Course detail

Foreign Language 1 (German)

FEKT-HNE1Acad. year: 2016/2017

The course builds on previous study at a secondary school.The grammar is exploited effectively in listening and communicative activities taken from common everyday situations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Mastering of standard language knowledge based on reading and listening. Being able to communicate in everyday situations, present,results, give explanation, inform about future plans and intentions, ask for information. Being able to understand and analyze professional texts (reading. comprehension, presentation).

Prerequisites

Secondary-school level of knowledge is required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods include language seminars and homework. Students have to actively participate in classes.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Final semester test.

Course curriculum

Introductiion, grammar revision, German in the world. Subordinate clauses with WEIL,comparison. Family,holidays,dative of nouns and adjectives. Travelling, modal verb SOLLEN.
Leisure time,indefinite pronouns,verb phrases. Media,computer,mobile phone,indirect questions,W-questions. Eating and food,personal pronouns,relative clause. Town and countryside,prepositions of time.
Cultural life,past tense,indefinite pronouns Occupations,CV,sentences with WENN,future,indirect speech. Professional texts, basic terminology, mathematical expressions.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course is focused on general German and partially on professional language.
Note.:this is a two-semester course

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer