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Foreign Language IV - German

Code: LTU2229    Acronym: LEIVA

Subject: 2019/2020 - 2S

Teaching Area: Modern Languages

Programmes

Acronym Study plan Curriculum Years ECTS Contact hours Total Hours
LTU Aviso nº 9929/2017 & Ret. nº 612/2017 3 28 80

Hours Effectively Taught

LTU2

Theoretical-Practical: 22,50
Other: 5,50

Teaching - Hours

Theoretical-Practical: 1,50
Other: 0,36

Aims, Skills and Learning Outcomes

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRICULAR UNIT
The subject being a second-level foreign language (German) is aimed at students with mandatory previous knowledge of the same. We aim at the good practice of the language at all learning domain, such as listening, speaking (engaging in oral interaction), reading and writing.

OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
Dealing with different types of cultural situations, resorting to role-plays, music, videos, written texts, students will be encouraged to develop their communicative skills and writing techniques by using adequate vocabulary and grammar structures.

SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED
At the end of the semester, students should be able to engage in different communicative situations, orally and written, producing different types of texts. Mainly, they shall be encourage to gain further autonomy on speaking and understanding oral messages and conversations, according to specific contexts and chosen debating topics. Students will be asked to resort to various learning strategies, in order to develop their speaking and writing skills through the use of adequate vocabulary, grammar rules and syntactic structures. . 

Programme

Classes will focus on different subject-matters, directly related to current life and daily routines, such as "language and nationalities", "meeting people", "jobs", "food and drinks", "dialogues at the supermarket, restaurant and hotel", all embracing the main learning skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking.

Revision work on level A2.1; text (different types) interpretation and translation

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives

The different subject-matters should enable students to engage in different communicative situations, orally and written. Mainly, they shall be encourage to gain further autonomy on speaking and understanding oral messages and conversations, according to specific contexts and chosen debating topics. 

Main literature

DaF kompakt A1-B1 - Kursbuch mit 3 Audio-CDs,, Klett Verlage, Stuttgart, 2011
DaF kompakt A1-B1 - Kursbuch mit 3 Audio-CDs,, Klett Verlage, Stuttgart, 2011

Learning Methods

We will promote the resort to different learning strategies and methods, such as group-work, presentations, oral interaction, homework assignments, reading aloud, written tests and work-projects


Assessment Components

Avaliação distribuída com exame final

Assessment Components

Description Type Time (hours) Conclusion Date
Attendance (estimated)  Lessons  22,5
 Participação Presencial  5,5
 Study  49
 Teste/Exame  3
  Total: 80

Continuous Assessment

- 2 written tests (35% each)
- written assignment (30%)

Under Degree Regulations:

1. The effective presence of students in the classes will be registered and, if the number of absences per student exceeds 30% of the total number of contact sessions provided for each course unit, he/she will be automatically transferred to the final evaluation of the normal season.

2. In the written tests and in the defined evaluation elements it is necessary to obtain the minimum grade of 7,5 values.

3. If the student is absent or has a grade lower than 7,5 values in the tests or evaluation elements referred to in the previous number, he/she will be automatically transferred to the final evaluation of the normal season.

4. If the student is absent or has a grade lower than 7,5 values in the second written test (held on the same date as the final written test of the normal season), he/she may apply for evaluation at the appeal season.


5. All written assignments included in the continuous assessment (reports, case studies...) will have to be submitted to the Turnitin data base available on the Isag e-learning platform; a 30% similarity of the written texts is to be accepted.

Final Exam

- final exam (100%)
Under Regulation:
The practical or theoretical-practical work (s) referred in b) in the number 2 of the 30º article may also be considered, with a weighting corresponding to half of that considered in the context of continuous assessment, provided that the student communicates such intention to the teacher through the completion of a specific form to be made available by the teacher at the individual written test day.

Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes

The different subject-matters will be intensified with the resort to different learning strategies and methods, such as group-work, presentations, oral interaction, research assignments, reading aloud, and work-projects. In other words, students will be asked to resort to various learning strategies, in order to develop their speaking and writing skills through the use of adequate vocabulary, grammar rules and syntactic structures.