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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: GER2030 Module Title: GERMAN LANGUAGE III
Module Provider: Language & Translation Studies Short Name: GER2030
Level: HE2 Module Co-ordinator: SALLER C Ms (Lang & Trans)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability

Semester 1
Assessment Pattern
Unit(s) of Assessment (SITS MAB)
Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)
1,500 word research essay
40
Oral test
20
2-hour final exam
40
Qualifying Condition(s) 
A weighted aggregate of 40% is required to pass the module.
Module Overview
This is a Level 2 module for German. It is taught in the target language, over the Autumn semester, three contact hours per teaching week. Attendance is compulsory.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Successful completion of HE1 or equivalent.
Module Aims
To further develop the linguistic skills acquired in Language I and II to enable students to communicate effectively and accurately in the target language in specific academic and work related contexts and to produce complex, sophisticated and accurate written and spoken texts.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to
  • write extended research essays in German
  • express and discuss opinions with a high degree of fluency and appropriateness in German
  • understand and use advanced grammatical / syntactical structures in German
  • interact confidently and with a good degree of fluency and appropriateness in a range of academic and professional contexts
  • give feedback to peers and self-assess their written and spoken language
  • recognise and avoid first-language inference
Module Content
The following areas are indicative of topics to be covered:
  • Identifying and evaluating appropriate source materials
  • Extracting and synthesizing information
  • Integrating source materials with their own thinking
  • Reflecting critically on their own and others’ perspectives
  • Distinguishing fact from opinion in the source material
  • Presenting facts vs. opinions
  • Linking thoughts, ideas and arguments; oral and written signposts for constructing an argument
  • Data commentary
  • Referencing skills and bibliography writing 
  • Register and style
  • Presenting research in written and spoken modes
  • Methods of self-and peer-assessment of spoken and written texts
  • CVs, cover letters, interviews
  • Advanced grammar topics
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Teaching will be delivered in a combination of lectures, seminars and workshops. There will be opportunities for class discussion, group work and peer evaluation. Further guidance for independent study will be provided by the class tutor. There will be opportunities for formative feedback from written and spoken texts set as homework.
Selected Texts/Journals
Essential Reading
Durrell M et al (2002): Essential German Grammar, London.
Other materials will be drawn by the module tutor from a range of sources, and will be handed out to students throughout the semester. Use will also be made of web-based resources.

Recommended Reading
Andermann, Ulrich, Martin Drees, Frank Grätz, Duden. Wie verfasst man wissenschaftliche Arbeiten? Ein Leitfaden für das Studium und die Promotion, Mannheim 2006.
Dodd B et al: Modern German Grammar. A Practical Guide, London & New York 1996
Drosdowski G et al: DUDEN Grammatik der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich 1998.
Durrell M: Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, London 1996
Esselborn-Krumbiegel, Von der Idee zum Text. Eine Anleitung zum wissenschaftlichen Schreiben, UTB 2004.  
Franck, Norbert, and Joachim Stary, Die Technik wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens. Eine praktische Anleitung , UTB 2005.  
Hall K et al: Übungsgrammatik für Fortgeschrittene, Ismaning 1995
Hasse, J. and Schrader, H-J. Das große Hesse/Schrader Berwerbungshandbuch, Eichborn 2007.
Helbig G/Buscha J, Deutsche Grammatik, Leipzig 1989
Helbig G/Buscha J, Übungsgrammatik Deutsch, Berlin/München/Leipzig 1991
Kursbuch Phonetik, Lehr-und Übungsbuch mit 2 CDs. Hueber 1995.
Weinrich, H., Textgrammatik der deutschen Sprache, Mannheim 1993.
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