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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:
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.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Italian-German (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Intermediality - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Intermediality - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 1 language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 2 languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Literary Studies
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Literary Studies
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Linguistics
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Linguistics
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Intermediality
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Intermediality
Master of Teaching in Languages: 1 taal (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Languages: 2 talen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)