NJ_GRA2 Grammar Training 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Timetable
Mon 15:15–16:00 učebna 64
Prerequisites
Knowledge from the winter term (Gramatická cvičení 1) is assumed; parallel attendance of "Jazyková cvičení 2" is recommended.
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
This course is a follow-up course of the “Grammar course 1” in the winter term and finishes the revision of German core grammar in the first year. It deals with some basic syntactic construction types in German. By attending grammar course 1 & 2, students get prepared for the final exam at the end of the first year. At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- use the most common forms and structures of German in spoken and written communication,
- identify problematic cases and come up with acceptable solutions (using textbooks and reference grammars).
Syllabus
  • - Sentence negation and constituent negation (7.3),
  • - Infinitive constructions (7.11, 7.20),
  • - Verb position in matrix sentences and embedded sentences (7.8, 7.9, 7.10),
  • - Conjunctions and different types of conjoined sentences (causal, conditional etc., 7.18-7.24).
  • (Numbers in brackets refer to chapters in em-Übungsgrammatik, Hueber publ.)
Literature
    required literature
  • HERING, Axel, Magdalena MATUSSEK and Michaela PERLMANN-BALME. Übungsgrammatik Deutsch als Fremdsprache. 1. Aufl. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 2002, 248 s. ISBN 3-19-001657-7. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and selected in-class exercises; working independently on specific problems at home.
Assessment methods
Classes are taught weekly, presence at classes is compulsory (no more than 3 absences); during the semester, students may be asked to accomplish homework. In addition, a written test at the end of the semester has to be passed (minimal 60 % of the total number of points).
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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