GRMN210-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007

Advanced Intermediate German A

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Sunday, 1 July 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 May 2007

Description

First part of a comprehensive language course. The course aims at improving the students' all-round knowledge of everyday contemporary German including knowledge and practice of German language variation.

The course aims at improving the students’ all-round knowledge of everyday contemporary German by offering a balanced programme of practice in all four main language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening). In addition, the course will offer an introduction to the analysis and practice of the various varieties of German (formal – informal, written – spoken, youth language, stylistic variation, etc.).

By the end of the course students should be able to read, understand and discuss articles from German news magazines and short works of fiction. Students should be able to write a short essay using newly acquired vocabulary on defined topics of interest. The average student will be able to engage in a discussion on a specified range of topics with moderate fluency.
The course meets three times a week. There will be an additional optional tutorial hour per week for which a schedule of activities ranging from work with videos, songs by Liedermacher and practical exercises in the language lab will be distributed. WebCT will be used for course management and online exercises.

This course leads on to GRMN211 Advanced Intermediate German B.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

GRMN201

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Susanne Ledanff

Tutor

Vera Leier

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Written Test 23 Mar 2007 20%
Essay 1 03 Apr 2007 10%
Essay 2 05 Jun 2007 10%
Homework Assignments: grammar (5) 15%
Quizzes: vocabulary (10) 10%
Oral test 29 May 2007 10%
Final Exam 25%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Dreyer, Hilke. , Schmitt, Richard; Lehr - und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik = A practice grammar of German ; 1. Aufl., Neuberarbeitung; Max Hueber Verlag, 2001.

Recommended Reading

Terrell, Peter; Pons Collins Deutsch-Englisch, Englisch-Deutsch ; 2nd ed. = 2 Aufl., Nachdruck. 1993; E. Klett Verlag fur Wissen und Bildung ;, 1993.

Wahrig-Burfeind, Renate; Kompaktwörterbuch der deutschen Sprache ; 3., leicht aktualisierte Aufl; Wissen Media Verlag, 2002.

Wahrig-Burfeind, Renate. , Eisenberg, Peter; Wahrig Universalwörterbuch Rechtschreibung : [2002-Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz] ; Ungekurzte Ausg; Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2002.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $721.00

International fee $2,933.00

* 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 School of Languages and Cultures .

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  • GRMN210-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007
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