German C1.1

Code:

MTSL001

Acronym:

AC1.1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Foreign Languages

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master of Arts in Translation and Language Services

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEAL	19	Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162
MTSL	6	MTSL - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Alemão

Objectives

By the end of the 1st semester of the Master course, students should have reached the level C1.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages CEFR) in all skills (oral comprehension, reading, conversation and writing). Therefore, by the end of the semester, students should be able: 1. to express themselves in different professional and academic situations, orally and in written text, and to choose the appropriate register, according to the situation or the context; 2. to recognize different text types and to produce them actively; 3. to express themselves with improved grammatical correctness and lexical differentiation according to the specific situation; 4. to understand extracts of specialized texts in German language and to reproduce/summarize the contents; 5. to express themselves orally in different communicative situations, with expanded knowledge in vocabulary and increased fluency; 6. to retrieve and process information from different sources in German language, in order to produce and present written work for academic purposes; 7. to use appropriately available media such as dictionaries, grammar manuals, corpora, correction programs etc.; 8. to use appropriate learning strategies and to overcome existing problems.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the  semester , students should have reached part of the level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages CEFR.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Reading skills: Reading and analysis of scientific, journalistic and literary texts (emphasis on report, explanation, exposition); Awareness raising for specific language features according to different text types (in structure, style, register, idiomatic phrases), function of verbal tenses and moods by analysing authentic texts. Oral understanding/listening: speeches, seminar papers, discussions and authentic audio-texts from TV, radio, internet. Interaction: acquirement and training of the necessary skills to express orally opinions and ideas in a precise way and to respond to oral contributions of fellow students. Oral and written text production: training of appropriate language features do expose and connect different issues, taking into account text coherence and cohesion (emphasis on conjunctions and discourse connectives); Text composition taking into account the features of different text types (abstract, summary, business letter, curriculum vitae, letter of application, exposition, seminar paper, amongst others). Topics: actual cultural topics of German-speaking countries, comparison of cultural peculiarities, intercultural communication, professional education and academic studies, translation. Improvement of language correctness by revisions and consolidation of chosen topics in grammar, idiomatic phrases, analysis of interferences with native or second language, contrastive analysis of language features, collocation (recourse to corpora), production of glossaries using specific dictionaries, learning strategies. Participation in projects and preparation of seminar papers. Methods: autonomous research, individual and group projects, presentation of work results, active participation in class in order to practice communicative skills.

Mandatory literature

Günther Drodowski und Dudenredaktion; DUDEN Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, Duden-Verlag, 1996. ISBN: 3-411-05503-0

Complementary Bibliography

Ulrich Engel; Deutsche Grammatik - Neubearbeitung, Iudicium, 2004. ISBN: 3-89129-919-2
Kars, Jürgen/Häussermann, Ulrich; Grundgrammatik Deutsch, Diesterweg, 1997. ISBN: 3-425-26100-2
Hering, Axel; Matussek, Magdalena; Perlmann-Balme, Michaela; em-Übungsgrammatik - Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Max Hueber Verlag, 2002

Teaching methods and learning activities

Practical classes; various teaching strategies, individual or group work, independent work of the student using the materials given by the teacher, research in the library and on the internet. In class, there is great importance to active participation by the students.

Software

Microsoft Office:Word, Power-Point

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Prova oral	20,00
Teste	40,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	56,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	52,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency of 75% of the classes, except in cases prescribed by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Average of evaluation components: Tests, assignments and (oral and written) assessment exercises.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.