German B1.2

Code:

LLC006

Acronym:

AB1.2

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	13	LA - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LLC	18	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LRI	22	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Alemão

Objectives

The unit course German B1.2 will enable the learners of German to achieve a knowledge grade for the B1.2 level (independent user) such as indicated in the Common European Framework of Reference in the four basic language skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. By the end of the semester students should be able to: understand the main points of oral and written texts that consist mainly of everyday related language; enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar; produce connected texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest, describing impressions and expressing their opinions; master the terminology and appropriate use of grammatical structures; extend their interest in different social and cultural realities.

Learning outcomes and competences

Through the work with the manual (Studio d B1), which covers a wide range of tasks and exercises designed to develop the four skills and vocabulary, as wells as phonetic and grammatical structures in a systematic and progressive way, students will consolidate and deepen their knowledge and language skills as set the CEFR for the B1.2 level of study of the German language. In addition, students will have access to aspects of social reality and cultural variety of the German-speaking countries by working with written texts and audiovisual materials. The grammatical content (verb conjugation, subordinate and negative clauses, nominalizations and declination of adjectives) and the lexicon will be worked in situations of language usage, aimed at understanding, developing, and expressing of statements related to the acts of speech.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

This course assumes familiarity with the contents of the level B1.1.

Program

In the unit course B1.2 vocabulary and idioms related to the thematic areas of the manual (studio d B1) will be addressed. Students will learn aspects of the migration processes in the German-speaking countries and the German and European political systems. Cross-cultural and generation conflicts also will be addressed in the German language classes. Students will develop the lexical and grammatical skills necessary for the construction of statements relating to the following acts of speech: talking about the future (conjecturing), discussing (agreeing and disagreeing) about everyday life related topics, describing (images and graphs), and expressing feelings. In the grammatical learners will practice conditional, temporal and causal sentences, passive, prepositions, and suffixes. Through the work with authentic texts and the use of multimedia resources, sociocultural characteristics of modern Germany will be addressed.

Mandatory literature

Funk, Hermann; Studio d. B1. Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit Lerner CD., Cornelsen. ISBN: 3-464-20719-2

Comments from the literature

Requere-se um dicionário monolingual atual.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The communicative approach and different teaching strategies will involve the integration of different language skills, which should be used throughout the course, so as to make authentic and meaningful communication the goal of classroom activities. Students are guided to make German language learning a process of creative construction. The type of assessment is the distributed evaluation without final exam, which will stimulate regular participation, offering a regular analysis on the process of acquiring competences. This mode of assessment implies an active and continuous participation in class, self-study, engagement and delivering of the proposed works. Linguistic-pragmatic and sociolinguistic skills, developed in both comprehension and oral interaction, as interpretation of written texts and textual production will be evaluated through oral communications and written tests according to the CEFR (oral assessment: 40%, writing tests: 60%). In classes they should interact exclusively in German.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Teste	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Working students and other students legally exempt from regular class attendance should contact the teacher at the beginning of the semester to combine a form of alternative assessment.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is the sum of the written exams (60%) plus the oral tests (40%). To pass the subject, students have to obtain a score of at least 10 in the written assessment and in the oral assessment and - the final average score cannot be less than 10 (on a scale of 0-20).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with The FLUP Assessment Regulations: Students exempted from attending classes (Article 9, paragraph 3) will have to do all the distributed assessment components. The schedule for the various testes/assignments will be posted in the course summaries. Students must schedule a day with the lecturer at the beginning of the semester to present the oral communication, and during the semester they must check the summaries so as not to miss the project deadlines.

Observations

Teacher E-Mail: scholz.i@gmx.de