Foreign language I (German)
Code: 103575 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2502758 Humanities | FB | 1 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Bernd Springer
- Email:
- Bernd.Springer@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- Yes
Other comments on languages
alemanExternal teachers
- Lyonel Behringer
Prerequisites
Modern language I (German) has no prerequisites. You start from zero.
Objectives and Contextualisation
Formation objectives: introduction and basic training in the descrption and use of the German language.
Competences
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to maintain an appropriate conversation.
- Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
- Communicating in oral and written form in the studied language, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Interpreting the meaning of unknown words thanks to its context.
- Making predictions and inferences about the content of a text.
- Producing a written text that is grammatically and lexically correct.
- Producing an oral text that is grammatically and lexically correct.
Content
Learning the German language from level zero, with the possibility of continuity for up to four semesters. The learning focuses on the exercise of the four basic skills: oral communication, written communication, listening comprehension and reading comprehension. At the same time, it is intended to give a real and real knowledge of the decisive role of the German language within the European Union, as well as to highlight its role as a vehicle for the expression of culture in key periods of the evolution of Western culture.
SYLLABUS
Grammar:
- The regular conjugation of verbs; The direct question; The main sentences and their conjugations.
- The noun and the article with the nominative; The adjective; The negation "kein".
- Possessive; The verb "sein"; Verbs with change of vowel and separable verbs; Verbal position.
- The accusative; The verb "haben"; "es gibt"/; the verb "möchten".
- Personal pronouns in accusative; The question in accusative; The impersonal "man".
- Modal verbs: "wollen"; "können"; "müssen"; "dürfen"; "sollen"; Negation with "nicht".
- The "Präteritum" or imperfect of "haben" and "sein";
- Temporal expressions: "Soy, um, von. . bis";
- Preposition "für" + accusative
Situation and Themes:
- Introduce yourself; ask for others.
- Personal biography.
- Everyday life: work, food, studies, friends. . . .
- Free time: vacations, outings, hobbies. . . .
- Go shopping
- Narration of recent events in the past.
Methodology
The student acquires the theoretical knowledge of basic German grammar and reinforces this knowledge with practical exercises in class and at home in a progression tutored by the teachers:
Oral communication is practical, based on theoretical grammar, through simple communication situations that progressively acquire a greater degree of difficulty.
Listening comprehension is practiced in class through the reading of texts appropriate to the level by the teacher and recordings and videos.
As for the exercise of reading comprehension, reading strategies are worked on in class on texts written at the corresponding level.
The exercise of written communication is done through essays, written dialogues, etc. That the pupil will have to elaborate regularly at home, by indication of the teacher, and that this one will correct.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classes with active participation | 40 | 1.6 | |
| Evaluation of partial and final examinations | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Oral practice, simulated situations | 25 | 1 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Writing of basic level texts, grammar exercises, consultation of manuals, questionnaires from films. | 40 | 1.6 |
Assessment
Evaluation
1) Continuous evaluation (= 50% of final grade)
(a) Class attendance is compulsory and is part of continuous assessment. The absence of more than 50% makes evaluation impossible and the grade will be 'not evaluable'.
b) The continuous evaluation consists of the following parts: vocabulary, partial examinations, essays and active assistance.
c) There will be two partial exams, after lessons 2 and 4, which consist of the following parts: oral comprehension, written comprehension, grammar and vocabulary. Both oral exams must be passed with a minimum score of 5 out of 10.
d) You must have a vocabulary book following the teacher's instructions which must be handed in at the end of each lesson, with a minimum of 70%. The results will be evaluated with a grade from 7 to 10.
e) At the end of the lesson, it is compulsory to have completed the corresponding Quizlet exercises, with a minimum of 70%. The results will be evaluated with a score from 7 to 10.
f) There will be three essays, two at home and one in class.
g) The grade of the continuous evaluation consists of the following parts: 1st partial exam - 20%, 2nd exam -30%, essays - 20% (5+5+10), vocabulary - 20% (Quizlet and vocabulary book), attendance - 10%.
2) Final exam (= 50% of final grade)
a) All German language skills will be assessed: grammar, oral and written comprehension, oral and written expression.
b) In order to pass the exam, it is necessary to pass, separately, each one of the parts that compose the final exam.
c) You must pass the final exam with a minimum score of 5 out of 10 and have a minimum score of 3.5 out of 10 in the continuous evaluation.
d) The subject is passed with a score of 5 out of 10 in the final grade, made up of the sum of the final grades and the continuous evaluation.
e) Only those students who have passed at least 70% of the tasks have the right tore-evaluation.
The re-evaluation thus consists of the suspended parts up to a maximum of 30 % of the tasks of the continuous evaluation and the final examination.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpeta del estudiant, Vokabelheft, Vokabeltest, Online-Wortschatzübungen | 20% | 19 | 0.76 | 8, 3, 4, 1, 6, 2 |
| Final examination of different skills | 50 % | 3 | 0.12 | 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 1, 6, 2 |
| Partial exams | 20 % | 3 | 0.12 | 7, 3, 4, 6 |
| Texts written at home | 10 % | 5 | 0.2 | 7, 3, 4, 6 |
Bibliography
Class book:
Netzwerk A1.1 Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch Teil 1 Mit DVD und Audio-CDs von Stefanie Dengler, Paul Rusch, Helen Schmitz und Tanja Sieber, Langenscheidt, Berlin/München, 2011.
Dictionaris:
Wörterbuch Deutsch-Spanisch ("Diccionario Moderno", 1 vol.), Langenscheidt
Diccionari Alemany-Català, 1 vol., Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana.
Books for consultation and reinforcement of grammar exercises (in The Humanisties Library):
Reimann, Monika, Grundstufen-Grammatik für DaF, Hueber, Ismaning, 2000
Castell, Andreu, Gramàtica de la lengua alemana, Idiomas, Madrid, 2002.
Web links:
http://www.langenscheidt.de/netzwerk
http://www.hueber.de/seite/pg_dwlprodukte_the
http://www.goethe.de/ins/es/bar/lrn/web/esindex.htm
http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/learn-german-online/exercises/dc-ue03_1.php
http://www.curso-de-aleman.de/
http://www.langenscheidt.de/Deutsch_und_DaF/10
http://www.homepage.bnv-bamberg.de/deutsch-interaktiv/
http://www.schubert.verlag.de/aufgaben