Deutsch für spezifische Zwecke

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1021024BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om Deutsch für spezifische Zwecke op te nemen moet je tegelijk ook Deutsche Sprache II volgen of ervoor geslaagd zijn.

Taught in

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Ine Van linthout (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
39 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course aims at sharpening the skills to communicate effectively in German in an number of specific fields of communication. After a short theoretical introduction, students will actively engage in a series of practice-oriented assignments.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Deutsch für spezifische Zwecke, Canvas, Canvas

Additional info

This course is entirely taught in German.

Learning Outcomes

Final Competences

The students develop and extend their knowledge of useful phrases and expressions that are commonly used in the field of various specific professional communication situations. [Knowledge]
Students can read, understand and analyse texts from various specific contexts in German. This implies that they can summarize their content and rephrase the most important arguments. [Assessment, Insight, Communication]
The students show, in a series of exercises, that they can also practically use these communicative tools ans knowledge, both written and spoken, in a fluid, efficient and effective way. [Applying knowledge and insight]

Objectives

The aiml of this module is for the students to acquire skills in current German-language communication for specific purposes.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 60% of the final mark.

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

written exam with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Note: Written Exam with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the finel mark. Note: In the second examination session this will count for 100%

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

other exam with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

Note: Continuous Evaluation with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark. Note: Outside the examination, lapses for the second examination session.

Additional info regarding evaluation

A student cannot pass this module if he/she obtains an 8/20 or less for (1) the written exam or (2) the permanent evaluation (= writing assignments and possible speaking assignments in the course of the semester.

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