- Docente: Barbara Ivancic
- Credits: 9
- Language: German
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Asian Languages, Markets and Cultures (cod. 0980)
Course contents
The course has two parts:
1. - 30 hours of formal classes (lezioni
frontali)
2. - A language learning
course (esercitazioni linguistiche)
through the whole year (responsible: dott. Sandro De Martino, sandro.demartino@unibo.it).
The formal classes are held twice throughout the year: the 1-A course is thought for students with previous knowledge of German, the 1-B course for those who start studying German at the university. The contents are the same.
Both, the 1A-course and the 1B-course, will take place in the second semester.
The aim of the main course is to provide the students with the basic notions necessary for a metalinguistic reflection on the German Language. The main subject of the course will be the morpholgy: Starting from the notions of word and parts of speech, particular attention will be given to the main word classes in German and to the flexional aspects that characterize them.
Language learning course
The part language course aims to develop the student's linguistic pragmatic, and sociolinguistic competence in German. All German language courses are based on the theoretical and methodological principles described by theCommon European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR). At the end of the first year, students should have reached A2-level:
Oral production: Can give a simple description or presentation of people, living or working conditions, daily routines, likes/dislikes, etc. as a short series of simple phrases and sentences linked into a list.
Written production: Can write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors like ‘and', ‘but' and ‘because'.
Listening comprehension: Can understand enough to be able to meet needs of a concrete type provided speech is clearly and slowly articulated.
Reading comprehension: Can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type which consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language.
Readings/Bibliography
Main course
Schueler-Duden (1998): Grammatik. Eine Sprachlehre
mit Uebungen und Loesungen. 4. aktualisierte und erw. Auflage.
Hg. von der Dudenredaktion. Bearbeitet von P. Gallmann und H.
Sitta. Mannheim et al., Dudenverlag [ISBN: 3-411-05634-7]:
- chapters: Laute und Buchstaben; Wort und Formenlehre; Das Verb; Das Nomen; Das Adjektiv; Die Wortbildung.
Nied Curcio, Martina (2016): La lingua tedesca. Aspetti linguistici tra contrastività e interculturalità. Roma: UniversItalia, capitolo 4: "Parole complesse e la loro formazione", pp. 119-201.
Thüne, Eva-Maria/Elter, Irmgard/ Leonardi, Simona (2005): Le lingue tedesche. Per una descrizione sociolinguistica, Bari, Graphis, capitoli 1 e 2.
The books are available in the library of the Dipartimento di
Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne (Via Cartolerie, 5).
The slides are available through AMS-Campus.
Language learning course (esercitazioni linguistiche): The chosen textbooks follow the CEFR's theoretical and methodological principles and are suitable for university students. Each learning group will adopt a book corresponding to its initial competence level.
Teaching methods
Main course formal lessons, group work, exercises
Language learning course (esercitazioni linguistiche) :
Lessons are interactive requiring the students' direct
participation. We have different learning groups each of which
corresponds to a different initial level of learner competences.
For this reason we ask all students to enter their names on one of
the placement lists. Students with previous knowledge of German can
provide one of the acknowledged certificates or have to take the
placement test.
Further information will be published on the website of the School (http://www.scuolalingue.unibo.it/it).
Assessment methods
Main course
The final exam is written (90 min). Starting from a short text, students have to identify, denominate and/or explain the notions and categories introduced in the course. Assessment criteria: completeness and accuracy of contents. Dictionaries are not allowed.
Language learning course (esercitazioni linguistiche)
Final exams are written and oral. Students must pass the written part before taking the oral exam.
The written exam comprises three parts. The first part (30 min) will assess vocabulary range and control as well as grammatical accuracy (multiple choice test). The second part (45 min) will assess the level of comprehension of written texts through a choice of short texts (blogs, e-mails, short newspaper articles, advertisements, instructions, etc.) and related exercises (multiple choice, right-wrong, etc.). The third and final part (30 min) will assess the level of written production. Students will be required to produce a written text (formal/informal letter or similar) along given key issues. Assessment criteria are lexical and grammatical competence, textual coherence and pragmatic competence.
In order to pass the written exam, students have to pass each part with a minimum of 60% (18/30).
During the oral exam the students have to discuss topics presented in the language learning course. A reader is available at the copyshop "Mastercopy" in Via Cartolerie.
Assessment criteria are phonetic, lexical and grammatical competence as well as fluency and the ability to use strategies in order to overcome communication problems. The topics chosen for the oral and written exams are relevant to the study of the German language and the culture of the German speaking countries/communities. The assessment of correctness, range and control is relative to the level required for the first year.
Exams are the same for attenders and non-attenders.
The final mark of the course “Lingua e Linguistica Tedesca 1” will be the average mark between the lezioni frontali exam's result and the esercitazione mark.
Teaching tools
power point presentations, exercises
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Barbara Ivancic