GRMN252-25S2 (D) Semester Two 2025 (Distance)

Intermediate German Language and Culture B

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This is the second of two intermediate German language courses. This course extends the reading, writing and discussion skills acquired in GRMN251 and places greater emphasis on writing and reading skills, including the reading of short stories.

This course is the second semester and continuation of the intermediate German language course GRMN251. You should have knowledge of intermediate German grammar structures and vocabulary equivalent to A2, European framework. The students will complete regular grammar and writing assignments, there will be ample opportunity to speak and listen in a classroom setting and also online, using i.e. Facebook and Instagram. The students are encouraged to read German newspaper articles and a book in German during the term break.

In the end of the course the students will have German proficiency equivalent to level B1, Common European framework (CEFR).

Learning Outcomes

  • As a student in this course, you will acquire skills in all four areas of functional literacy, reading, writing, speaking and listening.

    By the end of the course, you will:
  • be able to read intermediate level literature (level B1) and short newspaper articles in German.
  • Students will practice writing intensively and should be able to write a 200-word essay in German about a contemporary topic.
  • The average student will be able to hold a conversation about everyday events and politics in German.
  • Students’ listening comprehension should reach a level where they can understand German TV shows and talking books.

    The students will also develop skills in:
  • digital literacy, searching in German on the internet, evaluating German online resources, individually remixing internet information for presenting in class.

    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.

    External Exams
    After this course you will be able to sit the Goethe Institute exam, level B1.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

GRMN251, or
placement test. Note: The course assumes a relatively high level of proficiency in German language. Even well prepared high school students should therefore enrol in GRMN251.

Restrictions

GRMN108, GRMN118

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Zoom
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Zoom
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Zoom
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 12:00 - 13:00 Zoom
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Anne Blumenthal

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Arbeitsblätter (5) 15% Fortnightly starting in week 2 (at the end of each chapter)
In-class Vokabelquizzes (4) 10% Held weeks 2, 4, 8, 10
Radiosendung/Podcast 10% Week 12
Encyclopaedia Article (2) 5% 1 per term
Essay (1) 20% Due during University exam period
Written tests (2) 40% Held weeks 6 & 12

Textbooks / Resources

Netzwerk neu B1.2 - Hybrid edition allango
German as a Foreign Language
Course and workbook with audio and videos including licence key allango (24 months)
ISBN 978-3-12-607290-8

OR

Netzwerk neu B1.2 - Digital Edition allango
Licence key (teachers/students, 24 months)
Course and workbook with audio and videos
NP10060717000

Available from Klett Sprachen International

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $894.00

International fee $4,100.00

* 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 GRMN252 Occurrences

  • GRMN252-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025
  • GRMN252-25S2 (D) Semester Two 2025 (Distance)