- Docente: Irmgard Elter
- Credits: 8
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should reach a minimum level of A2 (Council of Europe framework) for spoken German, while the ideal level is B1, and a minimum level of B1 for reading comprehension – ideal level B2.
Course contents
The whole course is composed of a series of 30 hours of lectures, and 40 hours of laboratory work dedicated to practicing spoken and written German; labs are streamed according to the level of knowledge ascertained in the entry test. For beginners we offer an additional lab (level A1) of 60 hours in the 1st semester.
The 30 hours course is organized into two modules:
a) one module will be devoted to enhancing students' reading, hearing and analyzing skills by exposing them to a wide range of oral and written text types for the general public focusing on themes which are related to the disciplines of the degree course and to German culture.
b) The second module will be devoted to oral analysis and discussing of the topics treated in the written texts.
Readings/Bibliography
For the course:
The texts to be analyzed will be made available at the student registry office and online in "Materiale didattico".
See also the chapter "Bundesländer" and "Politisches System" in "Tatsachen über Deutschland":
http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de
For the oral examination:
one chapter of: E.-M. Thüne / I. Elter / S. Leonardi, Le lingue tedesche: per una descrizione sociolinguistica, Ed. Graphis, 9. ed. 2011.
For the laboratoryA1 :
Anne Buscha, Szilvia Szita: Begegnungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch A1+, Schubert-Verlag, Leipzig.
And the grammar
Grammatik – ganz klar! Grammatica con esercizi A1-B1, Hueber Verlag.
For the laboratory A2:
Anne Buscha, Szilvia Szita: Begegenungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch A2+, Schubert-Verlag, Leipzig.
Teaching methods
The language laboratory, on the basis of a specific grammar for Italian speakers is aimed at allowing students to achieve a good level of linguistic and communicative competence.
Lectures are aimed at developing skills in order to comprehend and interpret written and oral texts of average difficulty. The course will be held predominantly in German.
Assessment methods
Students who follow lessons:
Overall assessment will be based on two written tests (mid-term test and final exam) and a final oral exam.
The mid-term test and the final exam includes a cloze test and a reading test with multiple choice and open questions.
The oral examination is about two chapters of the book E.-M. Thüne, I. Elter, S. Leonardi, Le lingue tedesche: per una descrizione sociolinguistica, Ed. Graphis, 9. ed. 2011.
Spoken German will be assessed by a short conversation.
Students who do not follow lessons can take the exam as follows:
Written test – reading comprehension (level A2), which consists in a cloze test, in some open questions and in a short text + grammar test (level A2).
Oral test: two chapters of the book: E.-M. Thüne, I. Elter, S. Leonardi, Le lingue tedesche: per una descrizione sociolinguistica, Ed. Graphis, 9. ed. 2011 and a short conversation in German.
Teaching tools
pc, Video Projector, DVD or Video Recorder Player
Office hours
See the website of Irmgard Elter