Course detail

German for Upper-intermediate Students

FAST-BYN4Acad. year: 2024/2025

Grammar: adjectives (formation, prepositions, position in the sentence), verbs with prepositions, verb formation (prefixation), word order in the main and subordinate clauses, revision of past tenses, negation, grammatical gender and plural of nouns, compound nouns and substantivization

Vocabulary: appearance and character, how to learn new vocabulary, on-line learning, formal and personal letter, travelling, sightseeing in a city, describing a building, tourist information, talking with friends, shopping and complaining, love, describing a photograph, expressing assumptions

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Věra Batystová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Students should be familiar with grammar and vocabulary covered in the courses BYN1, BYN12, BYN2, BYN22, BYN3 and BYN32. They should be familiar with relative clauses with prepositions, adjectives as nouns, various subordinate clauses, Partizip I and II used as adjectives, two-piece conjunctions and future tense Futur I. They should be able to speak fluently on common topics and understand both oral and written language discourse. They should be able to express themselves in a comprehensible way, avoiding grave mistakes.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

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
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

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Perlmann-Balme, Michaela a kol.: Em neu (Niveaustufe B2). Ismaning: Hueber Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-19-001695. (DE)

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Věra Batystová

Syllabus

1st week - adjectives, their endings and position in the sentence / people, character traits 2nd week - adjectives with prepositions, adjective formation / peoples's appearance and character 3rd week - verbs with prepositions / how to learn new vocabulary 4th week - verb formation (adding prefixes) / online learning, formal letter 5th week - word order in main clauses, sentence parts / travelling and sightseeing in a city 6th week - word order in different types of subordinate clauses / tourist information, describing a building 7th week - grammar revision / talking with friends, personal letter to a friend 8th week - past tenses (summary) / shopping 9th week - negation with the particle "nicht" and th pronoun "kein" / complaining in a shop 10th week - grammatical gender and plural of nouns / love 11th week - compound nouns and substantivization / describing a photo, expressing assumptions 12th week - revision