Czech

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Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Students will be able to understand more complicated German texts and listenings and deal with more demanding everyday situations at the upper-intermediate level (B2 according to the CEFR). They will be able to express themselves spontaneously, fluently and precisely and furthermore, they will be able to use more advanced phrases and idioms. Students will also have mastered a number of more advanced grammar phenomena, including adjectives (formation, prepositions, position in the sentence), verbs with prepositions, verb formation (prefixation), word order in the main and subordinate clauses, revision of past tenses, negation, grammatical gender and plural of nouns, compound nouns and substantivization. Students will have mastered vocabulary on the following topics: appearance and character, how to learn new vocabulary, on-line learning, formal and personal letter, travelling, sightseeing in a city, describing a building, tourist information, talking with friends, shopping and complaining, love, describing a photograph and expressing assumptions They will be able to talk about abstract concepts and present and justify their opinions.

Students should be familiar with grammar and vocabulary covered in the courses BYN1, BYN12, BYN2, BYN22, BYN3 and BYN32. They should be familiar with relative clauses with prepositions, adjectives as nouns, various subordinate clauses, Partizip I and II used as adjectives, two-piece conjunctions and future tense Futur I. They should be able to speak fluently on common topics and understand both oral and written language discourse. They should be able to express themselves in a comprehensible way, avoiding grave mistakes.

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Grammar and vocabulary is practised in an interactive way with emphasis on conversation. Furthermore, the lessons focus on the development of students communication and listening skills - for this purpose, interactive audiovisual technologies, LMS Moodle and SmartBoard are used.

To be able to get their credits, students need to attend classes regularly (max. 3 missed classes/semester) and actively participate in the lessons.

1st week - relative clauses with prepositins, topic: friends
2nd week - adjectives as nouns, topic: online dating
3rd week- subordinate clauses with als ob and Conjunctive I, topic: troubles with technical devices
4th week - time clauses, topic: working at computer
5th week - Partizip I, topic: description of objects
6th week - two-piece conjunctions, topic: products
7th week - future tense Futur I, topic: conflicts on the road
8th week - topic: solving of conflicts, good manners
9th week - conjunctions bis and indem, topic: advertisements
10th week - Partizip II, topic: how to improve cities
11th week - topic: history of Germany, politics
12th week - revision, topic: Europe

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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

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

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

26 hours, compulsory

1st week - adjectives, their endings and position in the sentence / people, character traits
2nd week - adjectives with prepositions, adjective formation / peoples's appearance and character
3rd week - verbs with prepositions / how to learn new vocabulary
4th week - verb formation (adding prefixes) / online learning, formal letter
5th week - word order in main clauses, sentence parts / travelling and sightseeing in a city
6th week - word order in different types of subordinate clauses / tourist information, describing a building
7th week - grammar revision / talking with friends, personal letter to a friend
8th week - past tenses (summary) / shopping
9th week - negation with the particle "nicht" and th pronoun "kein" / complaining in a shop
10th week - grammatical gender and plural of nouns / love
11th week - compound nouns and substantivization / describing a photo, expressing assumptions
12th week - revision