Communication Skills in German II.

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Teaching results

Teaching results:
Knowledge:
The thematic focus of the course reflects the professional specificities of the study, including knowledge of the sociocultural aspects of German speaking countries. The course focuses on practical language, developing students' linguistic communication skills in German in accordance with the requirements of their field of study. The student will become familiar with the linguistic devices of the different genres, such as narration, description, reflection, etc. They will acquire active learning strategies to develop listening and reading comprehension. They will learn to understand non-verbal forms of communication.
Competences:
The student can reliably convey detailed information, express ideas with sufficient precision, and develop discussion on familiar topics. The student is able to work with a wide range of authentic spoken and written texts in German and to carry out follow-up tasks and activities. Students can create and comprehensibly develop monologic genres such as narration, description, reflection, etc., as well as engage in dialogue with a German speaking communication partner.
Skills:
Upon completion of the course, the student will have attained communication skills that will enable him/her to understand and communicate appropriately in oral and written expressions in the target language. The student will be able to initiate, maintain and terminate communication by effectively alternating with a communication partner. The student is able to adapt his/her means of expression to the situation and the recipient. They can adapt to changes in the course of a conversation. They can use linking expressions effectively to convey the relationship between ideas.

Indicative content

Indicative content:
- Narrative communication skills - storytelling as a stylistic procedure and a unit. Talking in
typical and atypical situations.
- Descriptive communication techniques - description as a stylistic procedure and unit.
- Argumentation communication techniques - argumentation, controversy, discussion, debate.
- Interpretive and reflection communication techniques - interpretation and reflection style
procedure.
- Dialogized speech - dialogues in selected communication situations.
- Linguistic means of narration, description, argumentation, explanation and reflection and
dialogue.

Support literature

Support literature:
Required:
1. PITZ-KLAUSER, Pascal. Analysieren, argumentieren, interpretieren. Stuttgart: UTB GmbH. 2019.
2. GLOTZ-KASTANIS, Jo, TIPPMANN, Doris. Sprechen, schreiben, mitreden. Athen: Chr. Karabatos Verlag. 2007.
3. BETZ, Julika Ulrike, BILLINA, Anneli. Deutsch üben. Hören & Sprechen B2. Ismaning. Hueber Verlag. 2017.
Optional:
1. BILLINA, Anneli. Deutsch üben. Hören & Sprechen C1. Ismaning. Hueber Verlag. 2019.
2. SWERLOVA, Olga. Grammatik & Konversation 2: Arbeitsblätter für den Deutschunterricht. Stuttgart: Klett Sprachen. 2013.
1. Autentické učebné materiály z novín, časopisov, internetu

Requirements to complete the course

Requirements to complete the course:
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%

Student workload

Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
30 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
48 hours – preparation for the final exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

German

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 18.05.2022