GER20060

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the module students will be able to

- employ new grammatical structures, vocabulary and expressions in order to produce concise and coherent written texts;
- summarise the main ideas of a text using one's own words;
- formulate in writing viewpoints on topical issues using appropriate vocabulary;
- increase sensitivity to pronunciation; identify areas of pronunciation where practice and further
training are needed, but also recognise the progress being made;
- understand and respond to audio and written material pitched at intermediate level;
- interact with an increasing degree of oral fluency and spontaneity on topics covered during the module;
- build in the feedback from regularly submitted homework and acquire a heightened ability to self-correct.

Indicative Module Content:

The module is divided into 3 blocks, each block dealing with the topics and associated grammatical points in selected chapters of "Aspekte neu B2 Mittelstufe". All 4 skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) will be practised. Grammar points will be introduced via short recorded presentations.
Assessment involves regular homework, an online test (comprehension and grammar), an oral exam simulating a job interview, and a written assignment.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

In order to benefit from the learning experience, students need to attend fully and participate actively. Students are expected to work consistently and independently outside of class time, and engage with the tasks and material on Brightspace.
Teaching will be conducted both on campus (face-to-face).

The classes are constructed around task-based activities, small group discussion, and include peer learning. Self-assessment using the CEFR is carried out at the start of the module, and again towards the end of the module. Individual feedback will be given to homework submission.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Recommendations:

Students who have not completed level 1 German-language modules must contact the module co-ordinator.

Standard of German equivalent to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Pre-requisite:
GER10020 - German Language I b

Incompatibles:
GER10120 - Spoken German for Beginners, GER20170 - Accelerated German Ex-Beginner, GER20180 - Intensive German Ex-Beginners, GER20240 - German for Ex-Beginners A, GER20250 - German for Ex-Beginners B, LANG10110 - German Gen Purp 4, LANG10130 - German Gen Purp 2, LANG20250 - German Gen Purp 3, LANG20450 - German for General Purposes 4


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Homework submissions (via Brightspace) will be corrected and returned with comments, if they have been submitted by the deadlines set. At times, it may be recommended that the same piece of work be re-submitted, allowing you to implement recommendations from feedback. Websites with self-correcting grammar exercises will be recommended and this type of autonomous learning plays an important role in linguistic progression. Pronunciation work will be integrated in class, but should also be practiced independently and regularly, and seen as an important element of clear communication which will feature in the oral exam. It is important to be prepared to use regular class-time to speak German and to be prepared to work on your pronunciation.

The three textbooks below should be purchased from the Campus Bookshop prior to the first class and be brought to all subsequent classes:

1. Aspekte neu. Mittelstufe Deutsch. Lehrbuch mit DVD B2 (Stuttgart: Klett, 2018)
2. Aspekte neu B2. Arbeitsbuch mit Audio-CD
3. Aspekte neu. Mittelstufe Deutsch. Intensivtrainer B2 (Stuttgart: Klett, 2018)
(NB. These textbooks will also be used in the Spring Trimester for German Language IIb, GER 20070).

In addition to these, an excellent Grammar book and a large dictionary are essential, and we strongly recommend the following:

Martin Durrell, Hammer's German Grammar and Usage,
ISBN 9780367150266
(London: Routledge, 2021 = 7th edition). A number of these have been ordered for the Campus Bookshop and all students intending to continue with German to degree level should invest in this book; it will be an invaluable resource not just for this module, but as you progress to advanced level in German during your year abroad and your final year in German.

Students should also be in possession of a LARGE hardback bilingual (e.g. Collins, Oxford or PONS) or monolingual (e.g. Duden, Langenscheidt) dictionary. Small dictionaries are not sufficient at this level.

* You are also encouraged to purchase an optional Grammar exercise book which corresponds to the previous edition of Hammer's Grammar, but will also be useful for the 2021 7th edition:
4th Edition:
Martin Durrell, Katrin Kohl, Claudia Kaiser. Practising German Grammar
(London: Routledge, 2017, 4th edition)

The following grammar book is a less expensive alternative (It is less comprehensive than Hammer's German Grammar and Usage):
Martin Durrell, Katrin Kohl, Claudia Kaiser & Gudrun Loftus: Essential German Grammar (Oxford: Routledge, 2015)

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.