Course detail

German for Specific Purposes I

FSI-N7Acad. year: 2019/2020

The course is focused on characteristic features of professional communication. It provides students with the relevant specialised language structures and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.

Language of instruction

German

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Jana Návratová

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

After passing this course students should be able to communicate in German independently, at B2 level. The knowledge and skills gained should contribute to more fluent speaking and communication in personal, academic as well as professional environments.

Prerequisites

The course requires a very good knowledge of general language at least at B2 level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Podmínky udělování zápočtů, forma zkoušek a způsob a pravidla výsledné klasifikace předmětu (anglicky):
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and completed all tasks, as well as fulfilled the requirements of continuous control.
The examination at level B2 CEFR consists of a written and an oral part. The written part tests global and detailed listening and reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary of the general language and of German for Specific Purposes.
The oral part is a dialogue on the current topics of conversation.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to reinforce individual abilities of students to express themselves in German. The previously gained knowledge of grammar and vocabulary will be revised and systematically expanded in real 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. Regular attendance and active participation in classes are necessary conditions for taking the examination.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Elearningové materiály pro předmět N7 v Moodle. (DE)

Recommended reading

BECKER, Norbert, BRAUNERT, Jörg, EISFELD, Karl-Heinz. Dialog Beruf 3: Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Arbeitsbuch. 2. Aufl. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-19-011592-3. (DE)
BECKER, Norbert, BRAUNERT, Jörg. Alltag, Beruf & Co. 6. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag, c2011. Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Hueber Verlag). ISBN 978-3196015904 (DE)
BECKER, Norbert, Jörg BRAUNERT a Karl-Heinz EISFELD. Dialog Beruf 2: Deutsch als Fremdsprache für die Grundstufe. Ismaning: Max Hueber, c1997-. ISBN 3-19-001591-0. (DE)
BRAUNERT, Jörg a Wolfram SCHLENKER. Unternehmen Deutsch: Aufbaukurs Lehrbuch. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Sprachen, 2005. ISBN 978-3-12-675745-4 (DE)
Mit Deutsch in Europa studieren - arbeiten - leben: Studienbegleitender Deutschunterricht B2/C1. Redaktor Dorothea LÉVY-HILLERICH, redaktor Renata KRAJEWSKA-MARKIEWICZ. Plzeň: Fraus, 2004. ISBN 80-7238-359-0 (DE)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2V-P Master's

    branch M-VSY , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-VTE-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme MO1-P Master's

    branch M-OBN , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

  • Programme BO1-P Bachelor's

    branch B-OBN , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Zdeňka Myšková

Syllabus

1. First contacts – Introduction
2. Establishment of contact over the phone
3. University studies
4. CV
5. Business letters and e-mails
6. Application, covering letter
7. Professional communication
8. ICT
9. Business travel tips I – Travelling on business
10. Business travel tips II - Orientation (town, company)
11. Business travel tips III - Accommodation, business dinner
12. Business travel tips IV - System of payments and insurance
13. Credit test