Bachelor 2020/2021

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 (HSE University and University of London Parallel Degree Programme in International Relations)

Area of studies: International Relations

Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 1 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Волкова Мария Андреевна, Tamara E. Grigoreva, Ludmila Anatolyevna Soldatova

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Contact hours: 200

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The program is aimed at the IR students learning German as the first foreign language at the beginner’s level (I-II study years). The purpose of the course “German language” at the 1st stage is to form and develop crosscultural common communicative competence required for the further successful completion of the 2nd stages of the program (III-IV study years) aimed at forming and developing foreign professional-oriented communicative competence. Complex of formed and developed competences during the 1st round match the language level of B1+ of the CEPR European language scale

Learning Objectives

• 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.
• Student must be able to summarize and comment the content of business correspondence and synthesize various secondary texts

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
• 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.
• Can interact with other people in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
• Can tell where he and others are from and give a basic description of his city.
• Can talk simply about family and colleagues, describing their appearance and personalities.
• Can discuss clothing at a basic level and ask sales clerks simple questions about it.
• Can talk about favorite foods and make simple orders for take-out food.
• Can talk about daily activities and arrange meetings with friends and colleagues.
• Can describe current weather conditions and suggest activities according to the weather forecast.
• Can discuss common products, make basic purchases and return faulty items.
• Can complete basic transactions at a hotel, including checking in and checking out.
• Can talk about his hobbies and interests and makes plans for fun activities with friends or colleagues.
• Can describe the location of his home and give simple directions.
• Can talk in general terms about his health and describe common medical symptoms to a doctor.

Course Contents

• Leseregeln. Die Artikulationsbasis der deutschen Standartsprache
• Guten Tag!
  Begrüßung. Länder und Sprachen. Städte
• Sich vorstellen
  Berufe. Familie. Hobbys
• Im Büro
  Erste Kontakte am Arbeitsplatz. Rund um die Arbeit: Im Büro. Rund um die Arbeit: An der Universität.
• Im Hotel
  Zimmereinrichtung. Preise und Dienstleistungen. Probleme.
• In der Stadt
  Institutionen. Orientierung in der Stadt.
• Freizeit
  Sehenswürdigkeiten. Öffnungszeiten und Preise. Freizeitmöglichkeiten.
• Essen und Trinken
  Frühstück im Hotel. Lebensmittel. Essgewohnheiten in Russland und Deutschland. Im Restaurant.
• Arbeitstag
  Am Computer. Stress im Büro. Einen Termin vereinbaren.
• Reisen
  Reisevorbereitungen. Verkehrsmittel. Reiseziele.
• Wohnen
  Wohnformen. Die Wohnungseinrichtung. Die Hausordnung.
• Beim Arzt
  Körperteile. Krankheiten und Beschwerden. Gesunde Ernährung. Krankenversicherung.
• Feste
  Gute Wünsche und Geschenke. Einladungen und Entschuldigungen.
• Nachrichten

Assessment Elements

• Oral part
• writing part
• quizes
• exam
  Exam will be held online via Zoom & LMS. Links and further details will be send via 'Notification service' in LMS.

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (2 module)
  0.4 * exam + 0.2 * Oral part + 0.2 * quizes + 0.2 * writing part
• Interim assessment (4 module)
  0.4 * exam + 0.2 * Oral part + 0.2 * quizes + 0.2 * writing part

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• 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

• 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