Course detail

German for Beginners 2

FAST-VYN002Acad. year: 2020/2021

Grammar: modal verbs, conjugation of the verb "werden", possessive and demonstrative pronouns, ordinal numerals, time expressions, prepositions of place and time, adverbs - comparatives, past tense of auxiliary verbs, imperative, subjunctive

Vocabulary: jobs, asking for directions, travelling - hotels, timetables, body parts and health, clothes and shopping, holidays

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Věra Batystová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will be able to communicate in everyday situations (elementary topics). The student will achieve the target level A1 higher according to the CEFR.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with grammar and vocabulary taught in the course BYN1.
Grammar: conjugation of verbs to be, to have and other basic verbs, separable prefixes, personal and possessive pronouns, word order in a sentence, negation, definite and indefinite article, plural, numbers, time expressions, modal verbs können and wollen, prepositions, past tense ("Perfekt")

Vocabulary: meeting others, introducing yourself, family, food and drink, living in a house or a flat, my day, free time, learning

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1st week - revision, past tense of sein and haben, preposition als, topic: jobs
2nd week - time prepositions, modal verbs müssen and sollen, word order, topic: rules
3rd week - pronoun man, the imperative, topic: at the reception
4th week - possessive pronouns, modal verb sollen, topic: body and health
5th week - preposition mit with means of transport, local prepositions with dative and accusative, topic: asking for directions, at the station
6th week - temporal prepositions, subjunctive, topic: formal phrases, time expressions
7th week - other temporal prepositions, separable verb prefixes, topic: making phone calls
8th week - demonstrative pronouns der, dieser, interrogative pronoun welcher, comparison of adverbs, topic: clothes
9th week - modal verb mögen, personal pronouns in dative, verbs with dative, topic: shopping
10th week - ordinal numerals, personal pronouns in accusative, topic: dates and times
11th week - conjunction denn, verb werden, topic: holidays
12th week - revision, test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Simple communication in everyday situations (elementary topics)
Target level according to the CEFR: A1 higher

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-EP Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BAK-UAD Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BAK-PM Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BAK-MIn Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BAK-ESBD Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Věra Batystová

Syllabus

1st week - revision, modal preposition als, prepositions vor and seit, jobs 2nd week - past tense of auxiliary verbs sein and haben, prepositions of time, months of the year, unusual jobs 3rd week - modal verb müssen, imperative, sightseeing 4th week - modal verb dürfen, commands and requests, sightseeing 5th week - possessive pronouns, body parts, health and illnesses 6th week - modal verbs sollen, advice and recommendations, appointments 7th week - ordinal numbers, prepositions of place, places in the city 8th week - other prepositions, giving directions and travelling 9th week - prepositions of time, shopping 10th week - subjunctive, being polite, booking services 11th week - dative, clothes 12th week - comparatives of adverbs, pronouns welcher/dieser, shopping 13th week - revision