Course detail

German for Intermediate Students 2/2

FIT-JN3Acad. year: 2009/2010

The course builds on the previous study (see course JN2). Verbal system, the passive, time clauses, comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs are practised. Vocabulary knowledge increases, and the listening skills are improved. Specialized German texts for the study programmes of FEKT and FIT VUT are used as an introduction to the study of technical language. The course is listed among the standard courses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Ladislav Baumgartner

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

General understanding of standard language on the basis of reading and listening. Ability to react to situations adequately. Ability to give reasons and explain. Ability to work with specialized data.

Prerequisites

Successful passing the course JN3/1.

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

L1 - Life in the city and in the country Grammar: comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs, relative clauses L2 - Car; Getting around in a city Grammar: comparisons, conjunctive II L3 - Travelling; inhabitants, countries, languages Grammar: past tense, the conjunctions wenn and als, Plusquamperfektum L4 - Culture Grammar: Futur I, prepositions with the genitive L5 - Profession, work, educational system; CV Grammar: using the verb lassen L6 - Television and massmedia Grammar: infinitive with zu, forming the infinitive groups, direction adverbs hin- and her- L7 - Leisure time Grammar: the position of the negative particle nicht in a sentence, infinitive constructions haben+zu+inf. and sein+zu+inf., clauses expressing purpose L8 - Christmas; holidays L9 - The nuclear energy - specialized text Grammar: passives L10 - The place I live at Grammar: passives with modal verbs, word order L11 - Grammar: relative clauses L12 - Berlin Grammar: declining the noun after the definite and indifinite articles, forming the geographical adjectives, the conjunction "aby" (dass, damit) L13 - My ideas about my future life and career Grammar: the conjunctive II ("reálný kondicionál") L14 - Living abroad; religion and racism L15 - Grammar: conjunctive II ("ireálný kondicionál"), the conjuction als ob L16 - Illnesses; human body Grammar: direct and indirect speech, conjunctives L17 - The German language Grammar: multi-word prepositions

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The verbal system is enlarged, listening skills improved. Note: The course takes two semesters.

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

Hoppnerová, V.: Němčina pro jazykové školy 2, Scientia Praha 1994 Zavřelová, D.: Německé odborné texty pro FEI VUT v Brně, Brno 1993

Recommended reading

Hoppnerová, V.: Němčina pro jazykové školy 2, Scientia Praha 1994 Zavřelová, D.: Německé odborné texty pro FEI VUT v Brně, Brno 1993

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

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

Type of course unit

 

Fundamentals seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Ladislav Baumgartner

Syllabus

  1. Wo ist unser Geld?
  2. U1 specialized topic
  3. U2 Bis auf den letzten platz
  4. U2 1st group of strong verbs
  5. Tschechien
  6. Specialized topic 2
  7. U4 Ein Interview
  8. 2nd and 3rd group of strong verbs
  9. U5 Weinachtsfreuden,specialized topic 3
  10. U5 4th group of strong verbs
  11. U6 Prag - specialized topic 5
  12. Autumn credit test written
  13. Revision of verbs U1 - 5
  14. U7 Beim Arzt
  15. Specialized topic 7
  16. U18 Kitsch oder Kunst?
  17. Specialized topic 7
  18. Mein Freund
  19. U9 comparatives and superlatives
  20. U10 Bitte zu Tisch
  21. U10 Specialized topic 8
  22. Lebenslauf
  23. U11 Time clauses
  24. Specialized topic 8
  25. U12 Die BRD
  26. Spring credit test written