German A1.1

Code:

LLC001

Acronym:

AA1.1

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt
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
CL	4	CL - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LA	31	LA - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	66	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	52	162
LRI	37	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Alemão

Objectives

German A1.1 is designed for learners of German as a foreign language with no previous knowledge of this language. It is intended that students achieve a grade for the A1.1 level (basic user) of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in all skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing.

Through the work with the manual, containing a diverse range of tasks and exercises designed to develop the skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) and the lexicon in a systematic and progressive way, students consolidate and deepen their knowledge and linguistic capabilities set the CEFR for this level of study of the German language - essential tools to master various communicative situations that occur in everyday life. In addition, students are faced with the culture / reality of German-speaking countries by reading short texts and by watching / hearing audiovisual materials. Their grammatical knowledge is acquired through further study of textual phenomena in context (syntax, conjugation of verbs, verbs with separable particle verb tenses, declination of adjectives, pronouns, negation) which also contributes to broadening the range of comprehension strategies.


The study of the German language in the A1.1 level is enhanced by extra learning materials found on the Moodle Platform. This method of learning (b -learning ) contributes to increase the autonomy of students.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester students should be able to: extend their declarative knowledge (knowing) and competence of assets (know-how); understand and use the vocabulary and structures related to the topics addressed both orally and in writing; master the terminology and appropriate use of grammatical structures provided for this level, acquire new skills and learning strategies / study skills, develop their interest in different cultures and realities; extend their skills to the level of the use of multimedia resources.

Working method

Presencial

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

 

n.a.

Program

In the German language classes A1.1 topics related to situations that occur in everyday life, eg. countries, languages, meetings, calendar, professions, shopping (supermarket), food and drinks, home, family, sports and leisure. These themes will be worked with all skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing).

Several grammatical aspects will be the subject of reflection, analysis and practical exercises:

1. The sentence: declarative, negative, interrogative; distribution of elements in the sentence.
2 . The verb: verb tenses: present, past; modal verbs; to be and to have in the past.
3. The article: definite and indefinite articles (nominative and accusative).
4. The pronoun: personal pronouns, possessive pronouns (nominative and accusative).
5. The noun: gender and number of nouns.
6. Synthatical structures (introduction): complements of  nominative and acusative.
7. Connectors.
8. Pronunciation and spelling.

Mandatory literature

Sander, Ilse; Braun, Birgit; Doubek, Margit; Fügert, Nadja; Vitale, Rosanna; DaF kompakt A1-B1 - Kursbuch mit 3 Audio-CDs, Klett, 2015. ISBN: 978-3-12-676180-2
Braun, Birgit; Doubek, Margit; Frater-Vogel, Andrea; Fügert, Nadja; Köhl-Kuhn, Renate; Sander, Ilse; ; DaF kompakt A1-B1. Übungsbuch, Klett, 2015. ISBN: 978-3-12-676181-9
Reimann, Monika; Grundstufen-Grammatik fur Deutsch als Fremdsprache. ISBN: 978-3-19-161575-8

Complementary Bibliography

Pahlow, Heike ; Deutsche Grammatik - einfach, kompakt und übersichtlich, Leipzig: Engelsdorfer, 2010. ISBN: 978-3-86268-012-2
Reimann, Monika; Gramática essencial do Alemão, Ismaning: Hueber, 2004. ISBN: 978-3-19-131575-7
Mittler, Alexandra; Fitz-Lauterbach, Angela; DaF kompakt A1-B1, Grammatik., Klett, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-12-676193-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical sessions; various teaching strategies, group work or individual work, there is great emphasis on active participation by students. The mode of assessment is the evaluation with final exam, which implies an active and continuous participation by the student: doing homework, preparing the reading aloud of a text, sitting exams; delivering small work presentations using powerpoint.

Software

Prezi
Power-Point

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	20,00
Teste	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	110,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining approval in frequency through the different elements of evaluation.

Written assessment (two written tests): 80%
Oral assessment (reading aloud, role-play): 20%

The final grade is made up of the average of the written and oral notes.
The written component includes two tests, none of them can be inferior than 9 points (0-20).
For the approval, the student must:
- Obtain at least 10 points of each component  (10 in the written and 10 in the oral components)
- Obtain a final average of at least 10 values (on a scale of 0-20)

If one test is below grade 9, the student must repeat this written test at the end of the semester, in the exam period.

Students who, for proven reasons have missed an assessment test, may recover an element of the written evaluation or the oral assessment at the end of the semester, on a date fixed in the Exam Season.

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

Written assessment (2 written tests): 80%

Oral assessment (reading aloud, role-play): 20%

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n.a.

 

Classification improvement

Improvement of the final grade (melhoria):

Within the same semester, only the written component is capable of improvement. Students who want to improve the written component (to be held at the end of the semester) will make a written test covering the whole program.

Students who want to improve the course German A1.1 the next academic year must submit to all assessment components distributed throughout the semester.

Attention: Students should contact the teacher early in the semester in order to get information on dates and contents they have to study for the oral and written tests.

Observations

The lessons will start in Portuguese and will tend to German.