German language : reading and writing

lgerm1112  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

German language : reading and writing
4 credits
15.0 h + 15.0 h
Q1 and Q2
Teacher(s)
Suner Munoz Ferran;
Language
Deutsch
Prerequisites
Level A1 of the Common Europea Framework of Reference for Languages
Main themes
1. starting from authentic texts, introduction to the techniques of reading (extensive, intensive, skimming, scanning etc.);
2. written processing of these texts: contraction, translation, commentary, analysis, etc.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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To acquire upper intermediate skills in reading and writing.

At the end of the course the student will be able to :
- understand the content of relatively complex, recent, and authentic topical (in a broad sense) texts ;
- decode the lexical, grammatical, phraseological, stylistic and pragmatic information in relation to these texts;
- answer comprehension questions related to the content of the texts considered;
- process the information contained in these texts (summary, review);
- produce small, clearly structured written documents with particular attention paid to style, code and content.

 

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”.
Content
- 15 hours of lecturing: theoretical considerations enabling to improve the reading, presentation of different reading techniques, introduction to different types of writing and their particular linguistic specificities.'
- 15 hours of tutorials to put the different theoretical approaches into practice. Equivalent time will be devoted to reading and writing.'
- 20 hours of study and individual work, in particular:'
  • personal and systematic study of the vocabulary contained in the considered documents;'
  • preliminary work of preparation of the texts;
  • redaction of the documents;'
  • complementary exercises of correction in self-learning'- updating of the personal notes, revision, memorization.
Teaching methods
Course Holder/Course Supervision : Supervision by one professor of the LMOD Department; tutorial by an assistant who takes part in the assessment.
Evaluation methods
Continuous assessment: active participation, four written homework assignments (5% each) during the academic year.
Final examination: exam (written) in January (40% of the final mark) and June (40% of the final mark). In case of failure in January, the exam can be retaken in June.
In case of a second examination attempt only the component mark belonging to the final examination (80% of the final mark) can be obtained.
Other information
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Online resources
All useful documents will be available on moodle.
Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
LMOD


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English

Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General

Minor in German Studies