Overview
Aims
It guides the student in building the relevant grammatical structures and comunicative strategies.
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Course contents
1. Hello! (Communication: to greet and to say good bye; Grammar: statement and W-interogation; verbs - present form ; Understanding: People from Germany) 2. How are you? (Communication: how are you? Grammar: Numbers from 0 – 200; personal pronoun; Understanding: Numbers and prices) 3. What does that cost? (Communication: speak about prices; Grammar: definite and indefinite article; Understanding: Notification) 4. What time is it? (Communication: time; Grammar: separable Verbs; Understanding: past forms) 5. What do you want to by? (Communication: to understand shopping dialogues; Grammar: Plural of Nouns; Understanding: a recipe) 6. Family life. (Communication: talk about family; Grammar: mein-, dein-, sein-; Preterit forms from “sein” and “haben”; Understanding: Birthdaytradition in Germany 7. Repetition
Learning outcomes
Introducing and talking about oneself Shopping Telling time and recounting a day Family life Cultural and linguistic variants of all three German-speaking countries are featured
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%.