German for foreigners (in English) A1/ part 3 3302-NDOK-OG

During classes students know: ways of dealing with everyday situations for example: at the shop, in the office, making a telephone call as well as asking some questions during commuting, describing some phenomena and situations, defining subjects, expressing own views. They know the basics of German grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

Type of course

elective courses
general courses

Mode

Remote learning

Prerequisites (description)

The objective of this course is to learn and improve all the skills necessary to communicate flexibly in German (comprehensible pronunciation, listening comprehension, reading an writing) as well as introducing students to cultural, geographic and social aspects of German-speaking regions. The aim of the course: • acquiring the basic language abilities to understand and use German in different situations. • acquiring expressions, structures, vocabulary, grammar and correct pronunciation of German. • acquiring the ability to provide and obtain basic information in German. • acquiring the ability to talk about yourself, own surrounding and everyday life without difficulties. • acquiring the ability to understand forms, advertisements. • acquiring the ability to formulate some written and oral texts. • acquiring the knowledge about history, culture and geography of Germanic countries.

Course coordinators

Magdalena Daroch

Learning outcomes

On completing the course students will know how to form simple questions on social life, such as place they live in, people they meet and things they possess, they also will be able to answer such questions. They will know how to cope with various aspects of their daily life, e.g. in a shop, coffee, office environment, etc. They will know how to introduce themselves and other people; they will also be able to lead a simple conversation providing that their speaker speaks slowly and is willing to help out.

Assessment criteria

Receiving a minimum of 60% as the final mark.
The final mark is the average mark based on all assingements and final tests, both oral and written.

Bibliography

MENSCHEN A1 (Kursbuch) + MENSCHEN A1 (Arbeitsbuch), Hueber Verlag
Magdalena Daroch, Krzysztof Tkaczyk, Gramatyka języka niemieckiego z ćwiczeniami, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2007.
Easy learning German Grammar & Practice, Collins 2012
Grammatical and lexical exercises made by the language instructor

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 3302-NDOK-OG in USOSweb