69387 - German Language and Culture II (Second Language)

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Docente: Monika Hengge
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: L-LIN/14
  • Language: German
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to understand and produce a wide range of written texts and oral discourse in German, expressing him/herself with fluency 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.

ULRICH Winfried (2022) Sprachwandel, sprachliche Zweifelsfälle und Entwicklungstendenzen der Gegenwartssprache im Deutschunterricht und im Studium. Hohengehren: Schneider Verlag.

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

Further references will be provided during the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, group work.

The didactic and learning process is dynamic and requires the active participation by the student.

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: Active cooperation by the student; written tasks, assigned at regular intervals.

Final assessment: The final examination consists of a written test

The written test includes

- a text with open questions and the development of a theme;
- a test of grammar and vocabulary;
- a summary of an audio text.

The oral test is subject to passing the written test. On the basis of the presentations done during the course by the candidates, an interview is held in German with a verification of their understanding and ability to explain the work done during the course.

The total mark for the examination in LINGUA E MEDIAZIONE TEDESCA II (FIRST LANGUAGE) is the average between the mark for this module and the one for INTERPRETAZIONE DI TRATTATIVA TEDESCA II (FIRST LANGUAGE).

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The evaluation criteria are:

- knowledge, organization and reworking of the contents;
- morphosynthetic correctness;
- lexical properties and variety;
- communicative effectiveness;
- clarity and correctness of pronunciation.

 

Teaching tools

PC, video projector, different kinds of web resources, multimedia materials, Virtuale e-learning platform.

Office hours

See the website of Monika Hengge