GRMN211-08S2 (C) Semester Two 2008

Advanced Intermediate German B

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2008
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2008

Description

Second part of a comprehensive language course for students who have completed GRMN 118 and GRMN 210. The course aims at improving the students' all-round knowledge of everyday contemporary German including knowledge of German language variation.

This course is for students who have completed GRMN210. The course aims at further 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). The course will also offer an extension of the analysis of varieties of German by studying some German dialects in more detail.

By the end of the course students should be able to write a short essay on defined topics of interest which include a more in depth study of a short story by a German contemporary writer. The average student will be able to engage in a discussion of most topics relating to cultural and societal issues in German speaking countries 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 in German dialects and other  practical exercises in the language lab will be distributed. Blackboard (WebCT) will be used for course management and online exercises.

This course leads on to GRMN310 Advanced German Language and Culture.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

GRMN201

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Susanne Ledanff

Tutors

Gudrun Frings and Vera Leier

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Homework assignment: essay 1 22 Aug 2008 8%
Homework assignment: essay 2 03 Oct 2008 9%
Homework assignments: grammar (6) 12%
Quizzes/minor tests, vocabulary (7) 7%
Presentation 4%
Written test 11 Sep 2008 20%
Oral test 10%
Final 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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