Course detail
German for upper-intermediate students
FAST-BYN4Acad. year: 2009/2010
Grammar: relative clauses with prepositions, N-Declination, conjunctions, adjectives as nouns, the conjuction als ob + Konjunktiv II., time clauses, two-part conjunctions, Futur I.
Vocabulary: description of objects and procedures, comparing things, weather and traffic, in a bank, the past
Vocabulary: description of objects and procedures, dating and relationships, personal qualities, at work, instructions for use, computer addicts, solving of conflicts, on the road, habits
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Course curriculum
2nd week - declension of adjectives after the indefinite article, topic: weekend, description of objects
3rd week- comparative and superlative, preposition als and wie, topic: comparing things
4th week - passiv voice in the present tense, topic: expert procedures
5th week - declension of adjectives after the definite article, topic: phone conversations
6th week - interrogative pronoun Was für ein?, wordbuilding prefixes and suffixes, local prepositions, topic: giving directions
7th week - conjunction deshalb, wordbuilding suffixes with adjectives, topic: traffic news, weather
8th week - local prepositions, declension of adjectives without article, topic: advertisements
9th week - preposition ohne, temporal prepositions, indirect questions with interrogative pronouns, topic: writing a postcard, in a bank
10th week - indirect questions with ob, the verb lassen, topic: services
11th week - summary of past tenses, revision, topic: talking about the past
12th week - revision of complex and compound sentences, topic: statistics, a life story
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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
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course