Course detail

German for Intermediate Students 2

FAST-VYN006Acad. year: 2020/2021

Grammar: relative clauses with prepositions, adjectives as nouns, various subordinate clauses, Partizip I and II used as adjectives, two-piece conjunctions, future tense Futur I, conjunctions bis and indem

Vocabulary: friends, dating and relationships, description of objects and procedures, personal qualities, at work, instructions for use, computers, solving of conflicts, history of Germany, Europe

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Anna Machová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will be able to understand slightly sophisticated texts and listenings, will be able to present information from spoken and written sources, will be able to express themselves spontaneously and effectively for social, study and working purposes, will achieve the target level B1 higher accrding to the CEFR

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with grammar and vocabulary covered in the courses BYN1, BYN12, BYN2, BYN22 and BYN3.
Students should be able to take part in a conversation on common topics and understand easily comprehensible texts and conversations. They should be familiar with verb tenses including the plusquamperfect, declinations of adjectives and pronouns, word order after various conjunctions, conditional sentences, Konjunktiv II. and other grammatical phenomena. They should be able to express themselves in a comprehensible way, avoiding grave mistakes.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Ability of understanding of more complex texts and listenings,
presentation of information from various spoken and written sources,
spontaneous, fluent and fairly accurate expressing,
fluent and effective using of the language for social, study and working purposes
target level according to the CEFR: B1 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 B_A+U Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Anna Machová

Syllabus

1. describing a person; relative clauses 2. conjunction falls; conjunction je - desto 3. Murphy's laws; product description 4. conjunction weder - noch; complaining 5. computers; conjunction als ob 6. instructions and user manuals; conjunction während; conjunction nachdem 7. future tense, future plans 8. preposition innerhalb; preposition außerhalb; good manners 9. conjunctions seit, bevor, bis, indem, ohne dass 10. difficult life situations; preposition außer 11. present subjunctive; life plans 12. indirect speech; European union 13. passive voice with past tenses; politics