contrast with Italian, about complex syntactic and textual structures of German. Ability to use the appropriate terminology in the analysis of texts that display those features. Ability to understand an academic lecture on a linguistic argument. Ability to read and understand contemporary a long literary text. In general, the ability to produce (level B2) and understand (level B2+) written and oral texts in German.
Making judgements: Ability to express a personal and original position on current affairs, also taking into account intercultural aspects. Ability to independently resolve problems of understanding and interpretation of German texts. Ability to make judgements on translational solutions.
Communication skills: receptive skills at level B2+, e.g. ability to follow academic lectures, news programs and many movies. Ability to understand current affairs articles that express a point of view and to read a long narrative text. Productive skills at level B2, e.g. ability to express and argue a point of view on a social/(inter)cultural subject, both orally and in writing. Interactive skills at level B2, e.g. ability to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes possible regular interaction with native speakers. Ability to take actively part in the interaction in the classroom, in the virtual classroom and in the language classes.
Learning skills: Ability to take notes during a university lecture. Ability to properly use the bilingual and monolingual dictionary. Ability to use language resources on the Internet. Ability to use the tools of the virtual classroom (Moodle).
Pre-requirements
Contents
Language exercises of the linguistic experts (CEL), (three parallel groups E1A, E1B, E1C, first and second semester): they are directed at the receptive, productive and interactive written and oral skills proposing texts, including newspaper articles, on social and cultural issues (education, work, relationships, health, emotions, nature, environment, food etc.) as the starting point of the activities in the classroom (reading / listening, discussion, productions written), also aiming at the acquisition of vocabulary and complex grammatical structures. There will be exercises in small groups (E2), especially for the correction of individual works.
Tutoring (offered by advanced students or doctoral students, any activation will be notified with an online announcement of the teacher): exercises of written production (Leserbrief) in small groups.
Self-study: Full reading of a long narrative text (B. Schlink: Der Vorleser).
Referral texts
MITTELPUNKT NEU B2 LEHRBUCH: Deutsch als Fremdsprache für Fortgeschrittene, Stuttgart: Klett 2012, ISBN 978-3-12-676652-4
MITTELPUNKT NEU B2 ARBEITSBUCH mit Audio-CD, Stuttgart: Klett 2012, ISBN 978-3-12-676653-1
*** Mandatory texts for the teacher’s module:
Peter Paschke: Deutsche Sprache 2 (this Reader will be available online in the virtual moodle class at the beginning of the second semestre), includes further references.
Bernhard Schlink: DER VORLESER, Zürich: Diogenes 1997 (ISBN 978-3257229530) or other edition. You should buy this required reading at the beginning of the year and read (at least) the first part in preparation of the teacher’s module.
*** Suggested reference grammars (with exercises):
Hilke Dreyer, Richard Schmitt, LEHR- UND ÜBUNGSBUCH DER DEUTSCHEN GRAMMATIK – AKTUELL NEUBEARBEITUNG, Ismaning: Hueber 2012, 392 pagg. (ISBN 978-3-19-307255-9 ) oppure nella versione italiana: Hilke Dreyer, Richard Schmitt, GRAMMATICA TEDESCA CON ESERCIZI – NUOVA EDIZIONE, Ismaning: Hueber 2013, 360 pagg. (ISBN 978-3-19-047255-0).
Gerhard Helbig, Joachim Buscha, DEUTSCHE GRAMMATIK. EIN HANDBUCH FÜR DEN AUSLÄNDERUNTERRICHT, Berlin [etc.]: Langenscheidt 2001 (or later edition).
*** Suggested German-German dictionaries:
WAHRIG DEUTSCHES WÖRTERBUCH, Gütersloh: Bertelsmann 2011, 1728 pagg. (ISBN 978-3577075954) [anche: ed. Zanichelli 2007, ISBN 9788808166760] o altra edizione (disponibile anche con CD-ROM), oppure:
DUDEN UNIVERSALWÖRTERBUCH, Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut 2011 (7a ed.), 2112 pagg., (ISBN 978-3411055074) oppure con CD-ROM (ISBN 978-3411714247) o altra edizione (disponibile anche con CD-ROM).
*** Suggested German-Italian dictionaries:
IL NUOVO DIZIONARIO DI TEDESCO. DIZIONARIO TEDESCO-ITALIANO, ITALIANO-TEDESCO, di L. Giacoma e S. Kolb, Bologna: Zanichelli 2009, 2672 pagg., (ISBN 978-8808177681) o altra edizione (disponibile anche con CD-ROM) oppure:
Assessment methods
Part a) meta-linguistic skills and their application:
Test 1: test on the teacher’s module (Italian translation of a piece of required reading, syntactic analysis, questions about grammar subjects, with monolingual dictionary), 60 min.
Test 2: grammar test (gap filling and transforming exercises), 60 min.
Part b) written skills (receptive and productive):
Test 3: Reading comprehension (Leseverstehen) of a journalistic text with open questions,
Test 4: Written expression (Leserbrief), both with monolingual dictionary, 120 min. for both tests.
If the students passes both tests of a written part in the same examination period, the results remain valid for the other examination periods of the same academic year.
Part c) Oral and interactive skills:
Test 5: To the oral examination, which takes place ca. 1 week after the written one, are admitted the candidates who have passed both the written parts. It tests the ability to present and discuss current topics (already introduced during the language exercises) starting from some photos (10 min., without preparation). In case of fail, the results of the written tests will remain valid for the remaining examination periods of the academic year.
Until all parts are passed, the student must re-enroll for the examination in order to be admitted to the missing part/parts.
If the student does not pass all parts within the last examination period (January), the results achieved so far will be cancelled.
The final grade is calculated as follows:
Test 1: 40%
Test 2: 15%
Test 3: 15%
Test 4: 15%
Test 3: 15%
Teaching methods
Teaching language
Further information
The division of language exercise groups will be visible in the timetable published online.
The teaching and exam preparation materials will be published in the virtual classroom (Moodle).
Type of exam
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