N2MK_2JCV Practical German and Cultural Studies 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Afra Domogalla (seminar tutor)
Dr. phil. Brigitte Sorger (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Prerequisites
Presupposed are German knowledge on the level C1 of the European reference framework: "Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices."
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The emphasis of the seminar lies in the work with topics of cultural studies, methodically is based it on the idea of intercultural regional studies. A goal of the seminar is it to regard individual phenomena of cultural studies critically and comprehensively and integrate the language work. The emphasis is set alternating in the countries Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Different aspects are pointed out by employment of authentic sources and you receive to opportunity the German language to train. Students are encouraged to work actively to to improve the own language talent effectively and rapidly.
Syllabus
  • Instruction contents are opened to a large extent on the inductive way, over process and problem oriented entrance. With the help of the contrastive view for cultural differences students schould be sensitizes for intercultural understanding. Topics by Sorger: tourism, Austrian German, ecology, games, DaF-institutions in Austria, etc.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Die Prüfung besteht aus zwei Teilen: 1.) Abschlussklausur (bei Domogalla) 2.) kurzen schriftlichen Arbeit (5 Seiten)+ Präsentation zu einem selbst gewählten landeskundlichen Thema - (bei Sorger) - bis spätestens 15.6.2008
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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