FF:CJVN1B German - Course Information

CJVN1B German for Academic Purposes I

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Petra Chládková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
Mgr. Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Jana Vyorálková
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Dana Plíšková
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre

Timetable of Seminar Groups

CJVN1B/01: Tue 12:00–13:40 L32, P. Chládková
CJVN1B/02: Thu 10:00–11:40 L42, J. Vyorálková

Prerequisites

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Partially optional course for students studying the Bc.programmes. Previous language knowledge from secondary school is expected = B1

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

Course objectives

Students should have a B1/B2 (Common European Framework of Reference) level of German language competence. The course is focused on academic text comprehension, ability to communicate and present academic topics, writing a letter and a CV and practising grammatical categories. Student should be able to follow an academic discussion, understand the main ideas of academic texts of their field of study, interact with a native speaker fluently and spontaneously and explain their opinion on current issues.

Learning outcomes

At the completion of the course, the students will be able: Give a short presentation based on the criteria presented in the course, and respond appropriately to discussion questions posed afterwards; speak spontaneously and comprehensibly in the context of the class (e.g. discussions, expressing one's own ideas, summarizing others' ideas, recordings and texts); Read, understand and work with academic texts; Write a short texts (e.g. email correspondence, summary).

Syllabus

• Languages;
• Studies, faculty, university;
• Communication; the mass media
• Literature, writers, books, magazines;
• Music;

Literature

• JIN, Friederike and Ute VOSS. Grammatik aktiv : verstehen, üben, sprechen. 1. Auflage. Berlin: Cornelsen, 2017, 312 stran. ISBN 9783060214822. info
• JIN, Friederike and Ute VOSS. Grammatik aktiv : üben, hören, sprechen. 1. Auflage. Berlin: Cornelsen, 2013, 256 stran. ISBN 9783060239726. info

Teaching methods

Discussions in class, conversation about the given topic, listening, reading assignements, grammar excercices, presentations skills, presentations prepared by students

Assessment methods

Credit course. The aim of the course is to master the vocabulary from all texts covered in the seminar. This is practised both in written and spoken form. Another important aspect of the course is a presentation on a topic from the student's field of study. As it is a credit course, a test must be written at the end of the semester. The test consists of 50 items focusing on grammar structures on level B1 / B2 + reading.

Language of instruction

German

Follow-Up Courses

• CJVN2B German for Academic Purposes II

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nutná aktivní znalost němčiny na středoškolské úrovni - minimálně B1.

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