Evening Courses German Level 3+ (Common European Framework Level B1)
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Evening Courses
German Level 3+
(Common European Framework Level B1)
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of German Level 3 at UCL CLIE or for learners who have a good basic knowledge of the language or those who have studied the language at A-Level some years ago. Participants should be able to give instructions and describe events, talk about the past and have a basic knowledge of the subjunctive.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes
Progression
After 20 hours students may progress to level 4
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students with a good basic knowledge of German to converse reasonably fluently with native speakers and discuss personal, social and current issues using appropriate structures. Cultural awareness will be further developed through an extended use of authentic material.
Functions
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Talking about the climate and weather; describing problems concerning the environment; making prognoses; giving reasons; expressing contradictions; naming conditions and consequences
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Commenting a situation; talking about rules of conduct and gestures; recognising and understanding conflicts and finding solutions
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Talking about different phases in life; reading and understanding a literary text; discussing conflicts; expressing suppositions
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Talking about migration, about problems, fears and hopes
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Talking about Europe and politics, describing European institutions, expressing alternatives and contradictions
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Climate and environment
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Conflicts, embarrassing situations, intercultural awareness
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Generations
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Migration
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European Union
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Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Pronunciation exercises
Grammar
wegen + Genitive; future with werden + Infinitive; conjunctions: je…, desto…./ nicht…, sondern…
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Present participle; obwohl clauses, conjunctions: nicht nur, sondern auch/ weder noch
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Suppositions: könnte ; past perfect; seit clauses; possessives (genitive)
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The verb lassen ;
man as substitute for passive sentences; relative pronouns (genitive)
interrogative words with prepositions: wofür, woran, worüber, wovon, womit ; the verb brauchen + zu + Infinitive; contradictions: trotzdem ; conjunction: entweder…oder ; nouns with -keit or -heit
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Revision: advices with wenn and sollte ; imperfect tense; passive; verbs with prepositions
Learning Resources
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Course book: studio d B1: Teilband 2 [ chapter 6 – 10 ] Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Kurs- und Übungsbuch, Cornelsen Verlag, ISBN 9783060204670
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Authentic material (such as German television programs, film extracts, German newspapers or magazines)
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In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the
Self-Access Centre.
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