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German language course for beginners, i.e. students with no knowledge of German, based on the communicative approach.
PLEASE NOTE:GRMN151 (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 (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.WHY AND HOW TECHNOLOGY WILL BE USED IN THIS COURSE21st century learning leans heavily on material that is available electronically, for accessing on computers, notebook computers, netbooks, tablet devices or smartphones. This course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to confidently use a computer or tablet to access material for your course. You will be required to access our learning management system – Learn – and to become familiar with its tools. In this course we will use:- Electronic files: readings, presentations, images;- Audio and video: listening files of the textbook, weekly videos, supplemental listening or viewingLearn forums and Facebook: writing about concepts addressed in the course and to consider the views and opinions of others, and to respond constructively to these;- Choice and Feedback tools: to enable you to complete short learning tasks and give feedback about the course.We want you to become familiar with communicating appropriately online individually and in groups, and generally to prepare yourself to live and work in the information age. Your confidence with using these electronic tools will also further increase your employability in the workplace as more employers expect a level of competence and confidence using computers and expect you to be able to use the Internet to find just-in-time information and resources to help troubleshoot problems and so on.It is your responsibility to make sure that your computer has the latest free (downloadable) software such as Internet browsers, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash and Apple QuickTime, as well as a highly recommended word processor such as Microsoft Word or Pages, and a presentation tool such as PowerPoint or Keynote. Your computer should also be capable of playing video such as YouTube and our Echo 360 video materials and it should have a sound card and speakers or headphones for listening to material presented during the course.Help for using Learn will be available online for enrolled students.
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. At the end of the course students will have proficiency in German equivalent to level A1 of the Common European Framework and will be able to sit the Goethe Institute examination Level A1.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.
GRMN106, GRMN114
Vera Leier
Tschirner, Erwin P. , Nikolai, Brigitte., Terrell, Tracy D;; Kontakte : a communicative approach ; 7th edition; McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Library portalLEARN The full Course Outline is available on LEARN (only for students enrolled in this course).
Domestic fee $732.00
International fee $2,975.00
* 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 .