69387 - German Language and Culture II (Second Language)

Academic Year 2020/2021

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

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to comprehend and produce a wide range of written and oral texts, in German, and be able to express him or herself with ease and spontaneity.

Course contents

The course aims to improve the knowledge previously acquired and consolidate the communication skills. The program is focussed on morphological-syntactic, semantic-pragmatic and lexical analysis. By dealing with a range of written and audiovisual texts the students enhance their knowledge of the current trends in German language and their right usage.


Readings/Bibliography

BRAUN Peter(1998) Tendenzen der deutschen Gegenwartssprache,4. Aufl., Stuttgart,W. Kohlhammer.


ENGEL Ulrich(1988) Deutsche Grammatik, Heidelberg, Julius Groos,

ENGEL Ulrich/ TERTEL Rozemaria K. (1993) Kommunikative Grammatik. Deutsch als Fremdsprache, München, Judicium Verlag.

KESSEL Katja / REIMANN Sandra(2005) Basiswissen Deutsche Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen und Basel, A. Francke Verlag.

MORALDO Sandro/ SOFFRITTI Marcello(2004) Deutsch aktuell, Carocci, Roma.

SCHWITALLA Johannes(1997) Gesprochenes Deutsch. Eine Einführung. Berlin: Erich
Schmidt Verlag.

WEINRICH Harald (1993) Textgrammatik der deutschen Sprache, Mannheim, Dudenverlag.

Further readings will be made known during the course.


Teaching methods

Manuals, newspaper articles and audiovisual materials

Assessment methods

Written and oral exam.

The mark for this module will be based on both exams which together will make up 50% of the final mark for the course.

Teaching tools

Computer, video-clips, electronic devices. Moodle.

Office hours

See the website of Christian Klaus Thomas Wehlte