HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
german, russian & east european studies
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
German
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr.Kristina Reiss
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 11-12
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Kristina Reiss
Course/Module description:
systematic summary of language courses
Course/Module aims:
refreshing and enlarging previously acquired knowledge, improving performance
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
be familiar with German grammar as compared with other languages,
be able to assess regular and deviant usages of modern German
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Presentation of each topic in class
How does this work in German?
Homework: application (analytic and/or experimental)
Course/Module Content:
nouns: morphology
composition; derivation;
gender; plural forms;
cases (N, A, D + G), basic & after prepositions
verbs: infinitives (I & II), with auxiliaries and modal verbs
gerund & other passive equivalents
participles: I & II (morphology)
used as part of predicate or as attributes,
verbal tenses (simple and compound)
distinction of past tenses
subjunctives: Konjunktiv II (Irrealis)
Konjunktiv I (indirect speech)
Required Reading:
learning materials provided via Moodle
Additional Reading Material:
L. Nieder, Lernergrammatik für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, München 1987
H. Weinrich, Tempus – besprochene und erzählte Welt, 2. Aufl. Stuttgart 1971
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 40 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 30 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
prerequisite: three semesters of German as a foreign language (B 1/2)
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