69478 - German Language and Culture III (Second Language)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to understand and produce a wide range of complex written and spoken texts in German, in a fluent and idiomatic way.

Course contents

The course takes up and deepens cultural and grammatical topics and trains both listening and oral production.
It will be divided into 4 blocks:
- in-depth study of grammatical topics (group work)
- in-depth study of cultural aspects (group work - creation of a digital book)
- training of listening to original material with the aim of summarizing the content in written form
- individual presentations
The level of language proficiency to be acquired with the course is located between B2 and C1.

Readings/Bibliography

GRAMMAR WORKBOOK

Hans Földeak: Sag's besser! Teil 2 - Ausdruckserweiterung. Arbeitsbuch für Fortgeschrittene.

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BRAUN Peter(1998) Tendenzen der deutschen Gegenwartssprache,4. Aufl., Stuttgart,W. Kohlhammer.

KESSEL Katja / REIMANN Sandra(2005) Basiswissen Deutsche Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen und Basel, A. Francke Verlag.

Müller-Jacquier, Bernd (2019). Missverstehen. Zur Analyse von Gesprächen unter der Bedingung von Interkulturalität. In: Deutschunterricht Nr. 1/2019, 65-7.

Polenz, Peter von (2008): Deutsche Satzsemantik. Grundbegriffe des Zwischen-den-Zeilen-Lesens. Berlin u.a: de Gruyter.

Schlobinsky, Peter (Hg.), Syntax des gesprochenen Deutsch. Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997.

Schwitalla, Johannes, Gesprochenes Deutsch: Eine Einführung. Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2003.

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Dreyer, Hilke / Schmitt, Richard (2021). Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. Ismaning: Hueber.

Dreyer, Hilke / Schmitt, Richard (2001). Grammatica tedesca con esercizi. Ismaning: Hueber.

Dreyer, Hilke / Schmitt, Richard: Lösungsschlüssel zum Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – aktuell. Ismaning: Hueber.

Hennig, Mathilde / Dudenredaktion (Hrsg.) (2016). Das Wörterbuch der sprachlichen Zweifelsfälle. Richtiges und gutes Deutsch. Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Wien - Zürich.

Additional materials will be provided during the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, group work.

The didactic and learning process is dynamic and requires the active participation by the student.

This course will be supported by separate language training sessions (lettorato), aimed at supporting and consolidating writing and speaking skills. Students shall attend at least 70% of course lessons and training sessions.

Assessment methods

Assessment in progress: Active cooperation by the student; written tasks, assigned at regular intervals.

Final assessment: The final examination consists of a written and an oral test.

The written test includes

- a text with open questions and the development of a theme;
- a test of grammar and vocabulary;
- a summary of an audio text.

The oral test is subject to passing the written test. On the basis of the presentations done during the course by the candidates, an interview is held in German with a verification of their understanding and ability to explain the work done during the course.
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The evaluation criteria are:

- knowledge, organization and reworking of the contents;
- morphosynthetic correctness;
- lexical properties and variety;
- communicative effectiveness;
- clarity and correctness of pronunciation.

The total mark for the examination in LINGUA E MEDIAZIONE TEDESCA III (SECONDA LINGUA) is the average between the mark for this module and the one for INTERPRETAZIONE DI TRATTATIVA TEDESCA II (SECONDA LINGUA).

Teaching tools

PC, video projector, different kinds of web resources, multimedia materials, Virtuale e-learning platform.

Office hours

See the website of Monika Hengge