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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2021/2022

Foreign Language (German)

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type: Elective course
Area of studies: International Relations
Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 3 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Evelina Evgenievna Blok, Tamara E. Grigoreva, Elena Viktorovna Morozova
Language: English
ECTS credits: 7
Contact hours: 232

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The program is aimed at the academic stuff teaching the course “German language” and ICEF students, who learn German as the first foreign / european language at an advanced level (III-IV study years). The stages vary by the difficulty of materials (from the easiest to the most difficult) and by balance of general German (dominated the first round) and professional language for specific purposes (more common at the advanced level). Both rounds rely on the achievement of final program requirements.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Student must be able to summarize and comment the content of business correspondence and synthesize various secondary texts
  • Students must be able to work with language material using academic (educational) literature.
  • Students must know peculiarities of sociocultural patterns of verbal and non-verbal behavior in both foreign language and mother tongue, understand the degree of their compatibility / incompatibility.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
  • Can complete basic transactions at a hotel, including checking in and checking out.
  • Can deal with relatively complex awkward situations that arise in social and business contexts.
  • Can describe an accident or injury, get medical help from a doctor and fill a prescription for medicine.
  • Can describe current weather conditions and suggest activities according to the weather forecast.
  • Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
  • Can describe the location of his home and give simple directions.
  • Can describe your past life, giving details about important milestones.
  • Can discuss clothing and what kind of clothes you like to wear.
  • Can discuss clothing at a basic level and ask sales clerks simple questions about it.
  • Can discuss common products, make basic purchases and return faulty items.
  • Can discuss leadership qualities and talk about leaders whom you admire.
  • Can discuss your vacation plans and tell friends and colleagues about your vacation afterwards.
  • Can engage in basic communication at work, including attending meetings on familiar topics.
  • Can explain your education, experience, strengths and weaknesses, and discuss your career path.
  • Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
  • Can interact with other people in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
  • Can participate in meetings in your area of expertise, if you have help understanding some points.
  • Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
  • Can relate events from your past, including your weekend activities and interesting stories.
  • Can talk about daily activities and arrange meetings with friends and colleagues.
  • Can talk about favorite foods and make simple orders for take-out food.
  • Can talk about his hobbies and interests and makes plans for fun activities with friends or colleagues.
  • Can talk about mental processes and how you can use them to improve your effectiveness on the job.
  • Can talk about movies that you like and choose a movie to see with friends.
  • Can talk about the natural world and travels to see animals and natural areas in your country.
  • Can talk about what you like to read and make recommendations about good things to read.
  • Can talk about your personal finances and give advice to friends and colleagues about their finances.
  • Can talk in general terms about his health and describe common medical symptoms to a doctor.
  • Can talk simply about family and colleagues, describing their appearance and personalities.
  • Can tell where he and others are from and give a basic description of his city.
  • Can understand and make basic business proposals in your area of expertise.
  • Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
  • Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
  • Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.
  • Can use appropriate language in social situations, including praising and expressing sympathy.
  • Сan introduce herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where she lives, people she knows, and things she has.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Schule
  • Hervorragende Persönlichkeiten.
  • Leseregeln. Die Artikulationsbasis der deutschen Standartsprache
  • Mode
  • Der deutsche Wohnungsmarkt: Probleme und mögliche Lösungen.
  • Guten Tag!
  • Wohnen
  • Deutschland in der Europäischen Union.
  • Sich vorstellen
  • Organisation und Disziplin
  • Arbeiten und studieren im Ausland. Auswanderung.
  • Im Büro
  • Migration und Integration
  • Deutsche und österreichische Universitäten.
  • Im Hotel
  • Urlaub
  • Interkulturelle Kompetenz. Kulturelle Unterschiede im Berufsleben.
  • In der Stadt
  • Mentalität
  • 1. Arbeitssuche. Bewerbungsmappe.
  • Freizeit
  • Wandern
  • 2. Vorstellungsgespräch: Vorbereitung, Teilnahme und Nach bereitung.
  • Essen und Trinken
  • Müll
  • 3. Elite der Zukunft.
  • Arbeitstag
  • Fußball
  • 4,5. Entstehung vom modernen Marketingkonzept. Marketing Mix. Marktforschung als Grundlage für den Marketingerfolg jedes Projekts.
  • Reisen
  • Bio
  • Wohnen
  • Auto
  • Beim Arzt
  • Geld
  • Feste
  • Deutsche Spezialitäten
  • Nachrichten
  • Literatur
  • Bier
  • Musik
  • Kuscheltiere
  • Kälte
  • Kunst
  • Ausbildung
  • Geld und Konsum
  • Arbeit und Beruf
  • Urlaub und Reisen
  • Tiere und Menschen
  • Massenmedien
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Oral part
  • non-blocking writing part
  • non-blocking quizes
  • non-blocking exam
    Exam will be held online via Zoom & LMS. Links and further details will be send via 'Notification service' in LMS.
  • non-blocking writing part
  • non-blocking oral part
  • non-blocking quizes
  • non-blocking exam
    The exam was offline (not via Zoom)
  • non-blocking writing
  • non-blocking oral
  • non-blocking quizes
  • non-blocking exam
    II study year: The examination is conducted orally (a survey on the course materials). The exam is conducted on the platform ZOOM https://zoom.us/j/406216899?pwd=N2ducUhNMHMzZHppUFNXRGJLS0R6QT09 The examination is conducted in the oral form (a survey on the course materials). You need to connect to the exam according to the schedule of answers sent by the teacher to students' corporate email right before the exam. The student's computer must meet the requirements: a working camera and microphone, installed and working ZOOM. To participate in the exam, the student is obliged: to put his photo on the avatar, to appear at the exam according to the exact schedule and turn on the camera and microphone during his answer. During the exam, it is prohibited: to turn off the camera, to use notes and tips. A short-term communication failure during the exam is considered a communication failure for less than two minutes. Long-term communication disruption during the exam is considered two minutes or more. In case of a long-term communication disruption, the student cannot continue to participate in the exam. The retake procedure is similar to the standard exam procedure. III study year: The examination is conducted orally (a survey on the course materials). The exam is conducted 1) on the platform MS Teams for Group 301 https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a9083aca2e1ba4535aee90d6781967b52%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=de1d7b72-246b-4ea4-8345-93b316a01947&tenantId=21f26c24-0793-4b07-a73d-563cd2ec235f 2) on the platform ZOOM for Group 302 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/244821504?pwd=SHR0UXZzbnlxSSt4NjZhV2hJVWZadz09 3) on the platform ZOOM for Group 303 https://zoom.us/j/622157275?pwd=dCtiVDlsZ3dGUFBkWVYrS2wyWittdz09 The examination is conducted in the oral form (a survey on the course materials). You need to connect to the exam according to the schedule of answers sent by the teacher to students' corporate email right before the exam. The student's computer must meet the requirements: a working camera and microphone, installed and working ZOOM (Group 302, Group 303) or MS Teams (Group 301). To participate in the exam, the student is obliged: to put his photo on the avatar, to appear at the exam according to the exact schedule and turn on the camera and microphone during his answer. During the exam, it is prohibited: to turn off the camera, to use notes and tips. A short-term communication failure during the exam is considered a communication failure for less than two minutes. Long-term communication disruption during the exam is considered two minutes or more. In case of a long-term communication disruption, the student cannot continue to participate in the exam. The retake procedure is similar to the standard exam procedure.
  • non-blocking writing part
  • non-blocking oral part
  • non-blocking quizes
  • non-blocking exam
    The exam was offline (not via Zoom)
  • non-blocking final written test
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2019/2020 2nd module
    0.4 * exam + 0.2 * writing part + 0.2 * Oral part + 0.2 * quizes
  • 2019/2020 4th module
    0.2 * writing part + 0.2 * Oral part + 0.4 * exam + 0.2 * quizes
  • 2020/2021 2nd module
    0.2 * quizes + 0.4 * exam + 0.2 * writing + 0.2 * oral
  • 2020/2021 4th module
    0.2 * writing + 0.2 * quizes + 0.2 * oral + 0.4 * exam
  • 2021/2022 2nd module
    0.2 * oral part + 0.2 * writing part + 0.4 * exam + 0.2 * quizes
  • 2021/2022 4th module
    0.4 * exam + 0.2 * quizes + 0.2 * oral part + 0.2 * writing part
  • 2022/2023 2nd module
    0.4 * exam + 0.2 * oral part + 0.2 * quizes + 0.2 * writing part
  • 2022/2023 3rd module
    0.2 * writing part + 0.2 * quizes + 0.1 * final written test + 0.2 * oral part + 0.3 * exam
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Durrell, M., Kohl, K. M., & Kaiser, C. (2017). Practising German Grammar (Vol. Fourth edition Martin Durrell, Katrin Kohl, Claudia Kaiser). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1526990
  • Johnson, S. A., & Braber, N. (2008). Exploring the German Language (Vol. 2nd ed). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=304661
  • Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, W. (1991). Basic German Language Program, Grades 1-12. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=ED349837
  • Schenke, H., Miell, A., & Seago, K. (2016). Basic German : A Grammar and Workbook (Vol. Second edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1221317
  • Зимина Л. И., Мирославская И. Н. - НЕМЕЦКИЙ ЯЗЫК (A1–A2) 3-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебное пособие для СПО - М.:Издательство Юрайт - 2019 - 139с. - ISBN: 978-5-534-11916-9 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЮРАЙТ - URL: https://urait.ru/book/nemeckiy-yazyk-a1-a2-446434

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Burdumy, A. B. (2019). German Reading Skills for Academic Purposes. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2142337
  • Fagan, S. M. B. (2009). German : A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=304737
  • Ивлева Г. Г. - НЕМЕЦКИЙ ЯЗЫК 3-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебник и практикум для академического бакалавриата - М.:Издательство Юрайт - 2019 - 264с. - ISBN: 978-5-534-08697-3 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЮРАЙТ - URL: https://urait.ru/book/nemeckiy-yazyk-432182

Authors

  • ULYANOVA EKATERINA SERGEEVNA
  • SOLDATOVA LYUDMILA ANATOLEVNA
  • BLOK EVELINA EVGENEVNA
  • KONDAKOVA ELENA ALEKSANDROVNA
  • MOROZOVA ELENA VIKTOROVNA
  • RYAPINA TATYANA VIKTOROVNA