Course detail

German 4

FSI-N4Acad. year: 2025/2026

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

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et Mgr. Monika Ryšavá

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Entry knowledge

The course N4 is intended for intermediate students. It doesn´t follow up on the course N3.

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.

The examination at level A2 CEFR consists of a written and oral part. The written part of the examination tests listening and reading comprehension, simple written expression, grammar and vocabulary of general language. The oral part of the examination has a form of discussion held on various everyday topics.

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 (level A2 CEFR).

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 N4.
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)

Classification of course in study plans

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

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Monika Ryšavá

Syllabus

1. L 6 Going out, relative clauses
2. L 6 Contacts, getting to know people, in the restaurant
3. Station 2 Profession web designer, repetition: grammar
4. L 7 At home, modal verbs past tense
5. L 7 Living, subordinate clauses with "als"
6. L 8 Experience culture, adverbs of time
7. L 8 Culture, Perfect tense
8. L 9 World of work, nouns with -ung
9. L 9 Looking for a job, wishes, politeness
10. Station 3 repetition: grammar and vocabulary
11. L 10 Festivals and gifts, prepositions with dative
12. L 10 Celebration, verbs with dative and accusative
13. Summary, revision, credit test