German Linguistics

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020132FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

German

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Katja Lochtman (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
50 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The overall theme is "Norm and variation in current German". First, the history of the German language will be briefly explained. Next, we will discuss issues such as: What is the norm or does a single German standard language exist? What is a mistake? What is variation? Based on case studies on recent developments in the German language, we will try to answer the questions mentioned above.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : The texts, powerpoint presentations of the lectures and a reader, will be made available via Canvas and/or via email

Additional info

All course materials (texts, reader and powerpoint presentations) will be made available on Canvas. Students are also expected to take notes during the course. The course can also be taught at the ULB-campus.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

1) The students acquire an understanding of the new developments in contemporary Standard German and critically dealing with the terms norm and variation.
2) The students acquire an understanding and critical application of research methods in relation to new developments in contemporary Standard German.
3) The students are able to give a clear PowerPoint presentation in German.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
SELF Report determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Oral exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Note: The language proficiency will also be evaluated. Exam questions will be dispersed during the last lecture. There will be a possibility to ask question if there are any uncertainties.

Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Presentation with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Note: Het referaat (inhoud, manier van presentatie, originaliteit) bepaalt de helft van het cijfer

Additional info regarding evaluation

The presentation (content, way of presenting, originality) determines half of the end mark. The other half is acquired at the oral exam. The exam questions will be made available in the last session. Students must participate in all parts of the evaluation process in order to pass the course. Students who fail to participate in all the parts of the evaluation procedure will be automatically marked as ‘absent’. Students can transfer to the next exam session the results of those parts of the evaluation process for which they have obtained a pass mark (= min. 10/20). If the student did not obtain a pass mark or was absent for the presentation in the first exam session, the presentation is to be held as part of the oral examination in the second exam session. At the oral exam, students are granted written preparation time.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context