German A2.1
Code
711101077
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Alemães
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
German
Objectives
Basic User A2
a) Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
b) Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
c) Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
Vocabulary and specific information on following topics: Work and employment, life stories, generations, home and living, money, socialising, sports.
Grammatical structures: Subordinate clauses, simple past of modal verbs, verbs with prepositions, reflexive pronouns, local prepositions, comparative degree and superlative, declination of adjectives.
Working methods: Reading and listening to texts,, audiovisual materials, producing written and oral texts, discussions, presentations.
Bibliography
BOSCHEL, C., Giersberg, D., Hägi, S., Ja genau! A2, Band 1, Berlin, Cornelsen Verlag, 2012
DALLAPIAZZA, R.-M., VON JAN, E., SCHÖNHERR, T. Tangram aktuell 2, Lektion 1-4, Ismaning, Max Hueber Verlag, 2004, 152 pp.;
REIMANN, Monika, Grundstufen-Grammatik für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Ismaning, Max Hueber Verlag, 2001, 238 pp.;
Teaching method
Communicative method seeking to stimulate interaction and engender increasingly autonomous learning.
Intercultural approach which raises the students awareness of cultural diversity
carrying out tasks which draw on linguistic and extra-linguistic competences
Evaluation method
Continous assessment, written tests, oral tests, presentation of project work.