German as a Foreign Language

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 8016216INR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (I) Postgraduate - specialised level.

Semester

2nd 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

In this course the following issues are discussed: structuralism – generative transformative grammar - psycholinguistics, universal grammar, the research perspectives for German as a foreign language, the cognitive research perspective, the interactionist research perspective, the functionalist research perspective, learner variables.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Texts, powerpoint presentations and reader, Will be made available via Canvas and/or e-mail

Additional info

All course materials (texts, reader and powerpoint präsentations) will be made available on Canvas. Students are also expected to take notes during the course.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

De students acquire insight in the research perspectives on foreign language acquisition in general (and specifically German as a foreign language) and are able to deal with case studies in a critical way.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% 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 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The exam questions will be made available in the last 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