Course detail

German 3

FSI-N3Acad. year: 2023/2024

The course is intended to teach German as a foreign language at general level. Also dealt with is the language for specific purposes. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.

Language of instruction

German

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

The course N3 is intended for intermediate students with knowledge on level A1. It doesn´t follow up on the course N2.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively, worked out assigned tasks and passed a credit test. 60% points at the credit test as minimum.
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for with the consent of the teacher.

Aims

The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks, such as describing problems or giving instructions, that arise in a wide range of technical occupations. Students will be able to communicate in more difficult situations using relevant language means, and master the elementary terms of the language for specific purposes.


Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary for the workplace and grammar for more difficult and independent everyday communication.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FUNK, Hermann, Christina KUHN, Silke DEMME a Rita von EGGELING. Studio d A2: němčina pro jazykové a střední školy zpracovaná podle Společného evropského referenčního rámce pro jazyky. Plzeň: Fraus, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7238-882-0 (CS)

Recommended reading

E-learningové studijní opory pro předmět Němčina N3.
FUNK, Hermann, Christina KUHN, Britta WINZER-KIONTKE, Laura NIELSEN, Beate LEX a Beate REDECKER. Studio 21 A2: němčina pro jazykové a střední školy zpracovaná podle Společného evropského referenčního rámce pro jazyky. Plzeň: Fraus, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7489-255-4 (CS)
FUNK, Hermann, Christina KUHN, Silke DEMME a Rita von EGGELING. Studio d A2: němčina pro jazykové a střední školy zpracovaná podle Společného evropského referenčního rámce pro jazyky. Plzeň: Fraus, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7238-641-3 (CS)

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Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-OBN-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme N-OBN-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. L 1- Languages and biographies,
            subordinate clauses with "weil"
2. L 1- Languages, comparisons "wie", "als", superlatives
3. L 2- My family, possessive article in the dative
4. L 2- Family, celebration, invitations
5. L 3- Travelling and mobility, planning a trip,
             booking a trip,express assumptions
6. L 3- Travelling, modal verb "soll", sentences with "aber", "oder"
7. L 3- Station 1- profession translator, repetition: grammar
8. L 4- Hobbies, reflexive pronouns, temporal adverb, phrasal verbs
9. L 4- Association, express emotions, indefinite pronouns, verb "mögen"
10. L 5- Media in everyday life, messages
11. L 5- Indirect questions, complaints, adjectives without articles
12. L 5- Media, advertisements
13. Summary, revision, credit test

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