39978 - German Language (Course and Laboratory) I (GR. B)

Academic Year 2021/2022

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.

Students should be able to understand written texts of average difficulty regarding the disciplines of the degree course and to understand a news broadcast and to make a simple oral report on it.

Course contents

The whole course is composed of 30-hour lectures and a 40-hour laboratory 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-hour course is organized into two modules:

a) one module will be devoted to enhancing students' reading, hearing and analysing skills by exposing them to a wide range of oral and written text types focused 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 discussions of the topics treated in the written texts.

Readings/Bibliography

For the course:

The texts to be analysed will be made available online on "Virtuale".

As the laboratory A1 :

Anne Buscha, Syilvia Szita: Begegnungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch A1+, Schubert-Verlag, Leipzig, also available in e-book version: www.ebook.schubert-verlag.de

As the laboratory A2:

Anne Buscha, Syilvia Szita: Begegnungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch A2+, Schubert-Verlag, Leipzig, also available in e-book version: www.ebook.schubert-verlag.de

For the laboratory B1 the texts will be provided by the teacher

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 the lessons:

Assessment will be made through two written mid-term tests during the course and a final oral exam.

The oral examination will be a presentation about a topic analysed during the course.

Students who do not follow the lessons can take the exam as follows:

Written test: reading comprehension, which consists of a cloze test, some open questions and a short text.

Oral test: interview about all the topics analysed during the course.

Non-attendig students must contact the teacher at the beginning of the course

Teaching tools

Use of internet, audio and video platform, reading of texts

Office hours

See the website of Alessandra Basile