Course details
German for Intermediate Students 1/2
JN3 Acad. year 2009/2010 Winter semester 3 credits
The course builds on the previous study (see course JN2-). Verbal system, the passive, time clauses, comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs are practised. Vocabulary knowledge increases, and the listening skills are improved. Specialized German texts for the study programmes of FEKT and FIT VUT are used as an introduction to the study of technical language. The course is listed among the standard courses.
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Time span
- 26 hrs exercises
Department
Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
General understanding of standard language on the basis of reading and listening. Ability to react to situations adequately. Ability to give reasons and explain. Ability to work with specialized data.
Learning objectives
The verbal system is enlarged, listening skills improved. Note: The course takes two semesters.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
A knowledge of the pre-intermediate German level.
Study literature
- Hoppnerová, V.: Němčina pro jazykové školy 2, Scientia Praha 1994
- Zavřelová, D.: Německé odborné texty pro FEI VUT v Brně, Brno 1993
Fundamental literature
- Hoppnerová, V.: Němčina pro jazykové školy 2, Scientia Praha 1994
- Zavřelová, D.: Německé odborné texty pro FEI VUT v Brně, Brno 1993
Syllabus of seminars
L1 - Life in the city and in the country Grammar: comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs, relative clauses L2 - Car; Getting around in a city Grammar: comparisons, conjunctive II L3 - Travelling; inhabitants, countries, languages Grammar: past tense, the conjunctions wenn and als, Plusquamperfektum L4 - Culture Grammar: Futur I, prepositions with the genitive L5 - Profession, work, educational system; CV Grammar: using the verb lassen L6 - Television and massmedia Grammar: infinitive with zu, forming the infinitive groups, direction adverbs hin- and her- L7 - Leisure time Grammar: the position of the negative particle nicht in a sentence, infinitive constructions haben+zu+inf. and sein+zu+inf., clauses expressing purpose L8 - Christmas; holidays L9 - The nuclear energy - specialized text Grammar: passives L10 - The place I live at Grammar: passives with modal verbs, word order L11 - Grammar: relative clauses L12 - Berlin Grammar: declining the noun after the definite and indifinite articles, forming the geographical adjectives, the conjunction "aby" (dass, damit) L13 - My ideas about my future life and career Grammar: the conjunctive II ("reálný kondicionál") L14 - Living abroad; religion and racism L15 - Grammar: conjunctive II ("ireálný kondicionál"), the conjuction als ob L16 - Illnesses; human body Grammar: direct and indirect speech, conjunctives L17 - The German language Grammar: multi-word prepositions
Syllabus of numerical exercises
- Wo ist unser Geld?
- U1 specialized topic
- U2 Bis auf den letzten platz
- U2 1st group of strong verbs
- Tschechien
- Specialized topic 2
- U4 Ein Interview
- 2nd and 3rd group of strong verbs
- U5 Weinachtsfreuden,specialized topic 3
- U5 4th group of strong verbs
- U6 Prag - specialized topic 5
- Autumn credit test written
- Revision of verbs U1 - 5
- U7 Beim Arzt
- Specialized topic 7
- U18 Kitsch oder Kunst?
- Specialized topic 7
- Mein Freund
- U9 comparatives and superlatives
- U10 Bitte zu Tisch
- U10 Specialized topic 8
- Lebenslauf
- U11 Time clauses
- Specialized topic 8
- U12 Die BRD
- Spring credit test written
Progress assessment
50% success at the credit test.
Teaching methods and criteria
Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Controlled instruction
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
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