NJII_3813 Receptive Language Skills

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Cornelia Herrmann (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Cornelia Herrmann
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Blanka Vacková
Timetable
Thu 15:50–17:25 G31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) describes in its self assessment grid the communicative skills: Understanding (Listening and Reading), Speaking (Spoken interaction and Spoken production) and Writing. In this seminar the main focus will be on the training of receptive language skills (understanding), such as listening and reading. At the end of the course students are expected to be able to:
- distinguish between the receptive and productive language skills as described in CEFR
- comment on the relevance of listening and reading in language teaching
- understand and explain typologies for listening activities
- interpret the relevance of reading in language teaching and talk about the process of reading
- work out and present a draft for a teaching unit according to the typologies
Syllabus
  • During the course a theoretical foundation is provided and discussed but also, a lot of practical information for teaching German as a foreign language will be worked out. The seminar adresses especially to students who consider teaching languages in the future. Firstly, the role of listening in language teaching is drawn attention to. Then, a typology is for listening activities is worked out. Also, the role of reading in language teaching and the reading process as a learning process are analysed and discussed. Moreover, teaching units according to the typologie and the results of the discussion about reading vs. learning processes will be drafted, presented and discussed.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Dahlhaus, Barbara: Fertigkeit Hören, München: Langenscheidt, 1994
  • Westhoff, Gerard: Fertigkeit Lesen, München: Langenscheidt, 1997
  • Ehlers, Swantje: Lesen als Verstehen, Kassel: Langenscheidt, 1992
Teaching methods
Seminar plus oral presentation OR draft of teaching unit
Assessment methods
constant and active participation, read and study the relevant literature, oral presetation OR handing in and presenting the draft of a teaching unit
Language of instruction
German
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