69298 - German Language and Culture I (Second Language)

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

Learning outcomes

The student is familiar with the basics of the German language and culture and is able to understand and produce written and oral texts.

Course contents

The course aims to enable students to acquire linguistic skills and metalinguistic understanding, with particular focus on the morphological, syntactic, phonetic and lexical structures of standard German.

In addition, through targeted educational interventions, the course enhances the development of relevant skills for textual production and oral interaction.

Readings/Bibliography

Grammars and manuals for individual use:

Bertozzi, Roberto (a c. di) 2015, Grammatica Tedesca. Forme e Costrutti. Milano, LED (http://www.lededizioni.com/allegati_Grammatica-tedesca/Grammatica-tedesca_Led-Edizioni_Soluzioni-esercizi.pdf).

Di Meola, Claudio (2014). La linguistica tedesca. Un’introduzione con esercizi e bibliografia ragionata. Roma: Bulzoni.

Dreyer, Hilke / Schmitt, Richard (2000). Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. Ismaning: Hueber.

Dreyer, Hilke / Schmitt, Richard (2001). Grammatica tedesca con esercizi. Ismaning: Hueber.

Dreyer, Hilke / Schmitt, Richard: Lösungsschlüssel zum Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – aktuell. Ismaning: Hueber.

Gaeta, Livio (2017). Lineamenti di grammatica tedesca. Roma, Carocci.

Further teaching material will be provided during lessons.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, group work.

This course will be supported by separate language training sessions (lettorato), aimed at supporting and consolidating writing and speaking skills. Students shall attend at least 70% of course lessons and training sessions.

Assessment methods

Assessment in Progress: written tasks, assigned at regular intervals, and intermediate tests.

Final Assessment: Written test: grammar test and text analysis. Time: 2 hours.
Oral exam (which can only be taken after the written test has been passed): an interview in German on
- a dossier of previously assigned texts, with verification of comprehension and reformulation capacity;
- two texts produced by the student during the course: a PowerPoint presentation (or equivalent applications; 3-5 slides) and a written text of approx. 200-250 words.

The evaluation of both texts will regard also the working process in itself and its documentation.

The total mark for the examination in LINGUA E MEDIAZIONE TEDESCA I (SECONDA LINGUA) is the average between the mark for this module and the one for MEDIAZIONE LINGUISTICA TRA IL TEDESCO E L'ITALIANO (SECONDA LINGUA).

 

 



Teaching tools

Video projector, PC, specific programs for linguistic analysis of texts, corpora, web resources of various kinds, multimedia materials, Moodle e-learning platform.

Office hours

See the website of Doris Anita Hoehmann