Third Foreign Language – German III.

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Knowledge:
- developed knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, as well as of topics of everyday life at the A2.1 level.
- to understand and reproduce basic knowledge about the civilisation of the target language at A2.1 level.
Competences:
- to understand phrases and the most common vocabulary in relation to topics that concern him/her directly (e.g., basic information about himself/herself and his/her family, shopping, local area, job).
- to understand the meaning of short, clear and simple messages and announcements.
- to read short, simple texts.
- to identify particular predictable information in simple everyday texts such as advertisements, brochures and timetables.
- to understand short, simple personal letters or e-mail messages.
Skills:
- to communicate in simple and common situations requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
- to handle short social contacts.
- to simply describe one’s family, living conditions, one’s education and work.
- to produce a brief and simple written text on the topics studied.

Indicative content

- Tourism. Free time. Preposition with accusative and dative.
- City tour. Declination of adjectives with definite and indefinite article.
- Berlin. Culture. Temporal prepositions.
- Sport and fitness. Health and illness. Conditional II.
- At restaurant. Making of reservation. Reflexive verbs.
- Company introduction. Interview. Subordinate conjunctions.

Support literature

Required:
1. BREITSAMETER, Anna et al. Menschen A2.1. München: Hueber Verlag. 2019.
2. BECKER, Norbert, BRAUNERT, Jörg. Alltag, Beruf & Co. 1. München. Hueber Verlag. 2017.
3. DOUBEK, Margit et al. DaF kompakt neu A1. Stuttgart: Klett. 2016.
Optional:
1. DUSILOVÁ, Doris et al. Sprechen Sie Deutsch? 1. Praha: Polyglot. 2006.
2. BILLINA, Anneli. Lesen & Schreiben A2. München: Hueber Verlag. 2018.
3. Authentic study materials from newspapers, magazines and the Internet.

Requirements to complete the course

Interim evaluation: 40 %
Final evaluation: 60 %

Student workload

Total study load (in hours):
Full-time study: 130 hours
52 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: 16.05.2022