German A2.1 - 1st semester

Objectives

Basic User A2
a) Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
b) Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
c) Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

General characterization

Code

711101077

Credits

6

Responsible teacher

Celeste Machado, Freya Feige

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

German

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Bibliography

Falch, Bernhard et al: Panorama. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Kursbuch und Übungsbuch. Berlin: Cornelsen, 2016
Basiswörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Berlin: Cornelsen, 2013
Borbein, V.; Baumgarten, C.: Abenteuer Alltag. Menschen in Deutschland. Texte für Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2008
Jin, F.; Voß, U.: Grammatik aktiv. Deutsch als Fremdsprache (mit Lösungen). Berlin: Cornelsen, 2013      

Teaching method

Communicative method seeking to stimulate interaction and engender increasingly autonomous learning.
Intercultural approach which raises the student’s awareness of cultural diversity
carrying out tasks which draw on linguistic and extra-linguistic competences

Evaluation method

Continous assessment, written tests, oral tests, presentation of project work.

Subject matter

Vocabulary and specific information on following topics: Work and employment, life stories, generations, home and living, money, socialising, sports.
Grammatical structures: Subordinate clauses, simple past of modal verbs, verbs with prepositions, reflexive pronouns, local prepositions, comparative degree and superlative, declination of adjectives.
Working methods: Reading and listening to texts,, audiovisual materials, producing written and oral texts, discussions, presentations.