German for foreigners (in English) A1/ part 1

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Course ID:	3302-NDO-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0231) Language acquisition The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	German for foreigners (in English) A1/ part 1
Name in Polish:	Język niemiecki dla obcokrajowców A1/1
Organizational unit:	Institute of German Studies
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Prerequisites (description):	The objective of this course is to learn and improve all the skills necessary to communicate flexibly in German (comprehensible pronunciation, listening comprehension, reading an writing) as well as introducing students to cultural, geographic and social aspects of German-speaking regions. A learner: - can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. - can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. - can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
Short description:	This course is aimed at students with little or none knowledge of German language. During classes students will learn basic elements of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. We will work remotely via Google Meet (link to join will be sent to your USOS Mail ahead of the first class) and Google Classroom (link to follow shortly).*Please note that in order to join the classes you must log in from your university domain i.e. from your @uw.edu.pl account*.
Full description:	During classes students know: ways of dealing with everyday situations for example: at the shop, in the office, making a telephone call as well as asking some questions during commuting, describing some phenomena and situations, defining subjects, expressing own views. They know the basics of German grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
Bibliography:	MENSCHEN A1.1 (Kursbuch) + MENSCHEN A1.1 (Arbeitsbuch), Hueber Verlag Magdalena Daroch, Krzysztof Tkaczyk, Gramatyka języka niemieckiego z ćwiczeniami, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2007. Easy learning German Grammar & Practice, Collins 2012 Grammatical and lexical exercises made by the language instructor
Learning outcomes:	On completing the course students will know how to form simple questions on social life, such as place they live in, people they meet and things they possess, they also will be able to answer such questions. They will know how to cope with various aspects of their daily life, e.g. in a shop, coffee, office environment, etc. They will know how to introduce themselves and other people; they will also be able to lead a simple conversation providing that their speaker speaks slowly and is willing to help out.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Receiving a minimum of 60% as the final mark. The final mark is the average mark based on all assingements and final tests, both oral and written. Your final grade will be influenced by how active you are during classes.

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