German - General Topic Reading Comprehension

LALLE1810  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

German - General Topic Reading Comprehension
4.0 credits
50.0 h
1 + 2q

Teacher(s)
Rinder Ann ;
Language
Allemand
Online resources

http://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/

Prerequisites

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

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

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).

Aims

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.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

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. a presentation of a personal file of articles. The numer of pages depending on the ECTS:
    FILO, CLA, HIST, LAFR: 15 pages
    ARKE, HORI 10 pages
Teaching methods
  • Listening and reading exercises, revision exercises.
  • Groups of 25 students maximum.
  • 50h course and
  • 10h self tuition.
Content

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.

Bibliography
  • Vocabulaire allemand, Harraps 2012.
  • Course notes
Other information

The teacher is available during her office hours and can be contacted by e-mail.

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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
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Aims
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