| Code: | LTU5227 | Acronym: | LEAIV |
| Teaching Area: | Modern Languages |
| Acronym | Study plan | Curriculum Years | ECTS | Contact hours | Total Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTU | Aviso n.º 14344/2020, de 18 de setembro | 2º | 3 | 28 | 80 |
| Theoretical-Practical: | 24,50 |
| Other: | 5,50 |
Teaching - Hours
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Descriptive Summary of the course 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 develop
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.
Various grammatical aspects will be the object of reflection, analysis and practical exercises:
General Reviews:
1. Syntax: Basic notions; Complements required by the verb
Specific:
2. Indefinite Pronouns
3. Prepositions
4. Verbs
5. Conjugation of verbs in the past perfect (Perfekt) and in the imperfect (Präteritum)
Modal verbs (past tense) In German language classes 3, themes related to situations that occur in everyday life will be focused, for example, meetings, agenda, professions, shops, shopping in the supermarket, home, leisure. These themes will be worked on in all skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing).
Various everyday communicative situations and vocabulary from the corresponding semantic areas: general revisions (A2.1), reading of texts, translations and small retroversions.
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.
| Vários;Deutsch Intensiv Schreiben A1, Klett Verlag, 2020 |
| Sander, Ilse; Braun, Birgit; Doubek, Margit; Fügert, Nadja; Vitale, Rosanna;DaF kompakt A1-B1 - Kursbuch mit 3 Audio-CDs, Klett, 2015 |
| Reimann, Monika;Gramática essencial do Alemão, Hismaning, Hueber, 2004 |
| Braun, Birgit; Doubek, Margit; Frater-Vogel, Andrea; Fügert, Nadja; Köhl-Kuhn, Renate; Sander, Ilse;DaF kompakt A1-B1. Übungsbuch, Klett, 2015 |
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.
Avaliação distribuída com exame final
| Description | Type | Time (hours) | Conclusion Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance (estimated) | Lessons | 22,5 | |
| Participação Presencial | 5,5 | ||
| Teste/Exame | 3 | ||
| Study | 49 | ||
| Total: | 80 |
- 2 written tests (35% each)
- assignment (30%)
Under the General Regulation:
1. The students' attendance in classes will be recorded and, if the number of absences per student exceeds 30% of the total number of lessons scheduled for each course unit, the student will be automatically transferred to the final evaluation (regular season).
2. In the written tests and other assessment elements mentioned it is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 7.5 (seven point five) points.
3. If the student misses a test or receives a grade lower than 7.5 points in the tests or in another assessment element mentioned in the previous number, the student will be automatically transferred to the final evaluation (regular season).
4. If the student misses or obtains less than 7.5 in the second written test, held in the same date of the final exam in the regular season, they may apply for further evaluation in the Appeal season.
Final exam: 100%
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.