German Language and Culture II

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Continuous assessment includes the following criteria:
- Oral participation in the classes
- Homework
- Small assessment tests
The written final exam has a 90 minutes duration, and it is held in the last block of classes.  It will include reading, listening, writing and grammar exercises.

The courses assessment is guided by a set of rules, available in http://www.uc.pt/fluc/cl/regulamentos/fluc/cl/ficheiros/regulamento_aval

Learning Outcomes

German Language and Culture I aims to teach the German language in its written and spoken form, both reception and production. The course objectives are oriented by level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​(CEFR) and will only be completed at the end of Level II (2nd semester) of Initiation to German Language Course.

At the end of level A1, students will have acquired the following language skills:

• Students will be able to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of  specific needs.
• Students will be able to introduce themselves to others and answer questions about themselves, about the place where they live, about people they know and the objects that belong to them.
• Students will be able to interact on an elementary level provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Housing, house search
- Furniture
- Clothing
- Colors
- Giving directions
- Tourist Monuments
- Invitations
- Living and working in Switzerland
- Art and Painting
- Food and Beverages
- Menus in restaurants
Grammatical items listed:
- Verbs with a separable particle (Präsens and Perfekt)
- Verbs with inseparable particles
- Irregular and mixed verbs (Perfek
- Imperative (formal and informal)
- Modal particle doch and mal

- Indications of place with accusative and dative
- Use of present meaning future actions
- Nouns with nichts and etwas
- Nouns  composition
- Adjectives in the nominative and accusative after the indefinite, possessive and negative articles.

Head Lecturer(s)

Katrin Pieper

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Written final exam: 50.0%
Continuous assessment: 50.0%

Bibliography

Manual DaF Kompakt A1