Module GERM3071: GERMAN LANGUAGE 4

Department: Modern Language and Cultures (German)

GERM3071: GERMAN LANGUAGE 4

Prerequisites

• German Language 2 (GERM2021) or German Language 2 and Year Abroad (GERM2111) or equivalent.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Not available to students following the European Studies programme; Area Studies in German (LANG3351); German in Society 3 (LANG3**1).

Aims

• Students use authentic material from a dossier which provides the basis for various language exercises: writing and re-writing in German and German oral work.
• At the end of the year we expect the best students to have reached near-native proficiency.
• Weekly oral classes with native Germans also contribute to this objective.

Content

• The module is based on a dossier of authentic German texts on a range of areas of topical concern in the German-speaking countries.
• These texts provide material for formal exercises and student-centred learning.
• This material provides the foundation for the end-of-year examination, in which writing and re-writing exercises in German and tested oral work reflect the subject matter, idiom and linguistic registers found in the dossier.

Learning Outcomes

• Increased knowledge and understanding of a number of topical issues in the German-speaking countries.

• Students should consolidate and develop skills in oral and written argument and presentation, and in German grammar.
• Increased command of the relevant German vocabulary and registers.

• Students' ability to use the internet and other learning resources to research and present relevant material should have improved.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• There are TWO one-hour classes per week, one oral/precis class, and one translation class. At the start of the year students must sign up for one of each of these groups. In addition, they are required to attend small-group conversation classes with a native speaker on a regular basis. These will be organized by their oral/precis tutor.
• Students are required to attend all classes for their groups, and to prepare themselves for classes and participate actively in discussions.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Regular written/oral practice.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University