German Language 4
Bachelor's study programme Slovene Studies (1st Level)
Objectives and competences
The main educational aims of the course are to strengthen, to deepen as well as to extend the students’ linguistic knowledge, to practise more complex grammatical structures, to develop reading comprehension skills. The students develop a critical and global approach to a text, recognise its global value and identify the main ideas that a text conveys.
Prerequisites
During the course the students shall upgrade their existing knowledge of the Geman language, previously acquired in approximately 180 teaching hours.
Content
The course content is similar to that of the German Language 3, that is to learn more complex grammatical structures, develop the students’ reading comprehension skills by reading authentic texts and extend their vocabulary of the German language, as well as to use it in practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
The students shall upgrade and deepen their knowledge of the German language acquired during the courses German Language 1, 2 and 3. They shall improve their writing as well as speaking skills and, above all, their reading skills.
Readings
• Passwort Deutsch 1, 2 – Lehr- und Übungsbuch Založba: Klett. Catalogue1 Catalogue2 E-version
• Böhmer, M., Zoepfer Tassinari, U.: Il tedesco scientifico. Wissenschaftsdeutsch. Corso di lettura, Bulzoni, Roma 199
• Paschke, Peter: Leggere il tedesco per gli studi umanistici. Principianti / Deutsch lesen in den Geisteswissenschaften. Anfänger. Cafoscarina, Venezia 2007
• Paschke, Peter: Leggere il tedesco per gli studi umanistici. Progrediti / Deutsch lesen in den Geisteswissenschaften. Fortgeschrittene. Cafoscarina, Venezia 2009.
• N. Muster Čenčur: Nemška slovnica po naše; Cankarjeva založba, Ljubljana, 1998 Catalogue
• H. Dreyer, R. Schmitt: Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik; Max Huber Verlag, München, 2002 E-version
• Dorothea Lévy-Hillerich, Elena Cickovska, Karmelka Baric: Mit deutsch. Studieren, arbeiten, leben. Arcipelago Edizioni, 2009
• Dictionaries of the German language
Assessment
• Lectures • Seminar tutorials enabling the students to practise more complex grammatical structures • Seminar tutorials during which the students practise reading texts in the German language