Université Catholique de Louvain - COURSES DESCRIPTION FOR 2014-2015 - LGERM1113 LGERM1113 German language: elementary grammar 2014-2015 4.0 ECTS credits 30.0 h + 15.0 h 1 + 2q Teacher(s) : Sabel Joachim ; Language : Allemand Place of the course Louvain-la-Neuve Prerequisites : It is helpful to have already knowledge of German basic grammar (like someone who has already participated in a two-years cours for beginners) but the course is open to beginners. Main themes : - Studies of German Phonetics and morphology; - German Sentence Types, Grammatical Functions; - Detailed Description of Basic Rules concerning: Verbs, (Pro-) Nouns, Adjectives/Adverbs, Determiners, Prepositions, conjunctions and particles. Aims : Introduction to descriptive German grammar. The understanding and utilization of (basic) German grammatical rules to facilitate the acquisition of a German "competence grammar". The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”. Evaluation methods : - Partial (written) test in German, optional. The test will be written at the end of the first quadrimester (December). - General (written) test in German, obligatory. The test will be written in June and September. Teaching methods : / Content : Title. German Basic Grammar Summary. Introduction to descriptive German grammar. Studies of German Phonetics. German sentence types (infinitivals, finite sentences and sentence mood), German word order, Grammatical functions. Detailed description of basic rules concerning form an distribution of: verbs, (pro-) nouns, adjectives/adverbs, determiners, and prepositions. Declination of nouns and adjectives, conjugation of verbs. Subcategorization properties of lexical categories. Teaching: Lecture, Exercises in Class / Bibliography : Other infos : A syllabus for this course (written in German) is available. Cycle and year of > Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures > Bachelor in Philosophy > Bachelor in Ancient languages and Literatures : Classics > Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English > Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General > Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General > Bachelor in History of Art and Archaeology : General > Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies > Bachelor in History > Bachelor in religious studies > Preparotory year for Master in Multilingual Communication > Certificat universitaire en langues et littératures germaniques > Bachelor in Information and Communication > Bachelor in Pharmacy > Bachelor in Computer Science > Bachelor in Economics and Management > Bachelor in Motor skills : General > Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences > Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology > Bachelor in Political Sciences: General > Bachelor in Mathematics > Bachelor in Biomedicine study : Faculty or entity in LMOD charge: UCL - LGERM1113 - page 1/2 Université Catholique de Louvain - COURSES DESCRIPTION FOR 2014-2015 - LGERM1113 UCL - LGERM1113 - page 2/2