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Second Language (German) and Intercultural Relations
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:39
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_120 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 12.00 | ECTS: | 18.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Business Management; Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dace Žibala | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 30 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 60 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 60 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 30 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 60 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 60 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.3 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 30 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 60 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 60 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 14 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 14 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.3 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 14 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | None. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to acquire the German language for daily communication at levels A1/A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment, at the same time developing students' intercultural understanding and awareness, developing effective oral and written communication skills in the context of intercultural and interpersonal communication. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The pronunciation of vowels, consonants, and letter combinations. Primary contacts: greeting and saying goodbye, address to "tu" and "jūs". Word order in the sentence. Interrogation with interrogative pronouns - "W-Frage" and without "-Ja/Nein-Frage". The names of countries, their languages. Articles "-der(m), die(f), das(n)". Structure "-Ich möchte nach". | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Accomodation (house, flat), address, phone, merital state, e-mail, occupation, professions. Conjugation of verbs "wohnen, arbeiten, studieren" and use of the question word Wo?/ Where? University, faculties. Cardinal numbers from 100 to 1000. Conjugation of verbs "haben" and "sein" in present tense and their use in sentence. Noun - gender, articles. Use of the question word Wer?/ Who?Personal pronouns. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Money of different countries. Cardinal numbers from 1000 to billion. The interior of the house, furniture. Shopping at a department store, shop departments, information, prices. Plural of nouns. Noun Accusative. | Classes | 8.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Shopping at a grocery store, shop departments. Imperative. Dative of personal pronouns. Food, dishes, drinks, favourite meals. Meals, menu, speaking in a cafe or a restaurant – "-Ich möchte/nehme/bestelle/trinke". Noun Accusative with articles - "eine, ein, einen". The conjugation of the verb "essen". | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Clocks, time, time management. Time expression – formal and informal. Event time and venue. "Um wie viel Uhr beginnt..?" Seasons, days of the week, months, birthdays – ordinal numbers from 1 to 10 and over 10. Public holidays, celebrations. Profession, job duties, office. The conjugation of the modals and their usage with infinitive, word order in a sentence. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Possessive pronouns, agreement with nouns. Official and private letters. My family and I, family members. My daily routine. Planning of a weekday. Irregular verbs. Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Sightseeing in Berlin, Germany and Latvia. Favourite places. Travelling. Road, road directions, destination, transport and traffic. Travelling in a city. The past forms of the verb – "war, hatte". "Perfekt" - past forms of the verbs. Accusative of personal pronouns. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Short history of Germany, unification of Germany. Government, inferior policy. Intercultural understanding and awareness, importance of effective oral and written communication skills and application in the context of intercultural and interpersonal communication in international business. | Classes | 10.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | German Federal Republic; federal countries. Sovereign symbols, parliament, parties. | Classes | 10.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Youth in Germany and Latvia. Place of residence, relationship with friends and parents. Childhood, youth. Conditionals with "weil and obwohl". The conjugation of the modals in the past forms "-Präteritum". Word order in subordinate clause. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Leisure, travel and entertainment options in Latvia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland – travelling, rest options, sightseeing objects in city, nature. Past perfect. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | EU, its structure, institutions, member states. Intercultural understanding and awareness, importance of effective oral and written communication skills and application in the context of intercultural and interpersonal communication in international business. Participation in the organisation of an IBSE study visit abroad – intercultural communication practice. | Classes | 10.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 2 | Accomodation (house, flat), address, phone, merital state, e-mail, occupation, professions. Conjugation of verbs "wohnen, arbeiten, studieren" and use of the question word Wo?/ Where? University, faculties. Cardinal numbers from 100 to 1000. Conjugation of verbs "haben" and "sein" in present tense and their use in sentence. Noun - gender, articles. Use of the question word Wer?/ Who?Personal pronouns. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Money of different countries. Cardinal numbers from 1000 to billion. The interior of the house, furniture. Shopping at a department store, shop departments, information, prices. Plural of nouns. Noun Accusative. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Shopping at a grocery store, shop departments. Imperative. Dative of personal pronouns. Food, dishes, drinks, favourite meals. Meals, menu, speaking in a cafe or a restaurant – "-Ich möchte/nehme/bestelle/trinke". Noun Accusative with articles - "eine, ein, einen". The conjugation of the verb "essen". | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Clocks, time, time management. Time expression – formal and informal. Event time and venue. "Um wie viel Uhr beginnt..?" Seasons, days of the week, months, birthdays – ordinal numbers from 1 to 10 and over 10. Public holidays, celebrations. Profession, job duties, office. The conjugation of the modals and their usage with infinitive, word order in a sentence. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Possessive pronouns, agreement with nouns. Official and private letters. My family and I, family members. My daily routine. Planning of a weekday. Irregular verbs. Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Sightseeing in Berlin, Germany and Latvia. Favourite places. Travelling. Road, road directions, destination, transport and traffic. Travelling in a city. The past forms of the verb – "war, hatte". "Perfekt" - past forms of the verbs. Accusative of personal pronouns. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Short history of Germany, unification of Germany. Government, inferior policy. Intercultural understanding and awareness, importance of effective oral and written communication skills and application in the context of intercultural and interpersonal communication in international business. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | German Federal Republic; federal countries. Sovereign symbols, parliament, parties. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Youth in Germany and Latvia. Place of residence, relationship with friends and parents. Childhood, youth. Conditionals with "weil and obwohl". The conjugation of the modals in the past forms "-Präteritum". Word order in subordinate clause. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | EU, its structure, institutions, member states. Intercultural understanding and awareness, importance of effective oral and written communication skills and application in the context of intercultural and interpersonal communication in international business. Participation in the organisation of an IBSE study visit abroad – intercultural communication practice. | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Home assignments to acquire active vocabulary and grammatical structures. Individual, pair and group work - preparation of dialogues, tasks and presentations according to the course topics. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regular attendance of classes is required. Active participation in practical classes, home assignments completed for each class. Test at the end of each module, which may include reading, listening, language use, writing and speaking skills, in which at least 55% of the answers must be correct to receive a pass. At the end of the 3rd and 4th semester, a semester test with a cumulative assessment, taking into account the results of the tests and participation in the course during the semester. Examination at the end of the course, which may include reading, listening, writing and speaking skills and vocabulary use. The final grade consists of: examination – 20%; average grade of tests – 70%; attendance – 10%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The ability to use standard vocabulary of German in oral or written communication, the ability to identify and differentiate between affirmative and interrogative forms in simple sentences; the ability to recognise and determine the right word order in the sentence; the ability to find in the text the necessary information; the ability to use the necessary phrases to start and maintain a conversation, to deliver information; the ability to identify the most frequent German language structures, the ability to identify if the given statement or text is related to present, past or future. Students are aware of the aspects of intercultural relations in the use of language. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to comprehend simple texts on definite everyday issues, letters, invitations, advertisements in the press and other authentic materials, will gain the skill to use acquired language structures in everyday communication, to retell and paraphrase the text expressing own opinion, including the consideration of intercultural communication aspects. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The competence to deliver brief personal information, information about your relatives, living conditions and studies, the competence to write an invitation and private letters, short messages, write down simple information; the competence to make a monologue or dialogue on various topics related to social life and your studies, while demonstrating awareness of the intercultural aspects of communication. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Evans, S., Pude A. un Specht F. Menschen. Kursbuch A1. München: Hueber Verlag, 2018 | ||||||||
| 2 | Glas-Peters, S., Pude A. un Reimann M. Menschen: Arbeitsbuch A1 (A1.1./A1.2). Ismaning: Hueber Verlag, 2012 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Zur Orientierung Deutschland - Quiz: Hueber-Verlag, 2012 | ||||||||
| 2 | Zwischendurch mal.... Landeskunde: Hueber-Verlag, 2015 | ||||||||
| 3 | Deutsch perfekt - Ein Sprachmagazin | ||||||||
| 4 | Maie Lepp. Grammatik ist kinderleicht. Zvaigzne ABC, Riga, 2000, 231 S. | ||||||||
| 5 | Egons Ziediņš. Vācu valodas praktiskā gramatika. Zvaigzne ABC, 2009 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.hueber.de/deutsch-lernen | ||||||||
| 2 | www.goethe.de | ||||||||
