95426 - German Language and Linguistic Exercises - A [Beginners - Gr. 1]

Course contents

The language course 1A is held by dr. Christiane Von Stumpfeldt.

 

The part language course aims to develop the student's linguistic pragmatic, and sociolinguistic competence in German. All German language courses are based on the theoretical and methodological principles described by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR). At the end of the first year, students should have reached A2-level:

Oral production: Can give a simple description or presentation of people, living or working conditions, daily routines, likes/dislikes, etc. as a short series of simple phrases and sentences linked into a list.

Written production: Can write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors like ‘and', ‘but' and ‘because'.

Listening comprehension: Can understand enough to be able to meet needs of a concrete type provided speech is clearly and slowly articulated.

Reading comprehension: Can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type which consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language.

Readings/Bibliography

classes A and B:

Begegnungen A1+ Schubert-Verlag (disponibile presso la Feltrinelli di Piazza Ravegnana).

classes C and D: The bibliographic references will be communicated at the beginning of the course.

class E:

Aspekte Neu B1 Plus (Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch)

 

In addition, two handouts related to the oral and and the written test will be available on "Virtuale":

1) "Lingua e Linguistica Tedesca 1 / Esercitazioni - Vorbereitungsmaterialien für die schriftliche Prüfung".

2) "Lingua e Linguistica Tedesca 1 -/ Esercitazioni, esame orale - Informationen zur Prüfung und Materialien".

Teaching methods

Language learning course (esercitazioni linguistiche) : Lessons are interactive requiring the students' direct participation. We have different learning groups each of which corresponds to a different initial level of learner competences. For this reason we ask all students to enter their names on one of the placement lists. Students with previous knowledge of German can provide one of the acknowledged certificates or have to take the placement test.

Further information concerning the placement test and the learning groups will be published on the website of the School (http://www.scuolalingue.unibo.it/it ).

Assessment methods

Final exams are written and oral. Students must pass the written part before taking the oral exam.

The written exam comprises three parts. The first part (30 min) will assess vocabulary range and control as well as grammatical accuracy (multiple choice test). The second part (45 min) will assess the level of comprehension of written texts through a choice of short texts (blogs, e-mails, short newspaper articles, advertisements, instructions, etc.) and related exercises (multiple choice, right-wrong, etc.). The third and final part (30 min) will assess the level of written production. Students will be required to produce a written text (formal/informal letter or similar) along given key issues. Assessment criteria are lexical and grammatical competence, textual coherence and pragmatic competence.

In order to pass the written exam, students have to pass each part with a minimum of 60% (18/30).

During the oral exam the students have to discuss topics presented in the language learning course.

Assessment criteria are phonetic, lexical and grammatical competence as well as fluency and the ability to use strategies in order to overcome communication problems. The topics chosen for the oral and written exams are relevant to the study of the German language and the culture of the German speaking countries/communities. The assessment of correctness, range and control is relative to the level required for the first year.

Exams are the same for attenders and non-attenders.

The final mark of the course “Lingua e Linguistica Tedesca 1” will be the average mark between the lezioni frontali exam's result and the esercitazione mark.

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Ivancic