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Dept. of Communication and Languages

KSS012 German 6.0 ECTS credits

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LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Birgit Hoffmann Vik lektor

PREREQUISITES
The course recommends knowledge in German from upper secondary school with at least grade 4 in year 1 or at least grade 3 in year 2 or equivalent qualifications.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to improve the general German language skills of the students to meet the growing need in trade and industry for people with foreign language skills.

CONTENTS
Grammar (25%). Exercises aiming to attain linguistic correctness when speaking German as well as understanding more complex grammatical constructions. Grammar exercises and translation exercises. Reading and writing course (25%). Reading shorter texts (non-fiction and newspaper texts and articles). Oral or written summaries. Exercises in writing formal German such as applications and CVs. Conversation course (35%). Pronunciation exercises, speech work and discussions connected with the course in cultural studies. Cultural studies (15%). The course should give an insight into the history, cultural life and social conditions of German-speaking countries. Oral summaries.

TEACHING
The greater part of the teaching consists of classes where active participation is required. There will be various pair and group exercises.

EXAMINATION
Written test divided into several parts with a monolingual grammar test and translation from and into German. The course will be graded as above. The students that pass the tests can not resit them to obtain higher grades.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Required assignment                                         	3.0ECTS
Written exam                                                	3.0ECTS

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