Delivered at:: Department of Foreign Languages

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 3 year, 1-4 module

Instructor

Кудревич Евгения Александровна

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Abstract

The course is aimed at acquirement basic knowledge and competences of modern German language, including phonetics, graphics, normative grammar and vocabulary in the amount provided by the course. The course consists of tutorials. Tutorials or practice run provide students with basic knowledge of phonetics, intonation, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary of modern German and focus on practical activities and exercises as well as project work. The tutorials also involve feedback on students’ written work, aimed at developing basic linguistic knowledge and practical skills of German, presenting the project results and home-reading in the written and oral forms.

Learning Objectives

Able to learn and demonstrate skills in the field, other than the major field
Able to conduct professional activities internationally
Student is capable of reporting the results of the information retrieval and analysis, academic or applied research she/he has conducted: - in various genres (including reviews, policy papers, reports and publications pertaining to socio-political subject matter); - and depending on the target audience
To have skills of conducting conversation and dialogue in German language in typical situations in the amount provided by this course

Expected Learning Outcomes

to own vocabulary on the topic food, to be able to order dishes in a restaurant, to be able to shop at the grocery store.
to able to explain what clothes are better using comparisons of adjectives/adverbs
to be able to compose a monological statement on the topic My favourite holiday
to be able to conduct a monologue on the topic
to be able to describe My dream country using Genitive with nouns.
to be able to describe the disease and symptoms and to give some recommendations
to be able to describe your day, to know conjugation of the verbs, to be able to speak about weather
to be able to describe your flat, to know vocabulary on the topic furniture, to able to rent an apartment
to be able to explain and to ask how to get to university, to know types of transport, prepositions and directions.
to be able to explain the point of view using sentences with denn/weil
to be able to make dialog in the shop and to buy some clothes
to be able to make dialog, to answer some question.
to be able to make simple dialogs on a given topic
to be able to make simple dialogs on a given topic
to be able to plan a trip, where to go and why
to be able to speak in the past tense, to know and use modals
to be able to support a conversation on a specified topic
to be able to talk about plans for the weekend
to be able to talk about sport and fitness using reflexive verbs
to be able to talk about study in Germany using sentences with damit or um + zu + infinitive.
to be able to talk about the holidays in Germany and Russia
to be able to talk about travelling, booking a hotel using declension of the adjectives with no articles.
to be able to use conditionals, wenn-sentences, sentences with trotzdem/obwohl/deshalb
to be able to use Imperative.
to be able to use modals and to give recommendations to patients.
to be able to use ordinal numbers and personal pronouns in accusative/dative
to be able to use Passive voice and to talk about sport and to answer why is sport so important
to be able to use verbs with prepositions, to make suggestions and ask questions (Worauf/darauf).
to be able to write essays on a given topic
to be able to write simple essays on a specified topic
to have the necessary communication skills at the A1.1 level
to know body parts and types of diseases
to know cardinal numbers, conjugation of the verbs in Present forms, to be able to tell a story about your family
to know types of сlothes and to be able to explain what do you like to wear using pronouns der/die/das; dies- and article welch-/ was für ein-?
to learn the necessary grammar rules
to own the necessary grammar
to write essays using the present and past tenses
to write small essays on a given topic
Perform social interaction and realize his/her role in team tasks in German. Obtain and analyze necessary information in the process of interaction, agrees on joint activities.
Fulfill business communication orally and in writing in a foreign (German) language, prepare reports on the topics studied, present them in a business environment, participate in discussions.
Communicate effectively in a multicultural professional environment in a foreign (German) language based on the application of the conceptual apparatus in the field of activity.

Course Contents

1. Greetings. Family
2. Food and drink
3. My flat
4. My day. Times of day. Weather and seasons
5. Studies and free time.
6. Health. Body parts
7. In the city
8. Travelling
9. Clothes and Fashion
10. Holidays
11. On the Weekends. Cultural life
12. Sports, fitness, healthy lifestyle, environment

Assessment Elements

Activity
The activity consists of Written Assignments (Essay), project work and interim tests. Written Assignments include writing an essay (10-12 sentences, 100-120 words). Project work involves the creation of a presentation - individually. Each presentation should have 3-5 slides with brief information. The student freely talks about the material using his presentation. 5-7 minutes are given for the performance. The presentation is a required part of the course and is done by the student at the end of each unit. The test is carried out at the end of each topic in the syllabus. 1-hour duration. Written test including vocabulary and grammar assignments.
Exam
The final test consists of 45 tasks and includes lexical and grammatical tasks, listening and writing tasks. The total number of points is summarised into a score on a 10-point scale. The scores are rounded arithmetically. The duration of the test is 120 minutes. The oral part of the exam is on tickets (a survey on the course materials). On the oral part of the exam, the student pulls out a ticket in which two questions are given. 5-7 minutes are given for preparation. The teacher has the right to ask additional questions. Exam format: teacher in class, students in class. During the exam, students are forbidden to: communicate (on social networks, with people in the room), use notes and tips, write them off. A short-term communication failure during the exam is considered a communication failure of less than a minute. A long-term communication disruption during an exam is a violation of a minute or more. In case of a long-term communication disruption, the student cannot continue to participate in the exam.

Interim Assessment

2026/2027 2nd module
0.6 * Activity + 0.4 * Exam
2026/2027 4th module
0.4 * Exam + 0.6 * Activity

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Exploring the German language, Johnson, S., 2008
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, W. (1991). Basic German Language Program, Grades 1-12. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=ED349837
Zifonun, G., & Gunkel, L. (2012). Deutsch im Sprachvergleich : Grammatische Kontraste und Konvergenzen. Berlin: De Gruyter. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=448081

Recommended Additional Bibliography

German Grammar : The Easy-to-use Guide to the German Language, MacLean, I., 1996
Johnson, S. A., & Braber, N. (2008). Exploring the German Language (Vol. 2nd ed). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=304661

Authors

Ursul Natalia Valerevna
Garkun Ella Borisovna

Bachelor’s Programme 'International Programme in Business and Economics'

Contacts:

Second Foreign Language II (German)