German - General Topic Reading Comprehension [ LALLE1810 ]

To have attended the LFLTR1710 course or LALLE1800 or any equivalent.

Original and/or edited articles (cf. course notes), as well as recorded documents on familiar topics and/or topics related to their field (short film excerpt, interviews, dialogues).

The main objective is to develop the student's ability to understand written or audio documents of general nature. The content of these documents will be whenever possible related to the students' field of study or interests.

By the end of the course students will have reached the B1 Level of the CEFRL for the receptive skills only.

Code:

• Can sufficiently master basic and complex grammatical structures and the basic vocabulary of the German language.

Continuous assessment based on 4 tests during the year on the basic vocabulary of German (2000 words).

1. The final assessment in June or September consists of a written exam based on seen und unseen texts,
2. seen and unseen listening comprehensions as well as
3. exercises on basic vocabulary and translations and
4. a presentation of a personal file (10 pages of articles).

• Listening and reading exercises, revision exercises.
• Groups of 25 students maximum.
• 50h course and
• 10h self tuition.

Students will be asked to read original and/or edited articles (cf. course notes), as well as to listen to recorded documents on familiar topics and/or topics related to their field.

1. Course notes
2. Vocabulary book : Vocabulaire allemand de base published by Langenscheidt

• The teacher is available during her office hours and can be contacted by e-mail.
• Guidance at the multimedia room of the ILV