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 Email: KristinaReiss@gmx.de

Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday, 10 - 12
Room 4702

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Kristina Reiss

Course/Module description:
Participants will read and discuss articles from “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, FAZ&eq; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, “Spiegel”, “Bild” etc. as examples of different leading German Press in order to gain a diverse multiperspective picture of current political and sociocultural facts of Germany.

Course/Module aims:
They will extend and improve their German vocabulary and sensibility for "language of media" while exploring contemporary German life: politics, culture, society, music, youth culture.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
develop and use German language skills

development of language awareness regarding press & media

Attendance requirements(%):
Regular attendance and active participation required

90%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Interactive methods: Creative Writing Methods
Discussion/
groupwork
Reading and writing

Course/Module Content:
Reading and analysing of articles of German Press:
from “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, FAZ&eq; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, “Spiegel”, “Bild” etc.

Required Reading:
Different Articles (level B1 – C1)

Additional Reading Material:
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Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 50 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 30 %
Project work 10 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 10 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
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