Course detail

German for upper-intermediate students

FAST-BYN4Acad. year: 2011/2012

Grammar: relative clauses with prepositions, N-Declination, conjunctions, adjectives as nouns, the conjuction als ob + Konjunktiv II., time clauses, two-part conjunctions, Futur I.
Vocabulary: description of objects and procedures, comparing things, weather and traffic, in a bank, the past

Vocabulary: description of objects and procedures, dating and relationships, personal qualities, at work, instructions for use, computer addicts, solving of conflicts, on the road, habits

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

0

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Helena Lněničková

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will be able to understand slightly sophisticated texts and listenings, will be able to present information from spoken and written sources, will be able to express themselves spontaneously and effectively for social, study and working purposes, will achieve the target level B1 higher accrding to the CEFR

Prerequisites

Leaving exam.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1st week - conjunction trotzdem, Konjunktiv II. of auxiliary and some of the moral verbs, topic: wishes and suggestions
2nd week - declension of adjectives after the indefinite article, topic: weekend, description of objects
3rd week- comparative and superlative, preposition als and wie, topic: comparing things
4th week - passiv voice in the present tense, topic: expert procedures
5th week - declension of adjectives after the definite article, topic: phone conversations
6th week - interrogative pronoun Was für ein?, wordbuilding prefixes and suffixes, local prepositions, topic: giving directions
7th week - conjunction deshalb, wordbuilding suffixes with adjectives, topic: traffic news, weather
8th week - local prepositions, declension of adjectives without article, topic: advertisements
9th week - preposition ohne, temporal prepositions, indirect questions with interrogative pronouns, topic: writing a postcard, in a bank
10th week - indirect questions with ob, the verb lassen, topic: services
11th week - summary of past tenses, revision, topic: talking about the past
12th week - revision of complex and compound sentences, topic: statistics, a life story

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Ability of understanding of more complex texts and listenings,
presentation of information from various spoken and written sources,
spontaneous, fluent and fairly accurate expressing,
fluent and effective using of the language for social, study and working purposes
target level according to the CEFR: B1 higher

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Perlmann-Balme, Michaela a kol.: Em neu (Niveaustufe B2). Ismaning: Hueber Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-19-001695. (DE)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2. year of study, summer semester, recommended

  • Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2. year of study, summer semester, recommended

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Helena Lněničková