GRMN210-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Advanced Intermediate German A

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

This is the first part of a comprehensive language course for students who have completed GRMN 118. The course aims at improving the students' all-round knowledge of everyday contemporary German including knowledge and practice of German language variation.

This course is for students who have completed the former GRMN 118. 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 various varieties of German (formal – informal, written – spoken, regional variation).

By the end of the course students should be able to read, understand and discuss articles from German news magazines and a short work 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. Blackboard (WebCT) will be used for course management and online exercises.

Prerequisites

GRMN118

Restrictions

GRMN201

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Susanne Ledanff

Tutor

Gudrun Frings

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Written test 03 Apr 2008 20%
Oral test 10%
Homework assignment: essay 1 27 Mar 2008 8%
Homework assignment: essay 2 21 May 2008 10%
Homework assignments: grammar, 5 worth 2% each, 10%
Quizzes/minor tests: vocabulary, 8 worth 1% each, 8%
Presentation (group work) 4%
Final mid-year exam 30%

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

German-English, English-German dictionary ;

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 $745.00

International fee $3,079.00

* 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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