Course detail
German for Intermediate Students 2
FAST-VYN006Acad. year: 2024/2025
Grammar: relative clauses with prepositions, adjectives as nouns, various subordinate clauses, Partizip I and II used as adjectives, two-piece conjunctions, future tense Futur I, conjunctions bis and indem
Vocabulary: friends, dating and relationships, description of objects and procedures, personal qualities, at work, instructions for use, computers, solving of conflicts, history of Germany, Europe
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Entry knowledge
Students should be able to take part in a conversation on common topics and understand easily comprehensible texts and conversations. They should be familiar with verb tenses including the plusquamperfect, declinations of adjectives and pronouns, word order after various conjunctions, conditional sentences, Konjunktiv II. and other grammatical phenomena. They should be able to express themselves in a comprehensible way, avoiding grave mistakes.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
presentation of information from various spoken and written sources,
spontaneous, fluent and fairly accurate expressing,
fluent and effective using of the language for social, study and working purposes
target level according to the CEFR: B1 higher
The student will be able to understand slightly sophisticated texts and listenings, will be able to present information from spoken and written sources, will be able to express themselves spontaneously and effectively for social, study and working purposes, will achieve the target level B1 higher accrding to the CEFR
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-VP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme B_A+U Bachelor's
specialization --- (do 2022) , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
specialization --- (do 2022) , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
2 year of study, winter semester, elective
1 year of study, winter semester, elective
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Syllabus
- 1. describing a person; relative clauses
- 2. conjunction falls; conjunction je - desto
- 3. Murphy's laws; product description
- 4. conjunction weder - noch; complaining
- 5. computers; conjunction als ob
- 6. instructions and user manuals; conjunction während; conjunction nachdem
- 7. future tense, future plans
- 8. preposition innerhalb; preposition außerhalb; good manners
- 9. conjunctions seit, bevor, bis, indem, ohne dass
- 10. difficult life situations; preposition außer
- 11. present subjunctive; life plans
- 12. indirect speech; European union
- 13. passive voice with past tenses; politics