GERMAN LANGUAGE 1

The course, consisting of Prof. Strobel's module (30 hours, 2nd semester) and the year-long language exercises (about 150 hours) taught by the language expert collaborators (CELs), constitutes the first stage of a path that, over a three-year period, is intended to lead students to acquire key notions and skills in phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, sociolinguistics, text linguistics and translation such as to enable them to use confidently different text types and registers of the German language. The exercises (Deutsch als Fremdsprache, DaF) aim to lead students to reach, in the three-year period, the C1 level of the Common Frame of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in the four skills.

Knowledge and understanding:
Sociolinguistic overview of the German language; knowledge of phonetic/phonological structures; description of the morphology of German, with a special focus on word formation processes; knowledge and understanding of the grammatical and lexical elements necessary for communication in German at the B1 level in German as a Foreign Language (GFL).

Applied knowledge and comprehension skills:
Ability to transcribe German words correctly using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); ability to analyze correctly the morphological and syllabic structure of words; ability to compare metalinguistically German with Italian, especially on phonetic/phonological and morphological structures of the German language; ability to use appropriate linguistic terminology; ability to understand a university lecture in German; ability to understand and write short texts, and in general, ability to produce (at B1 level) and understand (at B1 level) written and oral texts in German.

Autonomy of judgment:
Ability to apply the practical skills (IPA transcription, syllable and word analysis) acquired in Prof. Strobel's module to new words and ability to judge the correctness of alternatives and to argue for a solution; ability to judge the correctness of grammatical structures in written and oral texts that can be connected with B1 level.

Communicative skills:
Receptive skills at B1 level, e.g., ability to follow a frontal lecture on a linguistic topic; ability to understand simple news articles and short narrative texts; B1-level productive skills, e.g., being able to write simple texts on familiar topics and knowing how to narrate a story or the plot of a book or movie; interactive skills at B1 level, e.g., knowing how to participate in conversations on familiar topics, of personal interest or concerning everyday life; ability to intervene in class, virtual class and exercises.

Ability to learn:
Ability to take notes during a university lecture; ability to use bilingual and monolingual dictionaries appropriately; ability to use language resources on the Internet; ability to use virtual classroom tools (Moodle).

None. Students of all levels (from beginners to advanced) are admitted to German courses.

Prof. Strobel's module (30 hours, 2nd semester) aims to describe the sociolinguistic, phonetic/phonological and morphological traits of the German language. In the first part of the course, a general overview of the sociolinguistic situation of German (differences between dialects, regional varieties, standard language) will be given. Moreover, the inventory of sounds of German (vocalism and consonantism), the main phonological rules, the rules of transcription of words according to the conventions of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), the relationship between spelling and pronunciation will be discussed. The second part of the course will deal with the morphological structure of German, specifically the classification of morphemes (by position and function), and the description of the main morphological processes (inflection, composition, derivation, conversion).
Linguistic topics will always be presented from a German-Italian contrastive perspective in order to initiate metalinguistic reflection to help the students acquire the formal characteristics of the German language.

LANGUAGE EXERCISES
The language exercises taught by the CELs (in two parallel groups in the I semester and one group in the second semester) are aimed at the development of written and oral, receptive, productive and interactive skills at B1 level. They work with texts on current topics as a starting point for in-class activities (reading/listening, discussion, written productions), also aimed at the acquisition and consolidation of vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Specialized tutoring (offered by advanced students or doctoral students; the activation will be communicated by Prof. Strobel) offer support for IPA transcriptions and morpheme analysis of words, support for reviewing grammar topics (also by conducting mock exams); written production exercises, also in small groups.

*** Mandatory texts for Prof. Strobel's module ***
Lessons' slides and material on Moodle
Pittner, Karin, Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik, 2. Auflage, WBG Darmstatt, chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4

*** Optional readings ***
Alber, Birgit (2007), Einführung in die Phonologie des Deutschen. Verona: QuiEdit. (pp 21-66; 105-134)
Alber, Birgit (2015), Einführung in die Morphologie des Deutschen. Verona: QuiEdit. (pp 17-84)
Gaeta, Livio (2017), Lineamenti di Grammatica Tedesca. Roma: Carocci. (Chap. 1, pp 17-35)

*** Mandatory texts for the DaF exercises ***
ASPEKTE NEU. MITTELSTUFE DEUTSCH. LEHRBUCH B1 PLUS. Di Ute Koithan, Helen Schmitz et. al. Berlin: Langenscheidt 2014, 191 pagg. (ISBN 978-3-12-605016-6).
ASPEKTE NEU. MITTELSTUFE DEUTSCH. ARBEITSBUCH B1 PLUS MIT AUDIO-CD. Di Ute Koithan, Helen Schmitz et. al. Berlin: Langenscheidt 2014, 184 pagg. (ISBN 978-3-12-605017-3).

*** Grammars ***
Hilke Dreyer, Richard Schmitt, LEHR- UND ÜBUNGSBUCH DER DEUTSCHEN GRAMMATIK – AKTUELL NEUBEARBEITUNG, Ismaning: Hueber 2009, 392 pagg. (ISBN 978-3-19-307255-9)
or the Italian version: Hilke Dreyer, Richard Schmitt, GRAMMATICA TEDESCA CON ESERCIZI – NUOVA EDIZIONE, Ismaning: Hueber 2011, 360 pagg. (ISBN 978-3-19-047255-0).
For beginners:
Monika Reimann, GRUNDSTUFEN-GRAMMATIK FÜR DAF - GRAMMATICA DI BASE DELLA LINGUA TEDESCA CON ESERCIZI, 240 pagg., Ismaning: Hueber 2010 (2a ed.) (ISBN 978-3-19-051575-2)

*** Monolingual dictionary ***
DUDEN UNIVERSALWÖRTERBUCH, Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut 2011 (7a ed.), 2112 pagg., (ISBN 978-3411055074) oppure con CD-ROM (ISBN 978-3411714247) or another edition.
WAHRIG DEUTSCHES WÖRTERBUCH, Gütersloh: Bertelsmann 2011, 1728 pagg. (ISBN 978-3577075954) [anche: ed. Zanichelli 2007, ISBN 9788808166760] or another edition.

*** Bilingual dictionary ***
IL NUOVO DIZIONARIO DI TEDESCO. DIZIONARIO TEDESCO-ITALIANO, ITALIANO-TEDESCO, di L. Giacoma e S. Kolb, Bologna: Zanichelli 2009, 2672 pagg., (ISBN 978-8808177681).

Test 1: Prof. Strobel's module aims to verify the acquisition of the theoretical-formal knowledge in the fields of phonetics/phonology and morphology of the German language, also from a German-Italian contrastive perspective and from a sociolinguistic perspective. The examination consists of 3 exercises: phonetic transcription and division into syllables of some German words; analysis in morphemes of some German words; and 2 short closed-stimulus questions with open-ended answers. In evaluating the examination, the determination of the final grade takes into account the following elements:
(a) adequacy in answering and solving the exercises in relation to the skills students are expected to have acquired by the end of the course; (b) completeness in answering and solving the exercises in relation to the skills students are expected to have acquired by the end of the course; (c) ability to articulate answers to open-ended questions clearly (including relevant comparisons with Italian from a contrastive perspective); and (d) mastery of the specialized language of linguistics. The test lasts 60 minutes without dictionary.

Test 2: grammar test (filling and transformation exercises), 45 min.
Test 3: reading comprehension of a journalistic (or related) text with open-ended questions, 30 min; with monolingual dictionary.
Test 4: written expression (writing a short text of at least 150 words from a picture and some predetermined vocabulary), 90 min; with monolingual dictionary.

IN-PROGRESS TESTS
Students will be offered the opportunity to take Tests 2 and 4 "in itinere".
Tests 1 and 3 are offered ONLY during the regular exam sessions, while Tests 2 and 4 can be taken either "in itinere" or in the regular exam sessions.
To access the in-progress tests, it is necessary to have handed in for correction to the CELs the mock exams that will be offered in class during the exercises. The mock exams can be delivered by hand on the day the mock will be given, or by e-mail/upload to Moodle according to the directions and deadlines set by the CELs.

Test 1 is specific to class 2 (Prof. Strobel), while tests 2, 3 and 4 are common to both classes.
The results of individual exam papers (either "in itinere" or during the regular sessions) remain valid for other appeals in the same academic year. As long as all parts are not passed, the student must re-register for the exam in order to take the missing part(s). If the student does not pass all parts of the exam by the January roll call, the results achieved up to that time will be cancelled.
In calculating the overall grade for GERMAN LANGUAGE 1, individual tests enter with the following weights: test 1 = 60 %, test 2 = 10 %, test 3 = 10 %, test 4 = 20 %.

Class teaching, discussion, group activities, oral presentations, virtual class (Moodle).

Language of teaching: German and Italian

Division in classes:

GERMAN LANGUAGE 1, class 1 (Prof. Cognola)

[LT10] curriculum LETTERARIO - CULTURALE e
[LT10] curriculum LINGUISTICO - FILOLOGICO – GLOTTODIDATTICO
[CT3] INFORMATICA
Studenti che studiano LINGUA TEDESCA 1 con i crediti liberi o con crediti in sovrannumero.

GERMAN LANGUAGE 1, class 2 (Prof. Strobel):

[LT10] Curriculum POLITICO INTERNAZIONALE (studenti triennalisti)

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