German for PhD Students

Lecturer:

Jaroslava Kommová (gar.), Petr Laurich (gar.), Eliška Vítková (gar.)

Tutor:

Jaroslava Kommová (gar.), Petr Laurich (gar.), Eliška Vítková (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

Comprehension of spoken German as well as technical lectures given in German. Active participation in a discussion. Written and oral skills at advanced level. Reading and comprehension of popular-scientific and scientific articles or texts from student´s field of studies. Ability to write a summary, prepare a presentation. Grammar structures at advanced level.

Requirements:

Knowledge of advanced grammar. Ability to create professional CV, understand technical text, explain one´s specialization, interpret graphs, tables etc.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

comprehension of spoken German as well as technical lectures given in German. Active participation in a discussion. Written and oral skills at advanced level. Reading and comprehension of popular-scientific and scientific articles or texts from student´s field of studies. Ability to write a summary, prepare a presentation. Grammar structures at advanced level.

Study materials:

Zettl E., Janssen J., Muller H.: Aus moderner Technik und Naturwissenschaft

Myškova, Návratová: Němčina pro strojírenské obory, Deutsch im Maschinenbau

Dialog Beruf 2,3, Hueber Verlag

Additional internal materials, technical journals, PhD students´ technical literature

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: