Course detail
Technical German 2
FSI-0N2Acad. year: 2020/2021
The course is intended to teach German as a foreign language for specific purposes. It is focused on practical communication for the international workplace and on the consolidation of acquired language skills of general language.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
After passing this course students should be able to communicate in German independently, at B2+ level according to CEFR. Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and they will revise and consolidate grammar and vocabulary necessary for everyday communication in a wide range of technical occupations.
Prerequisites
The course requires a knowledge of general language at least on level B1 according to CEFR. The course is intended to teach German as a foreign language for specific purposes.
It doesn’t follow up on the course 0N1.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
DEUMA: http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/deuma/online/overview.htm
kol.: Němčina pro strojírenské obory - Deutsch im Maschinenbau, Informatorium Praha 2008
E-learningové studijní opory pro předmět Němčina 0N2.
DEUMA - multimediální jazykový program, VUT Brno 2004
Dologna, Sanja - Hoster, Tihana: Volldampf (Deutsch für Maschinenbau)
Zagreb 2016 (DE)
Fluck, Hans-Rüdiger a kol.: Fachdeutsch in Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Verlag Groos 1997
Becker, Norbert: Fachdeutsch Technik: Grundbuch Metall- und Elektroberufe, Hueber Verlag 1986
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test. 60% points at the credit test as minimum.
The written examination at level B2+ CEFR tests the knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and technical terminology as well as reading comprehension.
Language of instruction
German
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks, such as describing problems or giving instructions, that arise in a wide range of technical occupations. The previously gained knowledge of grammar and vocabulary will be revised and systematically expanded in technical contexts.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for with the consent of the teacher.
Type of course unit
Language exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Mathematics I
2. Mathematics II
3. Mathematics – summary
4. Geometry I
5. Geometry – summary
6. Spatial geometry I
7. Spatial geometry – summary
8. Materials I
9. Materials – summary
10. Tools and Implements I
11. Tools and Implements – summary
12. Workplace safety
13. Revision, credit test
eLearning
eLearning: currently opened course