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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
German Language and Translation
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
Contents The course is aimed at acquiring the German language in terms of comprehension and written and oral production. The course is structured in order to pursue a basic knowledge of German phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax.Particular importance will be given to applied phonetics including a wide range of practical classroom exercises.
Extended Syllabus Module I Reflection on the language at a theoretical and practical level
A Scientific description of the language especially in its grammatical structures
- verb: indicative present, preterite, perfect; future I; modal verbs; subjunctive I; verbs with separable and inseparable prefix; reflexive verbs; infinitive and participle
- articles and nouns: definite and indefinite article; determiners; declension of nouns
- adjectives: attributive and predicative adjectives; comparison; numerals
- pronouns: reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite, negative, personal
- prepositions and adverbs
- propositions: the verb; the noun; coordinated, subordinate propositions
During the lessons will be used a contrastive approach of teaching
Module II Phonetics
Concrete study of physical properties (acoustic phonetics) and physiological (perceptive, articulatory phonetics) of the sounds of the German language: practical exercises with the aim of acquiring a natural and authentic pronunciation and prosody
- "Der Satz"
Recommended Bibliography - Maria Grazia Saibene, Grammatica descrittiva della lingua tedesca, Carocci 2002.
- Claudio Di Meola, La linguistica tedesca, Bulzoni 2004, cap. 1-2-3-4.
- Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Le parole del tedesco, Carocci 2009
Teaching Methods Within the annual course the following teaching methods are provided:
- teacher-centred-teaching
- groupwork
- tutorial during the lessons
- Homework
- lektorship (CEL)
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
-- written exams: the exams are held during the year or in the examination dates which are established after the teaching period. The duration of each written test is 120 minutes.
- The final exam is an oral exam. The examination dates and times are published to the web.
-Attendance of the CEL exercises is strongly recommended in order to reach the levels of linguistic competence required by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and to pass the final exam of Language .
Before accessing the exam with the professor, students will take the test provided by the lecturer according to the procedures established by the CLA. During the final exam, the professor will take into account the result achieved in formulating the final evaluation.
All information on the timetable of the exercises, on the examination procedures and on the receptions of the readers/CELs is available on the website of the University Language Center.