95441 - German Language and Linguistic Exercises 3 - A

Course contents

Language classes will be held by Enrico Mina, further information on the website of the course Lingua e Linguistica Tedesca 3.

The course German Linguistics and Language 3 offers 9 credits. These 9 credits are registered as a block (they cannot be broken up) when the student has completed all sections of the exam (i.e. those relating to the lecture course and those relating to the practical language component (see below). Students are reminded that they have to undertake all parts of the exam independently from their linguistic level: no exemption is given on the basis of certificates issued by other institutions. The only exception concerns students who are German native speakers or who did their school-leaving exam (maturità, Abitur) in the German language. These students are exempted from the practical language component of the course.

Gruppo A: Enrico Mina (language level B1, A – Z)
Gruppo B: N.N. (language level B1)
Gruppo C: Sandro De Martino (language level B2+)

Language learning course (esercitazioni di lingua) 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 the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR). At the end of the third year, students should have reached at least B2-level:
Oral production (speaking): He/she can give clear, systematically developed descriptions and presentations, with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail. Oral reception (listening): He/she can understand standard spoken language, live or broadcast, on both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life. Only extreme background noise, inadequate discourse structure and/or idiomatic usage influences the ability to understand. Written production (writing): He/she can write clear, detailed texts on a variety of subjects related to his/her field of interest, synthesising and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources. Visual reception (reading): He/she can read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes, and using appropriate reference sources selectively. Has a broad active reading vocabulary, but may experience some difficulty with low frequency idioms.

Students with SLDs or temporary or permanent disabilities: we suggest that you contact the relevant university office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) and your professor immediately to work together to find the most effective strategies for attending classes and/or preparing for exams.

Any requests for accommodations must be made at least 15 days before the date of the exam, by sending an email to the lecturer and copying (Cc) the email address [disabilita@unibo.it [mailto:disabilita@unibo.it] ](mailto:disabilita@unibo.it ) (in case of disability) or [dsa@unibo.it [mailto:dsa@unibo.it] ](mailto:dsa@unibo.it ) (for students with Specific Learning Difficulties).

Readings/Bibliography

Language learning course (esercitazioni di lingua) 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

Language learning course (esercitazioni di lingua)

Language learning courses (esercitazioni di lingua) take place in seminar form and therefore involve the active and continuous participation of students both individually and in group activities.
In order to meet the different individual proficiency levels, three groups will be formed. One of these will start at level B2+, with the aim of offering even students with very advanced knowledge (entry to university with pre-knowledge at level B1 or higher, or Erasmus stay in German-speaking countries) the opportunity to maintain and deepen their practical language skills.

Assessment methods

Language learning course (esercitazioni di lingua)

Exams are the same for both attending and non-attending students. The exercises include a written and an oral test. Passing the written test is a condition for taking the oral test.

The written examination (150 minutes) consists of two parts:

Part 1 ("Grammatik und Wortschatz"):

30 questions, each with a missing part. The student must complete the missing parts (marked either by gaps or by dashes replacing the missing letters) or choose the correct solution from the 4 alternatives proposed (only one of the alternatives is correct). The grammatic test lasts 30 minutes. The questions assess grammatical and lexical competence.

Part 2 ("Textproduktion"):

Consists of reading an article (which will serve as basis for the written production) and writing two texts. The first text (approx. 100 words) concerns the content of the article (summary, ‘Zusammenfassung’ and/or open questions) while the second (approx. 200 words) is of the argumentative type (‘Stellungnahme’).

The student has 120 minutes to complete these tasks.

The use of a German monolingual dictionary in paper form is permitted.

The following criteria are taken into account in the assessment: lexical adequacy, grammatical correctness, textual coherence and pragmatic adequacy.

N.B: An example of the written test is available on the "Virtual" platform (virtual.unibo.it).

The oral examination consists of an interview of approximately 15 min. The student must have prepared a topic of his or her choice and present a Reader with three articles (excluding texts from textbooks and texts from Wikipedia), three statistics/tables and three photographs relating to the chosen topic during the test. The list of topics and further information on preparing for the interview can be found on Virtuale. The following criteria are taken into account in the assessment: lexical adequacy, grammatical correctness, phonetic correctness, expository fluency and the ability to use suitable strategies to overcome communicative problems.

The final mark of the course “Lingua e Linguistica Tedesca 3” will be the average mark between the lezioni frontali exam's result and the esercitazione mark.

Office hours

See the website of Eva-Maria Christina Charlotte Thune