28569 - Language and Cultural Mediation: German I (Second Language)

Learning outcomes

The student knows the basic elements of German language and culture - is aware of the  problems and strategies of language mediation and able to use the target language in common communication situations, comprehend and produce texts and speeches.

Course contents

Language: Through the work in class - verbal and written excercises - the students will be conducted towards the aquisition of a wider language competence  and a good level of skills in comprehension and production of verbal performances and written texts in various fields such as to constitute a base for language mediation. Language mediation: More in detail, the course will focus on the following areas: brief overview of the role of interpreters within a communication process, analysis of communication situations both live and on video, focus on non-verbal language, prosody, memory training, free speech in the foreign language and first attempts at liason intertreting.

Readings/Bibliography

Language and mediation: bibliography will eventually be comunicated during the course.

Teaching methods

Language: Frontal lessons, group class work, exercises in cooperation with . Mediation: practise of interpreting exercises integrated by short exercises of grammar and syntax.

Assessment methods

Language: the type of the written and verbal exam will be comunicated and trained by exercises during the course. Mediation: The exam will focus on a sight translation, on an oral summary and on a real liaison test situation, with the student acting as an interpreter in a dialogue between the teachers who discuss common subjects

Teaching tools

PC, videoprojector

Office hours

See the website of Gisela Schueler

See the website of Paolo Bragagni