Course detail

German 3

FSI-N3 Acad. year: 2022/2023 Winter semester

The course is intended to teach German as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is the language for specific purposes. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.

Language of instruction

German

Number of ECTS credits

2

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and grammar for more difficult and independent everyday communication.

Prerequisites

The course N3 is intended for intermediate students with knowledge on level A1. It doesn´t follow up on the course N2.

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. Students will be able to communicate in more difficult situations using relevant language means, and master the elementary terms of the language for specific purposes.

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. L 1- Languages and biographies,
            subordinate clauses with "weil"
2. L 1- Languages, comparisons "wie", "als", superlatives
3. L 2- My family, possessive article in the dative
4. L 2- Family, celebration, invitations
5. L 3- Travelling and mobility, planning a trip,
             booking a trip,express assumptions
6. L 3- Travelling, modal verb "soll", sentences with "aber", "oder"
7. L 3- Station 1- profession translator, repetition: grammar
8. L 4- Hobbies, reflexive pronouns, temporal adverb, phrasal verbs
9. L 4- Association, express emotions, indefinite pronouns,                   
            verb "mögen"
10. L 5- Media in everyday life, messages
11. L 5- Indirect questions, complaints, adjectives without
              articles
12. L 5- Media, advertisements
13. Summary, revision