NJI_09A Practical Courses of German including Life and Institutions I/1

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/6/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Michael Köhler (seminar tutor)
Dr. phil. Petr Kuthan (seminar tutor)
Mag. phil. Johanna Lenhart, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Berthold Linder (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Jiřina Malá, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Erkan Osmanović, MA (seminar tutor)
Mag. phil. Susanne Steinbichl (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Trna, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiřina Malá, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NJI_09A/01: Mon 8:00–9:40 K24, Mon 10:00–11:40 L31, Wed 8:00–9:40 N43, except Mon 13. 11., except, except Wed 15. 11., M. Köhler, S. Steinbichl, J. Trna
NJI_09A/02: Mon 10:00–11:40 K24, Mon 12:00–13:40 L31, Thu 14:00–15:40 L33, except Mon 13. 11., except, except Thu 16. 11., M. Köhler, S. Steinbichl, J. Trna
NJI_09A/03: Wed 8:00–9:40 G21, Wed 12:00–13:40 C31, Thu 14:00–15:40 L31, except Wed 15. 11., except Wed 15. 11. to Thu 16. 11., M. Köhler, P. Kuthan, S. Steinbichl
Prerequisites
NJI_05A Courses of German I/2 || NJI_05 Courses of German I/2
The expected level of language skills and competencies after successful completing of the subject: (lower) C1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Practical language course of German encompassing the training of all language competences - speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Half of the weekly hours are taught by Czech employees and by German or Austrian lecturers. Czech teachers focus on the textbook and on grammatical problems, the mother tongue lecturers on the speech and writing skills.
Czech teachers are responsible for the translation of journalistic and scientific articles into German. Native speakers focus on textual coherence, argumentation techniques and respect for intercultural differences.
Learning outcomes
The students learn 6 lessons from the textbook Sicher! C1.1. Lecturers (native speakers) pick up on the conversational themes of these lessons and also focus on selected cultural topics, the type of text "motivation letter"(both when applying for a job and a scholarship) as well as a structured curriculum vitae and a precise and linguistically adequate description of a photo.
Syllabus
  • Sicher! C1_1: Lesson 1: Social changes in recent decades. Mobile mania. Relaxing in everyday life. Subjective meaning of modal verbs. Word formation: prefixes miss-, zer-, de- and de. Lesson 2: Manners in the tourism industry. Plan joint trip. Aptitude tests in human resources. Two-part concessive and restrictive Konenktoren. Fixed noun-verb connections (function verb structure), typical for the nominal style (verbonominal predicate, ie categorical verb and predictive name). Lesson 3: Intelligence and knowledge. Meaningful early childhood intervention.Retell the fables. Modal verbs and their alternatives. Lesson 4: Professional life. Attractive employers. Migrant workers. Payroll. The German ES as a compulsory and non-obligatory sentence element. Comparative adjectives. Lesson 5: Interpret a picture. Presentation on a subject of art. documenta: Every 5 years Kassel becomes a mecca for contemporary art. The pros and cons of art studies. Word formation: prefixing by be- and ver-. Indirect speech: questions and imperatives. Lesson 6: Which field of study is right for you? Language and gender. Foreign students - interviews. Intercultural communication. Transcript of a lecture. Word formation: suffixing with nouns. Reference words. Text types:
  • - letter of motivation
  • - review
  • - oral and visual presentation
Literature
    required literature
  • M. Perlmann-Balme - S. Schwalb - M. Matussek: Sicher C1.1 - učebnice němčiny a prac. sešit vč. audio-CD (lekce 1-6). München: Hueber, 2015.
  • Duden :Grammatik der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Edited by Gerhard Augst - Günther Drosdowski. 4. völlig neu bearb. und er. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 1984. 800 s. ISBN 3-411-20904-6.
    recommended literature
  • HALL, Karin a Barbara SCHEINER. Übungsgrammatik DaF für Fortgeschrittene. 2. Aufl. Ismaning: Verlag für Deutsch, 1997. 336 s. ISBN 3-88532-642-6.
  • Peter EISENBERG: Grundriss der deutschen Grammatik. Band 1: Das Wort. Band 2: Der Satz. Stuttgart/Weimar: J.B. Metzler, 2013
Teaching methods
Language exercises with both German native speakers and Czech lecturers.Work in groups. Discussions about doubts in the homework. Regular tests.
Assessment methods
The course ends with a final test (only passed / failed). The lecturer grades presentations. The linguistic style of the essays as well as the language characteristics of taught text types are crucial to pass the final test. Czech teachers test the knowledge of language proficiency on the basis of the material of six lessons, the use of articles and in the final test the task, to continue writing by taking into account what has been previously written.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Rozdělení do kurzů podle kombinací bude vyvěšeno u rozvrhu.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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