Modern Language II (German)
Code: 100047 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Art History | OT | 3 |
| Art History | OT | 4 |
| Musicology | OT | 3 |
| Musicology | OT | 4 |
| Archaeology | OT | 4 |
| Philosophy | OT | 3 |
| Philosophy | OT | 4 |
| Social and Cultural Anthropology | OT | 3 |
| Social and Cultural Anthropology | OT | 4 |
| History | OT | 4 |
| Humanities | OT | 3 |
| Humanities | OT | 4 |
| Ancient Studies | OT | 4 |
| Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics | OT | 4 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | OT | 3 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | OT | 4 |
| English Studies | OT | 3 |
| English Studies | OT | 4 |
| English and Catalan Studies | OT | 3 |
| English and Catalan Studies | OT | 4 |
| English and Spanish Studies | OT | 3 |
| English and Spanish Studies | OT | 4 |
| Catalan and Spanish Studies | OT | 3 |
| Catalan and Spanish Studies | OT | 4 |
| English and French Studies | OT | 3 |
| English and French Studies | OT | 4 |
| English and Classics Studies | OT | 3 |
| English and Classics Studies | OT | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jordi Jane Llige
- Email:
- jordi.jane@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
Foreign Language German I passed o to be in possession of a certificate of level A1.1 aproved.
Objectives and Contextualisation
Learning Targets: Basic training in description and use of German
Competences
- Art History
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Musicology
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Archaeology
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Philosophy
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- History
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Humanities
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Ancient Studies
- Be able to express oneself orally and in writing in the specific language of history, archaeology and philology, both in one's own languages and a third language.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics
- Produce written work and oral presentations that are effective and framed in the appropriate register.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- English Studies
- Produce effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in distinct languages (except English).
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- English and Catalan Studies
- Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- English and Spanish Studies
- Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Catalan and Spanish Studies
- Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- English and French Studies
- Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- English and Classics Studies
- Produce effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in distinct languages.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to maintain an appropriate conversation.
- Carry out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
- Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
- Carrying out oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
- Communicate in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
- Communicating in oral and written form in the studied language, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
- Communicating in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
- Construct an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language that is well-organised and correct.
- Create an organised and correct discourse, spoken and in writing, in the corresponding language.
- Critically take part in classroom oral debates and use the discipline's specific vocabulary.
- Critically taking part in classroom oral debates and using the discipline's specific vocabulary.
- Develop an organized and correct oral and written speech, in the corresponding language.
- Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
- Express ideas in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
- Express themselves in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
- Give oral presentations, using an appropriate style and vocabulary.
- Identify main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
- Identify principal and secondary ideas and express them using correct language.
- Identify the main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
- Identify the relationships between literature and language, and the language in which it is spoken and written, and express them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying main and supporting ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Maintain a conversation appropriate to the level of the interlocutor.
- Maintain a conversation attuned to the level of the interlocutor.
- Make oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
- Participate in classroom debates from a critical perspective, using the vocabulary of the discipline.
- Participate in oral debates in the classroom in a critical manner and using the vocabulary of the discipline.
- Preparing an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language in a proper and organized way.
- Present work in formats suited to personal demands and styles, both individually and in small groups.
- Present works in formats tailored to the needs and personal styles, both individual and small group.
- Submit assignments in formats tailored to requirements and personal styles, whether carried out individually or in a small group.
- Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
Content
Language training is based on speaking, writing, listening and reading, the four basic language skills. Our goal is moreover to provide a current and actual knowledge of the central role that German plays within the EU and to highlight its historical role as a vehicle for culture expression in key moments of the evolution of Western culture.
SYLLABUS (English)
Grammar:
- Preposition with dative case
- Article with dative case
- Possessive article: accusative case
- Regular verbal conjugation/ direct inquires/ main clauses and their conjunctions
- Adjectives with “sein” (+sehr/zu); preposition “in” with accusative; prepositions of change (Wechselpräpositionen) with dative.
- Past: Perfekt, Participle II: regular/ irregular verbs. (Perfect (all types) with “haben” and with “sein”).
- Connectors: “und”, “oder”, “aber”
- Questions: “Welcher?”, “Welches?”, “Welche?”; Demonstrative/ definite article: “dieser, diese, dieses”.
- Participle II: separable and non-separable verbs. The noun and the adjective in nominative / The adjective / The negation word "kein"
- Possessives / Verb "sein" / Verbs with vowel change and separable verbs /Verbal position.
- Personal pronoun with dative
- Imperative “Aufforderungssätze”
- Modal verbs: “sollen, müssen, nicht dürfen, dürfen”
- Imperfect of "haben", "sein" of the modal verbs.
- Pronoun “man”, questions with: “Wer?, Wen?, Wem?, Was?...”
- Time adverbs: “zuerst, dann, später, zum Schluss”
Situations and Topics:
- Presentation; asking people.
- Contacts, appointment
- Text Comprehension
- Living; apartments; houses; “Meine Wohnung”
- Work
- Clothes, mode
- Sanity, illness
- Holiday
- Narration of ancient and of recent events.
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Classes with active participation - Attendance is obligatory | 40 | 1.6 | 28, 8, 20, 9, 12, 15, 7, 5, 6, 14, 3, 4, 16, 2, 25, 21, 22, 19, 18, 17, 23, 1, 24, 13, 27, 26, 11, 10, 32, 30, 31, 29 |
| Evaluation: partial and global exam | 15 | 0.6 | 28, 8, 20, 9, 12, 15, 7, 5, 6, 14, 3, 4, 16, 2, 25, 21, 22, 19, 18, 17, 23, 1, 24, 13, 27, 26, 11, 10, 32, 30, 31, 29 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Oral practice, simulated situations | 11 | 0.44 | 28, 8, 20, 9, 12, 15, 7, 5, 6, 14, 3, 4, 16, 2, 25, 21, 22, 19, 18, 17, 23, 1, 24, 13, 27, 26, 11, 10, 32, 30, 31, 29 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Writing basic level texts, grammar exercises, consulting manuals, online vocabulary exercises, questionnaire from movies | 40 | 1.6 | 28, 8, 9, 20, 12, 15, 7, 6, 14, 5, 3, 4, 2, 25, 16, 21, 18, 22, 19, 17, 1, 24, 23, 13, 26, 27, 11, 10, 32, 29, 31, 30 |
The student acquires the theoretical knowledge of the basic grammar of German and reinforces them with practical exercises in class and at home in a progression supervised by the teachers:
Oral communication is practiced, on the basis of theoretical grammar, through simple communication situations that progressively acquire a greater degree of difficulty.
Listening is practiced in class through the reading of texts appropriate to the level by the teacher and of recordings.
In order to exercise reading comprehension, reading strategies on written texts of the corresponding level are worked on in class.
The exercise of written communication is done through essays, written dialogues, etc. that the student will have to elaborate regularly at home, at the teacher's direction, and that this will correct.
Note: "Within the teaching period established by the Faculty calendar, 15 minutes of class time will be reserved for students to complete the subject and teacher-assessment surveys."
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercises of online vocabulary; vocabulary notebook | 20% | 14 | 0.56 | 28, 8, 20, 9, 12, 15, 7, 5, 6, 14, 3, 4, 16, 2, 25, 21, 22, 19, 18, 17, 23, 1, 24, 13, 27, 26, 11, 10, 32, 30, 31, 29 |
| Final exam of the different skills | 50% | 3 | 0.12 | 28, 8, 20, 9, 12, 15, 7, 5, 6, 14, 3, 4, 16, 2, 25, 21, 22, 19, 18, 17, 23, 1, 24, 13, 27, 26, 11, 10, 32, 30, 31, 29 |
| Partial exams and exercises of all skills | 20% | 3 | 0.12 | 28, 8, 20, 9, 12, 15, 7, 5, 6, 14, 3, 4, 16, 2, 25, 21, 22, 19, 18, 17, 23, 1, 24, 13, 27, 26, 11, 10, 32, 30, 31, 29 |
| Texts written at home | 10% | 24 | 0.96 | 28, 8, 20, 9, 12, 15, 7, 5, 6, 14, 3, 4, 16, 2, 25, 21, 22, 19, 18, 17, 23, 1, 24, 13, 27, 26, 11, 10, 32, 30, 31, 29 |
This subject/module does not incorporate the single-assessment option.
Continuous assessment (= 50% of final grade)
a) The continuous assessment consists of following parts: vocabulary, partial examinations, essays and active participation.
b) There will be two partial exams, after lessons 8 and 10, which consist of the following parts: oral comprehension, written comprehension, grammar and vocabulary. Both exams must be passed with a minimum score of 5 out of 10.
c) You must run a vocabulary notebook 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.
d) 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.
e) There will be three essays, two at home and one in class.
f) The grade of the continuous assessment consists of the following parts: Vocabulary (Quizlet and vocabulary notebook) 15% + essays - 15% + two partial exams (20%)
g) The final exam can only be taken if all the activities of the continuous assessment, which are obligatory, have been carried out.
II.) Final exam (= 50% of final grade)
1) All German language skills will be assessed: grammar, oral and written comprehension, oral and written expression.
2) In order to pass the final exam, each part of the final exam must be passed separately.
3) You must pass the final exam with a minimum score of 5 out of 10.
4) The subject is passed with a score of 5 out of 10 to the final grade, composed by the sum of the grades of the final exam and the continuous assessment.
5) Re-assessemnt is only for students whohave passed at least 60% of the tasks and have obtained a minimum score of 3.5 out of 10 in the final exam and the continuous assessment.
6) The re-assessemnt thus consists of the suspended parts up to a maximum of 40% of the tasks of the continuous evaluation and the final exam.
7) Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Score review process
On carrying out each assessment activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Important note for exchange students (Erasmus, etc.) on exams and other tests Erasmus students who request to bring forward an exam or any other type of assessment activity must present the teacher with an official document from their home university justifying their request.
Artificial Intelligence
This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
PLAGIARISM
In the eventof a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Bibliography
Classbook:
Netzwerk neu A1.2., Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch Teil 2 Mit DVD und Audio-CDs ISBN 978-3-12-607155-0
Dictionary:
Wörterbuch Deutsch-Spanisch ("Diccionario Moderno", 1 vol.), Langenscheidt
Diccionari Alemany-Català, 1 vol., Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana.
Books of consultation and reinforcement of grammar exercises (in the Humanities Library):
Reimann, Monika, Grundstufen-Grammatik für DaF, Hueber, Ismaning, 2000
Castell, Andreu, Gramàtica de la lengua Alemana, Idiomas, Madrid, 2002.
Software
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Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | German | second semester | afternoon |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | German | second semester | afternoon |