ML9721: German Beginners A1 Part 1

School Languages for All
Department Code MLANG
Module Code ML9721
External Subject Code 100323
Number of Credits 10
Level L4
Language of Delivery English
Module Leader MRS Theresa Federici
Semester Autumn Semester
Academic Year 2019/0

Outline Description of Module

This module is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of German. This module aims to introduce you to German language and to provide you with a very basic range of simple expressions about personal details and needs of a concrete type.

This module is the first part of the preparation for CEFR A1.

On completion of the module a student should be able to

  • Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
  • Introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
  • Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

How the module will be delivered

All courses on the Languages for All programme are delivered on a hybrid mode, mixing face-to-face and virtual teaching. You will be expected to actively participate in role-plays, interactive activities and group discussions. Course material is accessible on the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, Learning Central, and should be cross-platform compatible.

18 contact hours – 2 hours per week of interactive language workshops.

Skills that will be practised and developed

Intellectual Skills:

  • Enhanced cognitive skills leading to innovation, creativity and problem solving.
  • Critical analysis applied to discourse, texts, images and events.
  • Advanced listening and reading skills: the ability to scan complex texts (including audio) for gist, to synthesise information and focus on salient points.

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

  • Recognise familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly.
  • Understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences;
  • Interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech; ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.
  •  Write in short and simple sentences.

Transferable Skills:

  • Ability to learn additional languages for personal/employment reasons.
  • Awareness of and sensitivity to diversity based on culture.
  • Ability to navigate and mediate between more than one culture to interpret meaning and intent beyond the purely linguistic.
  • Heightened literacy, textual analysis and oracy in mother tongue.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Ability to work cooperatively, as a member of a team or with a partner.
  • Problem solving and the ability to look at things from multiple perspectives.

How the module will be assessed

Written class test (30%) and course work (30%).  

Oral and aural continuous assessment (40%).  

Assessment Breakdown

Type % Title Duration(hrs)
Written Assessment 15 Coursework 1 N/A
Written Assessment 15 Coursework 2 N/A
Oral/Aural Assessment 20 Speaking Test N/A
Oral/Aural Assessment 20 Listening Test N/A
Class Test 30 Class Test N/A

Syllabus content

The following topics will be covered: yourself and others; daily routine; family (Units 1-3).

Students will also learn to introduce and give information about themselves; talk about their daily routine; talk about what they own and need.

Essential Reading and Resource List

Course book: Menschen A1: Deutsch als Fremdsprache / Kursbuch ISBN 978-3-19-031901-5

The book is available at Amazon, or at Blackwell’s. It has a learner DVD with extra exercises. The content of this DVD is also available online with the code that you can find on page two of your course book.

Background Reading and Resource List

 

To prepare for International Qualification:

A1 Goethe-Zertifikat Start Deutsch 1: Beginner/Improvers Stages A-B


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