30013 - German Linguistics 1 (LM)

Course contents

The course consists of 60 hours of formal classes (lezioni frontali).

Please remember that this course goes together with a language learning course (esercitazioni).

The subject of the course (60 hours) is “language biographies” in German. These are seen principally as a way of investigating oral and written language from several points of view, both diachronic and synchronic. The course will also look at language biographies as material capable of providing insights into the language-learning process itself. The main aim of the course is to provide students with the conceptual and methodological basis necessary for the analysis of these texts, both from the purely linguistic point of view and also as documents representative of the recent history of the German language. The course will be based on a set of examples of texts from already existing corpora. Students will also be encouraged to explore the techniques involved in constructing one's own corpus (use of methods like questionnaires and narrative interviews).

The subject of the language learning course will be complementary to the above programme and will concentrate on phonetic-phonological aspects of German; there will also be a final part specially dedicated to allowing students to develop their own language biographies (European portfolio).

Readings/Bibliography

Lezioni frontali Linguistica tedesca 1

Franceschini, Rita (ed.). 2010. Sprache und Biographie. [Themenheft]. Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik (LiLi) 160. 

Sansone, Santa Dania & Eva-Maria Thüne. 2008. Sprachbiographien italienischer Migranten in Deutschland. AION, Sezione germanica N.S. XVIII(1), 183–211.

Stevenson, Patrick. 2012. SprachGeschichten mit Migrationshintergrund: demografische und biografische Sprachkenntnisse und Spracherlebrn. In: IDS Jahrbuch 2012 

Thüne, Eva-Maria. 2010. Sprachbiographien: empirisch und literarisch. In: Michaela Bürger-Koftis, Hannes Schweiger & Sandra Vlasta (Hg.), Polyphonie – Mehrsprachigkeit und literarische Kreativität. Wien: Praesens Verlag, 59–80.

Thüne, Eva-Maria & Anne Betten, Hgg. 2011. Sprache und Migration. Linguistische Fallstudien. Roma (Aracne). [LisT; 4].

Language learning course (esercitazioni di lingua)

The chosen textbooks follow the CEFR's theoretical and methodological principles and are suitable for university students. Further information will be given at the beginning of the language learning course.

Teaching methods

lectures and seminar classes. exercises

Assessment methods

1. Formal classes (with Prof. Thüne) 
The exam consists in two parts a. oral presentation during the course (with peer-reviewing) b. written paper setting out results of the oral presentation and discussion  Both parts are equally important for the final mark. Assessment criteria: capacity of expression (completeness and accuracy of contents), coherence of presentation (oral and written) and the ability in dialogical and argumentative interaction.
Non-attending students have to pass a written and an oral exam; further information on the official website(“Contenuti utili”).

2. Language learning course (Esercitazioni with Cel)

Written and oral exam at the end; further information will be given at the beginning of the course

Teaching tools

texts, power point presentations, exercises

Links to further information

http://www.aperandosini.eu/aperandosini/home.html

Office hours

See the website of Eva-Maria Christina Charlotte Thune