Duration
30h Pr
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Reading numerous texts in "simple" German (syllabus available at the
beginning of the year) until the end of the first quadrimester. As from January, the texts will be
taken from the German press (see below).
- Listening exercises, conversation, reading comprehensions and writing texts.
- Numerous pieces of homework to prepare texts, search for vocabulary, practical
reading comprehension exercises, etc.
- Listening comprehension exercises based on authentic audio recordings.
- As from January:
- Practical reading comprehension exercises based on general interest press articles from the magazines "Focus" / "Der Spiegel" or similar from the German press (summary, text questions), with lexical and cultural exploitation
- exercises to define words, search for synonyms, antonyms, paraphrasing paragraphs based on the articles studied
- Initiation in the German culture through the texts studied (history, politics, economics, socio-cultural panorama, news, etc.)
- Analysis of a film closely associated with the German culture
- Listening comprehension based on authentic recordings
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- To consolidate the knowledge of grammar and syntax, and to extend the students' knowledge of vocabulary.
- Putting what has been learnt into practice, improving understanding and verbal expression.
At the end of year, students will be capable of:
-summarising and commenting on general interest texts from the German press, from the magazines "Focus" / "Der Spiegel" or similar members of the German press
- defining certain words from the text, finding an explanation for them and paraphrasing paragraphs
- understanding authentic audio recordings (summary of the main information)
- easily handling the vocabulary from all the texts seen in class or at home in the form of homework
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Students will be required to do the exercises by themselves first (text preparation, reading comprehensions, vocabulary searches at home).
Then they will compare their work and their difficulties with one or more of their co-students.
Led by the lecturer, the group will then provide commentaries on the texts / audio material.
The general interest press articles will be read and the various exercises based on these articles done in class.
Recommended or required readings
Material: Students will acquire the syllabus, which will be available at the beginning of the year. Students will bring their prepared texts, homework and exercises to each lesson. During the group correction session, students will note down the remarks, corrections and suggestions made by the group and the lecturer. These group-corrected exercises constitute the material for the classes.
Bibliography: Recommended dictionaries: same as those from the grammar class
Langenscheidt Grosswörterbuch Dutsch als Fremdsprache
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Additional information:
Continuous assessment of the preparation of exercises and active participation in class. Any individual preparation will be the subject of a group correction in class, which will allow students to situate themselves in relation to the objectives to be achieved.
January: - Summary of an unseen text and/or exercises similar to those done in class based on the subject studied in class (and at home) during the first semester.
The mark of the midterm exam in January will count for 10% of the June final grade if > or = 10/20 (the mark will have no effect on the final grade if it doesn't reach 10/20). Please note that the final exam for this course is cumulative.
June assessment Oral and written exam: the two exams count for half of the points. Written exam - Summary of an unseen text, word definitions and paraphrasing and/or - exercises similar to those done in class based on the subject covered in class (and at home) during the year and/or - A listening comprehension exercise similar to those done in class. Oral exam: Students will have to read a novel (to be determined)
Aim of reading the book for the year: Students must be able to grasp the overall meaning of the text, determine the key elements of the content as well as linking it to these various elements. For the oral exam, students must be able to give a brief oral description of the book. They must also be able to express an opinion using clear and grammatically correct language. They must also be able to answer simple questions concerning what they have read.
Work placement(s)
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Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Course language:
German
Contacts
Melanie Cüpper mcupper@ulg.ac.be