FF:NJII_110 German in Business - Course Information

NJII_110 German in Business Communication

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Katrin Uhlig, M.A. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Katrin Uhlig, M.A.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Blanka Vacková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS3)

Course objectives

The main objectives of the course are the following: acquainting students with basics of research of language for special purposes, terminology and specialised texts; making students aware of importance and danger of language for special purposes. Students should understand and explain the problem of kommunication of specialists and laities. acquainting students with language for special purposes of economics They should be able to analize an economic popular scientific text and a scientific text and to compare both.

Syllabus

• definition of language for special purposes
• segmentation of languages for special purposes: model of v. Hahn, Lothar Hoffmann, Susanne Göpferich, Hartwig Kalverkämper
• history of languages for special purposes
• relevance of languages for special purposes
• characteristics of the language of languages for special purposes: in the domain of vocabulary, grammar, syntax, text
• specialised text: definition, characteristics, structures, kinds of texts
• standardisation: term, criterion, word formation
• languages for special purposes and colloquial language: differences, influence of languages for special purposes on colloquial language
• kommunication of specialists and laities: Problems
• language for special purposes of economics
• criterions for text analyses: extralinguistic context, text and language analyses
• the kind of specialised text minutes

Literature

• Roelcke, Thorsten (2005): Fachsprachen. Berlin.
• Fluck, Hans-R. (1980): Fachsprachen. München.
• Gipper, H. (1987): Fachsprache in Wissenschaft und Werbung. Fachsprache und Gemeinsprache. Düsseldorf.
• Gläser, Rosemarie (1990): Fachtextsorten im Englischen. Tübingen.
• Arntz, R./Picht, H.: Einführung in die Terminologiearbeit. Hildesheim, Zürich, New York. 1991 (Studien zu Sprache und Technik; 2).
• Jahr, Silke (1993): Verhältnis von Bedeutung - Begriff - Wissen bei Fachtermini. In: Fachsprache. Wien: Braumüller (1993) 1-2.
• BUHLMANN, Rosemarie, Anneliese FEARNS and Eric LEIMBACHER. Wirtschaftsdeutsch von A-Z : Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch. 2. Aufl. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1996, 192 s. ISBN 3468498497. info

Teaching methods

The seminar is based on methods of presentation, analysis and synthesis of knowledge. It also uses collective work, in-class discussions and individual work of students.

Assessment methods

to write minutes for one lesson to deliver a lecture to analize and compare a popular scientific text and a scientific text

Language of instruction

German

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.

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