Bachelor
2022/2023
Second 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 (Political Science and World Politics)
Area of studies:
Political Science
Delivered by:
Department of Foreign Languages
When:
2 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
126
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course is aimed at acquirement basic knowledge and competences of modern German language, including phonetics, graphics, normative grammar and vocabulary in the amount provided by the course. The course consists of tutorials (112 hours). Tutorials or practice run provide students with basic knowledge of phonetics, intonation, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary of modern German and focus on practical activities and exercises as well as project work. The tutorials also involve feedback on students’ written work, aimed at developing basic linguistic knowledge and practical skills of German, presenting the project results and home-reading in the written and oral forms.
Learning Objectives
- Able to learn and demonstrate skills in the field, other than the major field
- Able to conduct professional activities internationally
- Student is capable of reporting the results of the information retrieval and analysis, academic or applied research she/he has conducted: - in various genres (including reviews, policy papers, reports and publications pertaining to socio-political subject matter); - and depending on the target audience
- To have skills of conducting conversation and dialogue in German language in typical situations in the amount provided by this course
Expected Learning Outcomes
- to own vocabulary on the topic food, to be able to order dishes in a restaurant, to be able to shop at the grocery store.
- to able to explain what clothes are better using comparisons of adjectives/adverbs
- to be able to compose a monological statement on the topic My favourite holiday
- to be able to conduct a monologue on the topic
- to be able to describe My dream country using Genitive with nouns.
- to be able to describe the disease and symptoms and to give some recommendations
- to be able to describe your day, to know conjugation of the verbs, to be able to speak about weather
- to be able to describe your flat, to know vocabulary on the topic furniture, to able to rent an apartment
- to be able to explain and to ask how to get to university, to know types of transport, prepositions and directions.
- to be able to explain the point of view using sentences with denn/weil
- to be able to make dialog in the shop and to buy some clothes
- to be able to make dialog, to answer some question.
- to be able to make simple dialogs on a given topic
- to be able to make simple dialogs on a given topic
- to be able to plan a trip, where to go and why
- to be able to speak in the past tense, to know and use modals
- to be able to support a conversation on a specified topic
- to be able to talk about plans for the weekend
- to be able to talk about sport and fitness using reflexive verbs
- to be able to talk about study in Germany using sentences with damit or um + zu + infinitive.
- to be able to talk about the holidays in Germany and Russia
- to be able to talk about travelling, booking a hotel using declension of the adjectives with no articles.
- to be able to use conditionals, wenn-sentences, sentences with trotzdem/obwohl/deshalb
- to be able to use Imperative.
- to be able to use modals and to give recommendations to patients.
- to be able to use ordinal numbers and personal pronouns in accusative/dative
- to be able to use Passive voice and to talk about sport and to answer why is sport so important
- to be able to use verbs with prepositions, to make suggestions and ask questions (Worauf/darauf).
- to be able to write essays on a given topic
- to be able to write simple essays on a specified topic
- to have the necessary communication skills at the A1.1 level
- to know body parts and types of diseases
- to know cardinal numbers, conjugation of the verbs in Present forms, to be able to tell a story about your family
- to know types of сlothes and to be able to explain what do you like to wear using pronouns der/die/das; dies- and article welch-/ was für ein-?
- to own the necessary grammar
- to write essays using the present and past tenses
Course Contents
- 2nd YEAR. 2022-2023. Greetings. Family
- 2nd YEAR. (2022-2023) Food. Meals
- 2nd YEAR (2022-2023). My flat
- 2nd YEAR (2022-2023). My day. Times of day
- 2nd YEAR (2022-2023). Studies and free time.
- 3rd YEAR (2022-2023). In the city
- 3rd YEAR (2022-2023). Health. Body parts
- 3rd YEAR (2022-2023). Travelling.
- 3rd YEAR (2022-2023). Clothes and Fashion.
- 3rd YEAR (2022-2023). Holidays.
- 3rd YEAR (2022-2023). On the Weekends.
- 3rd YEAR (2022-2023). Sport and Fitness
Assessment Elements
- Written Assignments (Essay, Test/Quiz, Written Exam, etc.)Written assignments include writing an essay (10-12 sentences, 100-120 words), as well as performing written exercises.
- Reading for seminars / tutorials (lecture materials, mandatory and optional resources)Reading texts. Check in class
- Assignments for seminarsAssignments for seminars include: checking homework, composing dialogs, pair work
- Project workProject work involves the creation of a presentation - individually or in a group. Each presentation should have 3-4 slides with brief information. The student freely talks about the material using his presentation. 5-7 minutes are given for the performance
- Module TestThe test is carried out at the end of each module. A test is given at the end of each topic and tests the student's residual knowledge. 1.5 hours duration. The test consists of 4 parts: listening, reading, grammar and writing
- Final Test (Exam)An examination test takes place 10 days before the oral part of the exam. The test has 4 parts: listening, reading, grammar and writing. 1.5 hours for the test. Exam format: teacher in class, students in class / multiple classrooms and online. With the use of online platforms (Zoom/ MS Teams / Skype etc.) for students who have grounds for not being on the exam in person. The written part of the exam is held on the online platform. You must connect to the exam according to the time and date specified in the LMS. To participate in the exam, the student is obliged: to indicate their name at the beginning and end of the test, to appear for the exam according to the exact schedule. During the exam, students are forbidden to: communicate (on social networks, with people in the room), use notes and tips, write them off. During the exam, students are allowed to: use a blank Word sheet to record a short answer. A short-term communication disruption during the exam is considered a communication disruption up to 10 minutes. A long-term communication disorder during an exam is considered a violation of 10 minutes or more. In case of a long-term communication disruption, the student cannot continue to participate in the exam. Retake procedure involves using complicated tasks
- Oral answer (exam, monologue, dialogue)The oral part of the exam is on tickets (a survey on the course materials). On the oral part of the exam, the student pulls out a ticket in which two questions are given. 5-7 minutes are given for preparation. The teacher has the right to ask additional questions. Exam format: teacher in class, students in class / multiple classrooms and online. With the use of online platforms (Zoom/ MS Teams / Skype etc.) for students who have grounds for not being on the exam in person. The student's computer must meet the requirements: the presence of a working camera and microphone, support for online platform. To participate in the exam, the student is obliged: to put his photo on the avatar, to appear for the exam according to the exact schedule, and when you answer, turn on the camera and microphone. During the exam, students are forbidden to: communicate (on social networks, with people in the room), use notes and tips, write them off. During the exam, students are allowed to: use a blank Word sheet to record a short answer. A short-term communication failure during the exam is considered a communication failure of less than a minute. A long-term communication disruption during an exam is a violation of a minute or more. In case of a long-term communication disruption, the student cannot continue to participate in the exam. The retake procedure involves the use of complicated tasks.
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.6 * Assignments for seminars + 0.2 * Oral answer (exam, monologue, dialogue) + 0.2 * Final Test (Exam)
- 2023/2024 2nd module0.2 * Oral answer (exam, monologue, dialogue) + 0.2 * Final Test (Exam) + 0.6 * Assignments for seminars
- 2023/2024 4th module0.6 * Assignments for seminars + 0.2 * Oral answer (exam, monologue, dialogue) + 0.2 * Final Test (Exam)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Катаева, А. Г. Немецкий язык для гуманитарных специальностей + аудио в ЭБС : учебник и практикум для среднего профессионального образования / А. Г. Катаева, С. Д. Катаев, В. А. Гандельман. — 4-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2021. — 269 с. — (Профессиональное образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-01147-0. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/469457 (дата обращения: 28.08.2023).
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Катаева, А. Г. Немецкий язык для гуманитарных вузов + аудиоматериалы в ЭБС : учебник и практикум для вузов / А. Г. Катаева, С. Д. Катаев, В. А. Гандельман. — 4-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2021. — 269 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-01265-1. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/468610 (дата обращения: 28.08.2023).