SFT11008 German: Oral German and Digital Tools (Autumn 2018)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Business, Languages, and Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Frode Lundemo
- Teaching language:
- German
- Duration:
- ½ year
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Mandatory course in German One-Year Programme
- Part of the 60 ECTS credit German module that can be taken as part of the Bachelor's Programme in Society, Language, and Culture
- Optional course in Bachelor's Programme in International Communication
Lecture Semester
- One-Year Programme in German: 1st semester (autumn)
- Bachelor in Society, Language, and Culture: 1st, 3rd or 5th semester (autumn)
- Bachelor in International Communication: 5th semester (autumn)
The student's learning outcomes after completing the course
Knowledge
The student
- knows how to use digital tools to train oral proficiency, individually as well as in interaction with other learners, and how such tools can be used to maintain and further develop oral proficiency after the study period.
- is acquainted with central features of German oral usage and how to use oral communication strategies depending on the situation.
Skills
The student
- has good active oral skills and are able to adapt them to selected communication contexts and needs and communicate with fairly genuine pronunciation and intonation.
- understands oral German in various media.
General competence
The student
- knows how to use digital tools in various communicative contexts.
Content
German oral proficiency is trained through interaction, text production and presentation, and text comprehension. Pronunciation, morphology, syntax and vocabulary are in focus and are studied in relation to different situations and genres.
Forms of teaching and learning
Exercises using digital, mostly Internet-based tools. Practices and assignments are submitted on the programme website (deutsch.hiof.no)
Workload
Approx. 280 hours
Examination
Portfolio assessment
Two to four assignments are submitted during the autumn semester, documenting the students' activities as mentioned under 'Course outline'.
One final grade is given. The portfolio is assessed on the A-F scale.
All assignments have to be submitted in the same semester. Thus, if students start the course but do not complete it, they will have to hand in new assignments if the course is resumed in a later semester.
In the case of a complaint all assignments will be reassessed.
Examiners
One external and one internal examiner or two internal examiners.
Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams
At a resit or new assessment new assignments have to be resubmitted.
Course evaluation
The course is evaluated by the students twice each semester, and the evaluation is processed by the faculty committee for study quality.
Literature
Exercises made available during the semester
One German-language film (e.g. on DVD)