German I

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1015302ANR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

German

Faculty

Academic Language Centre

Department

Academic Center for Language Education

Educational team

Philipp Bekaert
Voorzitter ACTO (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

78 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
24 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

German grammar is systematically discussed and practiced. The approach is both communicative and contrastive (German-Dutch), aiming at a fast acquisition of written and oral skills. Oral proficiency is stimulated through dialogs, role plays, debates, tasks, extramural activities, projects etc., also allowing the acquisition of knowledge about history, culture and current issues in German-speaking countries.

Course material

Practical course material (Recommended) : Studiemateriaal wordt tijdens het werkcollege en via Canvas aangereikt. Materialien werden im Kurs und über Canvas angeboten. Learning material is provided in class and via Canvas.
Digital course material (Recommended) : Studiemateriaal wordt tijdens het werkcollege en via Canvas aangereikt. Materialien werden im Kurs und über Canvas angeboten. Learning material is provided in class and via Canvas.

Additional info

This class is taught exclusively in German, which constitutes an important source of input, but in order to attain the required level to pass this course, students will need 1° REGULAR attendance FROM THE START (ESSENTIAL information will be delivered during the first class); 2° even more important, activities in German OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM on a daily basis (help and tips will be provided in class); 3° deepen the subject matter by means of ten Cate’s manual Deutsche Grammatik (including the Übungsbuch!).

Students who cannot attend classes are expected to contact the instructor AT TERM START. It is the student’s exclusive responsibility to make up for missed (parts of) classes. Work submitted late won’t be accepted.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student can understand the main points of clear standard input on everyday matters and can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst traveling in German-speaking areas. The student can express thoughts in speech and writing, in a concise but comprehensible way, on familiar topics, events, plans and opinions. (comparable to European Framework of Reference Level B1)

The student is able to have a spontaneous conversation about a general topic. The student is reasonably fluent and sounds more German than Dutch.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
PRAC Paper determines 40% of the final mark.
Other determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

mondelinge taalvaardigheid with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Note: mondelinge taalvaardigheid

Within the PRAC Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

schrijftaken with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Note: schrijftaak

Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:

projecttaken with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Note: projecttaak

Additional info regarding evaluation

Project task, written assignments in the course oft he semester, and both written and oral examination at the end of the semester. Students who don’t hand in a project task won’t be allowed to take the examination.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context