German A2.2
Code
711101078
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
Vocabulary and specific information on following topics: Media in the past and present, health, holidays and celebrations, description of people character and emotions, life in the countryside and in the city, school
Grammatical structures: Subordinate clauses (damit, um zu), past tense, the use of sollte with a view to give an advice, relative clauses, indefinite pronouns and demonstratives, declension of adjectives, genitive case
Working methods: Reading and listening to texts,, audiovisual materials, producing written and oral texts, discussions, presentations.
Prerequisites
German A2.1
Subject matter
Vocabulary and specific information on the following topics: Homes and dream homes, the different phases of life, celebrities, travel, hotels
Grammatical structures: würde + infinitive, infinitive + zu, present perfect, past perfect, the use of würd-, könnt-, sollt- (with a view to making plans, proposals and options), direct and indirect questions, local adverbs.
Working methods: Reading and listening to texts,, audiovisual materials, producing written and oral texts, discussions, presentations.
Bibliography
BÖSCHEL, C., GIERSBERG, D., HÄGI, S., Ja genau! A2, Band 2, 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.