This module aims to refine students’ linguistic and cultural competencies acquired in German at previous levels. By fortifying productive (written and oral), receptive (aural and reading) and interpretative (translation, précis, textual analysis) skills alongside intercultural awareness, students will achieve capacity for graduate employment or higher degrees of specialisation. To accomplish this, they will work with a variety of oral, aural and textual materials, primarily aimed at consolidating communicational skills in the target language. Students will use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes, while also fine-tuning their transferable skills.

1. Read, understand and speak the target language to a level comparable with B2/C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR)
2. Collect, select, evaluate and present information or interpretations of material on a specific topic for oral presentation.
3. Collect, select, evaluate and present information or interpretations of material on a specific topic in writing.
4. Mediate between source and German language by means of translating and/or interpreting across a wide range of topics.
5. Comment critically on aspects of the cultures, communities and societies where the language is used.

This module will be delivered in German.

The module will be delivered through a range of interactive teaching sessions supplemented by online teaching and learning activities and materials – and may include, where relevant, asynchronous materials such as lecture recordings. Full details on the delivery mode of this module will be available on Learning Central at the start of the academic year – and may be, in part, determined by Welsh Government and Public Health Wales guidance.  

Independent Learning: You will be expected to spend a significant amount of time studying and participating in individual and collaborative activities outside the live sessions. Materials will be provided on Learning Central which will help you develop your expertise as an independent language learner. You will be asked to consolidate your language learning by learning vocabulary and linguistic structures, and by reading, watching and/or listening to material in the target language. You will also be expected to prepare and complete exercises and activities online as well as written, listening and oral tasks. Over the course of the year you will begin to acquire a repertoire of effective language learning strategies.

Language skills

• Express him/herself fluently and spontaneously in the German language on a wide range of topics and registers.
• Understand a wide range of longer texts and recognise nuances in meaning and use.
• Write clear, well-structured, detailed texts in German on complex subjects.
• Use the German language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
• Refine knowledge and understanding of language varieties, register, genre, nuances of meaning and language use.

Intercultural awareness, understanding and competence

• Critically understand other cultures and practices other than student’s own.
• Articulate to others the contribution that the German culture has made at a regional and global level.
• Appreciate and evaluate critically student’s own culture.

Language-related skills

• Develop awareness and understanding of student’s own approaches for learning German language.
• Develop awareness and understanding of student’s own learning style and learning opportunities of German language.

Generic skills

• Use German language creatively and precisely for a range of purposes and audiences.
• Extract and synthesise key information from written, spoken and other sources.
• Organise and present ideas within the framework of a structured and reasoned argument.
• Develop digital literacy.
• Develop problem-solving skills.
• Use German language source materials appropriately.
• Make effective use of language reference materials such as grammars, standard and specialised dictionaries
• Write and think under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Manage own learning.
• Effective communication, presentation and interaction.
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly with others as part of a team.
• Linguistic mediation skills.

The method(s) of assessing the learning outcomes for this module are set out in the Assessment Table, which also contains the weightings of each assessment component.

Mapping of Assessments to Intended Learning Outcomes:

Aural assessment assesses ILOs 1, 2, 6

Written assignment assesses ILOs 1, 3, 4, 5

Oral assessment assesses ILO 2

Reassessment

Students who fail the module will be reassessed through the one synoptic re-assessment (weighted at 100%). Resit assessments that are not supported by extenuating circumstances will be capped at the pass mark applicable to your programme.

2-3 current topics will be discussed.