German beginner's level 1st part (0-A1)

lalle1101  2022-2023  Louvain-la-Neuve

German beginner's level 1st part (0-A1)
5.00 credits
45.0 h
Q1 or Q2
Teacher(s)
Desterbecq Fanny (compensates Rinder Ann); Rinder Ann (coordinator);
Language
Prerequisites
As far as the German language is concerned, no basic requirements have to be met.
Main themes
This learning module is aimed at beginners and at covering the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary corresponding to starting to learn the language from scratch and a Council of Europe Framework of Reference level A1.
The various themes addressed are: myself and the others (introducing oneself, preferences, family, basic descriptions); daily needs (personal belongings, the classroom, feelings); everyday life (habits, food, clothes, hobbies and sports); life in general (the environment, the weather, the city, shopping, asking for directions); telling the time (the calendar, times, expressions of frequency, timetables); expressions relating to concrete situations (greetings, forms of politeness, useful business-like expressions, such as purchasing things and going to the restaurant).
Learning outcomes

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

  • ask and provide information about oneself and others, daily needs, everyday life, one's living environment and the weather, using basic expressions.
  • describe themselves and their living environment, using basic words and expressions in isolation.
  • express themselves about concrete situations using basic control of simple syntactic structures and grammatical forms belonging to a standard memorized repertoire as well as basic forms of politeness.
  • answer and ask simple questions, react to simple statements and make statements about basic needs or familiar topics.
  • understand instructions that are given to them in a clear way as well as follow short and simple instructions.
  • spell out personal information and recognize the most frequent nouns, familiar concepts and elementary expressions used in ordinary situations of everyday life; pronounce a very limited repertoire of expressions and memorized words, such that a native speaker used to listening to non-native speakers can easily understand them.
 
  • understand short and simple texts, sentence by sentence, indicating nouns, familiar words and basic expressions, re-reading when necessary, as well as get the hang of the contents of a simple informative text, especially if it is accompanied by some visual aid.
  • fill out simple forms (a hotel booking or a brochure) by oneself; provide basic information about onself, numbers, dates, hours, placenames, quantities, prices, etc.
  • write short and simple texts about oneself and imaginary characters, using familiar words and regularly used expressions, as well as postcards using elementary compounds and connectors, such as "and" or "then".
 
Content
This learning module consists in developing the basic communicative and linguistic skills.
The methodology used is varied (productive as well as receptive skills, emphasizing speaking skills) and linked to the topics addressed.
The assignments (if any) have to be submitted during class or on the UCL Moodle platform.
Teaching methods
The course follows the communicative notional-functional method.
This learning module is taught in the form of contact hours and/or online using the communicative, lexical and grammatical approach.
An A1-level book is used.   
Evaluation methods
Different marks are taken into account in the final mark:
  1. Continuous assessment based on tests during the year (20 % of the final mark).
  2. Oral (40%) and written exam (60%: grammar and vocabulary 20%, text and listening 20%, writing 20%) take place at the last courseweek. Chapter 1-4 of the book will be tested.
Other information
English-friendly course: course taught in French but offering facilities in English
Online resources
http://www.moodleucl.uclouvain.be
Bibliography
Manuel d'apprentissage DaF kompakt neu A1 (Klett, ISBN 978-3-12-676313-4)
Faculty or entity
ILV


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Information and Communication