11487 - German as a Foreign Language - A1, Part 1 Modulübersicht

Module Number: 11487 - module is no longer offered from SS 2021
Module Title:German as a Foreign Language - A1, Part 1
  Deutsch als Fremdsprache - A1, Teil 1
Department: ZES - Language Centre
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Brachmann, Katja
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 4
Learning Outcome:At the end of the module the participant can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type, e. g. in a shop or restaurant. He/she can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer basic questions about personal details such as where he/she lives and things he/she has. He/she can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
Contents:Main topics:
  • Giving personal information
  • Countries and languages
  • Numbers
  • In the office
  • At the university
  • In the hotel
  • Food and drink
Exercise forms:
  • Listening comprehension, dialogues, reading comprehension, production of short texts
Grammatical aspects:
  • Verbs (present); modal verbs (can, like / would like); auxiliary verbs (have, be)
  • Personal pronouns (nominative, accusative)
  • Nouns (nominative / accusative,  singular / plural)
  • Noun group (definite / indefinite article, possessive article, adjective endings)
  • Questions
  • Negations
  • Prepositions (local, temporal)
  • Compound nouns
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Seminar / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 60 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Begegnungen A1+, Schubert Verlag (combined course and work book, units 1 - 3)
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • 4 tests a 60 minutes
  • The result of each test counts 25 % for the module grade
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Stadtplanung / keine PO
Remarks:Registration of the intensive course via webpage of the Language Centre:
http://www.tu-cottbus.de/einrichtungen/de/sprachen/sprachkurse/intensivkurse.html
Module Components:
  • 019054 Course Intensive course German as a Foreign Language (A1, Part 1 - Starter) - Intensive course before the start of the winter semester
    -> Registration via webpage of the Language Centre
or
  • 019035 Course German as a Foreign Language (A1, Part 1 - Starter) - Accompanying course in the winter semester
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment