Course detail
German 1
FSI-N1 Acad. year: 2022/2023 Winter semester
The course is intended to teach German as a foreign language at general level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.
Language of instruction
German
Number of ECTS credits
2
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and simple grammar for everyday communication at level A1 CEFR.
Prerequisites
Course is intended for beginners or false beginners.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and completed all tasks, as well as fulfilled the requirements of continuous control.
Aims
The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks, such as describing problems or giving instructions, that arise in a wide range of technical occupations.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for with the consent of the teacher.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-OBN-P: Common Offer, Master's, elective
Programme B-OBN-P: Common Offer, Bachelor's, elective
Programme IT-BC-3: Information Technology, Bachelor's
branch BIT: Information Technology, elective
Programme BIT: Information Technology, Bachelor's
specialization BITP: Information Technology, elective
Type of course unit
Language exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction, spelling in German
2. L 0 – Starting with German, internationalism
3. L 0 – Starting with German, self introduction
4. L 1– Café d, Conversations in the café, intoducing someone else
5. L 1– In the café, numerals, verb "to be"
6. L 2– In the language course, objects in the course room, plural
7. L 2– In the language course, indefinite articles, negation
8. L 3– Cities, countries, languages, simple past tense of "to be"
9. L 3– Orientation on the map, tourist attractions
10. L 4– Living, evaluating, possessive adjectives, adjectives
11. L 4– Living, moving, Cases (Accusative)
12. Station 1– Job: teacher/student, repetition: grammar and
vocabulary
13. Summary, revision