GRMN151-16S1 (D) Semester One 2016 (Distance)

Elementary German Language A

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 May 2016

Description

German language course for beginners, i.e. students with no knowledge of German, based on the communicative approach.

PLEASE NOTE:
GRMN151-14S1 (D) is offered as Distance Learning and under the STAR programme. Distance Learning and STAR programme students may enrol in this course. For the campus based option please see GRMN151-14S1 (C).

GRMN151 is an introduction to German that is especially designed for people with no prior knowledge of the language. Continuous learning is mirrored in the course’s continuous internal assessment: a large portion of the final grade is obtained through a series of small tests and regular homework assignments.

Learning Outcomes

As a student in this course you will acquire skills in all four areas of the language (reading, writing,  speaking and listening). By the end of the course the average student will be able to understand interactions in everyday settings; in addition he or she will be able to name common objects of daily life, to express a range of basic wishes, and to use the present and past tenses to narrate simple events. Reading is a component of the course, and by the end of the semester students will be able to read brief texts and understand the fundamentals of German textual structures.  Students will also practice writing intensively and will be able to narrate events and communicate basic information about themselves.

By learning a foreign language students will develop more understanding of global conditions and will become competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts. This will help the language students to develop knowledge and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Restrictions

GRMN106, GRMN114

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Vera Leier

Lecturer

Evgeny Pavlov

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Homework Assignments (10) 15%
Learn vocabulary quizzes (12) 6%
In-class quizzes (7) 21%
Facebook postings (5) 5%
Written test 1 20%
Written test 2 20%
Oral test 13%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Tschirner, Erwin P. , Nikolai, Brigitte., Terrell, Tracy D;; Kontakte : a communicative approach ; 7th edition; McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Course links

Library portal
LEARN The full Course Outline is available on LEARN (only for students enrolled in this course).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $717.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All GRMN151 Occurrences

  • GRMN151-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016
  • GRMN151-16S1 (D) Semester One 2016 (Distance)
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