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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Past tenses I.: the perfect. My studies. 2. Past tenses II.: préteritum and plusquamperfectum 3. Modal verbs: present and past. Jobs. 4. Prepositions: prepositional phrases with verbs 5. Relative clauses: formation and inflection. Travelling. 6. The passive voice: Basic principles. Relationship to the environment. 7. Conjunctions I: cause (weil, da) and effect (deshalb, darum, deswegen) 8. Conjunctions II: purpose (damit) and condition (falls, wenn) 9. Subjunctive II: wishes, unrealistic conditions and polite requests. Interpersonal relationships. 10. Genitive 11. Conjunctions III: contrast (obwohl, trotzdem, während). Future plans. 12. Styles of expression: nominal and verbal style (nominalisation) 13. Final test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 6 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| identify the indirect questions |
| identify prepositional verbs |
| identify the structure of subordinate clauses with "als", "wenn" |
| name the prepositions of place |
| identify the interrogative pronoun "was für ein?" |
| identify between the verbs in a sentence with "deshalb, trotzdem" |
| identify relative clauses and relative pronouns |
| identify the pronouns "man, jemand, niemand" |
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| express opinions, arguments and objections |
| describe leisure time activities |
| speak about work, employment, job offers |
| express attitude to the media |
| simply express an opinion, enthusiasm, disappointment |
| summarize information obtained by listening to a simple text focused on personal and professional life, politics, media, fashion |
| find relevant information in a short text focused on personal and professional life, fashion, politics, media |
| simply describe the housing options |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| identify N- declension |
| identify the regular and irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbs |
| identify the infinitive constructions with "zu" |
| use the correct form of a relative pronoun in a subordinate clause |
| identify the use of conjunctions "da/weil, obwohl, trotzdem, damit" |
| identify prepositions with a genitive |
| identify time prepositions with dative and accusative - "ab, an, bis, ... während, ..." |
| use the correct conjunctions to subordinate clauses of purpose |
| identify the use of the preterite, perfect and plusquamperfect |
| identify the subjunctive II |
| identify nominal and verbal style (nominalisation) |
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| speak about events that happened in the past |
| express feelings, wishes, opinions, arguments |
| speak about personal and professional relations |
| speak about current issues |
| discuss shopping habits |
| write a cover letter |
| discuss job advertisements and job interviews |
| speak about the environmen |
| express plans and ideas for the future |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Individual study |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Sandra Hohmann, Lutz Rohrmann. Grammatik mal vier. Klett, Stuttgart, 2024. ISBN 978-3-12-674200-9.
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