Course detail

German for Beginners 1/2

FIT-JN1Acad. year: 2009/2010

The course is for beginners in German. Students are introduced to the language with the emphasis on listening and acquiring basic grammar skills together with fast and direct mastering of communicative skills in everyday situations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

General understanding based on reading and listening comprehension. Ability to respond adequately incommon situations, to inform, ask questions, ask for information, be able to order or ban.

Prerequisites

No prerequisity knowledge is called for.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit and examination

Course curriculum

Lesson 1-6 - pronunciation,introducing, personal pronouns Numerals,regular verbs, verb SEIN Personal questions, word order in questions and positive sentences,plural Countries and towns, the alphabet,expressing the negative Obtaining information,definite and indefinite articles and pronoun KEIN,possessive adjectives Family and relatives,subject and object case of indef. article,adjective suffixes after indef. article Rooms and furniture,object case - def. and indef., article,possessive adjectives,personal pronouns Sightseeing, shopping,plural, expressing measure, amount and price Semester test Lessons 7-12 Occupations,house and flat,past tense -préteritum- of regular verbs, BE, HAVE Food and drinks,verbs möchte In a restaurant,coordinative conjuctions Means of transport,present teuse of irregular verbs Travelling by train,telling the time, imperative, the main-sentence word order Holidays and travelling,pronoun WELCH-, verb WISSEN Accommodation, hotel,subordinate clause, indirect question Spending the time- weekend, free time,past tense(Perfekt) Countries, languages,adjective cases after indefinite article Vegetables and fruit,verb mögen, adjective cases without articles Town and countryside,demonstrative pronouns Working day,verbs with separable and inseparable prefix Getting ready for trip,subordinate clouses with conjunctions ob, dass, wenn Orders and bans,modal verbs Occupations,verb WERDEN, modal verbs in present tense Office work and housework,past tense-Perfekt, indefinite pronouns Car accident, participle of irregular verbs, past participle as adjective On holiday,use of past tense- préteritum and perfektum

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course is concentrated on general German. Note: This is a two-semester course.

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

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Apelt, H.P., Apelt, M.: Plus deutsch 1, Hueber Fraus, Plzeň 2000 Zavřelová, D.: Technické minimum, UJAZ FEI VUT Brno

Recommended reading

Apelt, H.P., Apelt, M.: Plus deutsch 1, Hueber Fraus Plzeň 2000 Zavřelová, D.: Technické minimum, UJAZ FEI VUT Brno Justová, H.: Wir uben deutsche Grammatik, Fragment Steevens, J.P., Victoor, A.: Was ist das? Modernes deutsches Bildworterbuch, Art press Bratislava 1990

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Fundamentals seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

  1. Countries,occupations, fields of study, question words, personal pronouns
  2. Occupations, regular verbs, verb HAVE
  3. Personal questions, verb BE, word order in questions and positive sentences
  4. Countries and towns, the alphabet, expressing the negative
  5. Obtaining information, definite and indefinite articles and pronoun KEIN, possessive adjectives
  6. Family and relatives, subject and object case of indef. article,adjective suffixes after indef. article
  7. Rooms and furniture, object case - def. and indef., article, possessive adjectives, personal pronouns
  8. Sightseeing, shopping, plural, expressing measure, amount and price
  9. House and flat, past tense -préteritum- of regular verbs, BE, HAVE
  10. Food and drinks, verb möchte
  11. In a restaurant, coordinative conjuctions
  12. Means of transport, present teuse of irregular verbs
  13. Travelling by train, telling the time, imperative, the main-sentence word order
  14. Holidays and travelling, pronoun WELCH-, verb WISSEN
  15. Accommodation, hotel, subordinate clause, indirect question
  16. Spending the time- weekend, free time,past tense(Perfekt)
  17. Countries, languages, adjective cases after indefinite article
  18. Vegetables and fruit, verb mögen, adjective cases without articles
  19. Town and countryside, demonstrative pronouns
  20. Working day, verbs with separable and inseparable prefix
  21. Getting ready for trip, subordinate clouses with conjunctions ob, dass, wenn
  22. Orders and bans, modal verbs
  23. Occupations, verb WERDEN, modal verbs in present tense
  24. Office work and housework, past tense-Perfekt, indefinite pronouns
  25. Car accident, participle of irregular verbs, past participle as adjective
  26. On holiday, use of past tense - préteritum and perfektum