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German 5 (GERM30005)

Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Students will consolidate their ability to communicate in German in oral and written discourse and develop cultural literacy by engaging with the theme of mobility and its impact on German-speaking societies. Topics include among others the road trip genre, the history of mobility, and border crossings in Europe. Students will develop more advanced language skills through reading short literary and journalistic texts and engaging with audio-visual and digital media. In communicative settings, they discuss questions of travel, traffic, and migration and express their opinions and ideas in speaking and writing. Students will also gain an understanding of the principles of organising language as well as developing proficiency in the use of the appropriate linguistic tools for the formation of situation-appropriate vocabulary, sentence and text structures. Students will become familiar with specialised terminology and will develop analytical skills relevant to the topic area.

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Comprehend spoken forms of German at a moderate complexity and on a range of topics relating to life in German-speaking societies.
  • Use a range of vocabulary relating to German societies and gained familiarity with specialised terminology relating to important literary, linguistic, and cultural aspects of modern German-speaking countries.
  • Interpret and explore texts of a moderate level of complexity occurring in a variety of audio-visual and digital media.
  • Deploy complex linguistic structures to write about various topics from different perspectives and express opinions, desires, and intentions.
  • Employ adequate verbal structures and speak about various topics with an in-depth research background.

Generic skills

At the completion of this subject, students should:

  • Be able to find information from various sources, including dictionary, library and the internet and have acquired digital literacy.
  • Have acquired a foundation in intercultural communication practices.
  • Have acquired communication skills through writing practice and seminar discussion.
  • Have acquired time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for recommended reading and assignment completion.
  • Have acquired public speaking skills through tutorial and seminar discussion and class presentations. 

Last updated: 20 November 2024