German for Advanced Students P1

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Miloslava Čechová (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

This course links to grammar knowledge, extended vocabulary, and good communication skills acquired at secondary school. At the beginning, language skills are levelled off. The course is then focused on working with technical and scientific texts, i.e., training reading techniques (skimming, scanning), practicing more difficult grammar (passive voice, participles). Moreover, practical everyday communication is revised and improved.

Requirements:

competence at the B1 CEFR level

Syllabus of lectures:

texts:

1. Heimkehr

2. Edelsteine

3. Lesekurs Fachsprache

4. Das Periodensystem der Elemente

5. Tschechische Technische Universität

6. Fakultät für Kernforschung und Physikalisches Engineering

7. Das Studium an der Universität

8. Unsere Umwelt

9. Heizt sich die Athmosphäre auf

10. Haben die Computer die Welt schon erobert?

11. Computer - die beschränkten Alleskönner

12. Redewendungen beim Telefonieren

grammar:

1. Adjective declension

2. Prepositions used with genitive

3. Passive voice + the „man“ subject

4. Present and past participle

5. Relative clauses

6. Participle cstructures

7. Gerund

vocabulary:

in the texts

1. Chemical nomenclature

2. School system especially, our university and faculty

3. Telephoning

4. The enviroment

5. Information technology

Syllabus of tutorials:

The course is run as a series of seminars following the topics and scope of the syllabus mentioned above.

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Morphology, syntax, and lexis at the level appropriate to the course, particularly adjective declension, prepositions, passive voice, participles and participle phrases, relative clauses, gerund; terms in chemistry, lexis related to university studies, telephoning, the environment, IT.

Skills:

To use the acquired knowledge in everyday communication and in more professional contexts, namely to inform about the studies, university and faculty; read, retell, summarise, and translate technical texts. to write a communication based on facts, explain and defend the opinion, use adequate vocabulary in telephoning.

To qualify for admission to the higher level course NP2

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] E.Zettl, J. Janssen, H. Müller: Aus moderner Technik und Naturwissenschaft, Neubearbeitung

Max Hueber Verlag 2003

Recommended references:

[2] teaching materials prepared at the Department of Languages

see web-pages of the teacher:

http://people.fjfi.cvut.cz/cechomil

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: