PdF:NJ081 German Culture and Language 2 - Course Information
NJ081 German Cultural Studies and Language Practice 2
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Alice Brychová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Hana Peloušková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Pre-school Pedagogy (programme PdF, N-PP) (2)
- Primary School Teacher Training (programme PdF, M-ZS15) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to acquire the basic speaking skills and knowledge of linguistic resources that will enable students to communicate in this foreign language. It is also important to develop a positive attitude towards the culture of people who speak a foreign language, in this case, German, as their mother tongue. The inclusion of conversational topics about the realities of German-speaking countries contributes to achieving this goal. Information on learning strategies and techniques is also included. Grammatical exercises on the more difficult phenomena of German grammar (inflection of adjectives in specific situations, the past tense system, prepositional phrases of adjectives and verbs different from the Czech language, the genitive case, the verbal system, etc.).
- Learning outcomes
- The student is able to talk in German about the realities of German-speaking countries. It also manages appropriate learning strategies and techniques. It gains certainty in the grammar exercises of the more obscure phenomena of German grammar.
- Syllabus
- Systematic processing of topics from the realm of German-speaking countries with emphasis on Germany and Switzerland: 1st - 2nd week: division of Germany into various federal states 3. -4. Week: media and their role in people's lives 5th - 6th week: Television shows for children and young people 7th - 8th week: children's literature as a means of acquainting with the culture of German-speaking countries 9. -10. Week: specifics of Switzerland: federalism, neutrality Weeks 11 to 12: student presentations of news from political and social events in Germany and Switzerland
- Literature
- BUSCHA, Anne and Gisela LINTHOUT. Das Mittelstufenbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache : ein Lehr- und Übungsbuch. 1. Aufl. Leipzig: Schubert-Verlag, 2003, 232 s. ISBN 3929526751. info
- PERLMANN-BALME, Michaela, Susanne SCHWALB and Alexandra SCHLEMMER. Em neu Hauptkurs. Deutsch als Fremdsprache : Niveaustufe B2. 1. Aufl. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 2005, 110 s. ISBN 3190216959. info
- Teaching methods
- language exercises
- Assessment methods
- test
- Náhradní absolvování
- In the case of a foreign study stay, it is possible to take the course online by arrangement with the teacher.
- Language of instruction
- German
- Study support
- https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/jaro2025/NJ081/index.qwarp
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week. - Teacher's information
- Students in the combined form have the opportunity to receive feed back and formative assessment in contact seminars.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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