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German Language
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:14.00
Study Course Accepted:16.04.2024 11:22:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_070 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Juridical Science; Communication Science; Sociology; Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Reinvalde | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Without preliminary knowledge. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to acquire German language skills for social interaction in compliance with “Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment”, language proficiency levels A1/A2. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Getting acquainted. First contacts. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Personal information. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Family. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | In the shopping centre. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Things and objects. Test. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | In the office. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Free time activities. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Food and drinks. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Transport and travelling. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Daily routine. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Festivities. Past events. Test. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Getting acquainted. First contacts. | Classes | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Personal information. | Classes | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Family. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | In the shopping centre. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Things and objects. Test. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | In the office. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Free time activities. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Food and drinks. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Transport and travelling. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Daily routine. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Festivities. Past events. Test. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student actively acquires the necessary vocabulary, makes short dialogues on the corresponding topic, actively participates in preparation of homework, timely hands in short descriptions on family, flat, daily activities, leisure time, etc. Makes 1 – 2 presentations during the course. Students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Active participation in practical classes, high quality home assignments completed in a timely manner, quality of answers during the classes. 2. Test at the end of the module, which may include reading, listening, writing and speaking skills and vocabulary use. 3. Cumulative evaluation at the end of the 1. or 3. semester, taking into consideration the results of tests and the attitude during the semester. 4. Examination at the end of the course, which includes reading, listening, writing and speaking skills and vocabulary use. Regular attendance of the classes is compulsory; individual work and presentation are compulsory (10%); average assessment of tests (70%); an examination grade (20%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the course the students will: understand ordinary German vocabulary, language structures and regularities for ordinary texts; be able to find the necessary information; recognize and be able to differentiate between the present, past or future activities; recognize the right order of the words in the narrative sentence and in the interrogative sentence. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The students will be able to understand ordinary texts about everyday topics (letters, invitations, classified ads, etc.), ordinary audio texts about everyday topics (dialogues, announcements in the airport or in the train terminal about the traffic, classified ads, weather forecasts, etc.), write short announcements, e-mails, write simple information, and fill in the forms, tell about themselves, their relatives, living conditions, surroundings, respond to the questions, make questions, using the common language structures, retell a text, expressing their opinion, making simple sentences, comprehend and be able to use the grammar structures needed in the daily communication. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to use lexical phrases and language structures they have learned in everyday communication. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Evans, S., Pude, A. und Specht, F. 2016. Menschen: Deutsch als Fremdsprache A1.1 Kursbuch. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag. | ||||||||
| 2 | Gals-Peters, S., Pude, A. und Reimann, M. 2016. Menschen: Deutsch als Fremdsprache A1.1 Arbeitsbuch. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dallapiazza, R. M., von Jan, E. und Schoenherr, T. 2014. Tangram aktuell 1: Deutsch als Fremdsprache A.1.1, Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch, Lektionen 1-4. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag. | ||||||||
| 2 | Dallapiazza, R. M., von Jan, E. und Schoenherr, T. 2015. Tangram aktuell 1: Deutsch als Fremdsprache A.1.1, Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch, Lektionen 5-8. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag. | ||||||||
| 3 | Ziediņš, E. Vācu valoda trīs mēnešos: Valodas apguves īsais kurss. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Hueber | ||||||||
| 2 | Goethe | ||||||||
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