GRN1215

Intermediate German I

E M Wilkinson and P Thomson

6 points
* 5 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton, Peninsula and Berwick
* Prohibitions: GRN1115, GRN1315, GRN1415, GRN1515, GRN1615 or GRN1030 or GRN1070 (pre-1997 codes)

Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject and its follow-on GRN1225, students should have further developed their communicative competence in German. Students should improve their accuracy and fluency in spoken and written German particularly in relation to the production of longer texts. At the end of this subject students should be familiar with all of the basic grammatical concepts in German. Students also should have developed a basic understanding of the process of written, and especially literary communication: the ability to recognise a variety of literary genres and modes of discourse (eg short-story, poem, song, anecdote, parable, biography); an understanding of certain aspects of postwar German culture and society and an enhanced awareness of cultural differences; improved German reading skills and a more extensive German vocabulary; the ability to summarise and engage in simple discussion of German texts in German.

Synopsis GRN1215 and GRN1225 are for students with some knowledge of German not extending to post-VCE level. Part 1: A communicatively oriented German language course. Specifically, students will work through a range of topics including the world of fairy tales, education, work, crime, personal relationships, migration and the environment. Within these thematic frameworks students will both analyse and produce a variety of discourse types. Part 2: A reading course with both a critical and creative dimension which encourages an intercultural perspective on the texts. The subject introduces students to a variety of German literary texts and discourse forms, primarily from the postwar period. The texts are arranged thematically under the headings `language', `life-stories' and `love'. There will be opportunity for partner-work and small group-work, as well as larger group discussion. The language of tuition will be German.

Assessment Written (1500 words): 40%
* Examinations (2 hours): 60%

Prescribed texts

Aufderstraße H and others Themen neu 2 - Kursbuch, Arbeitsbuch Hueber
Handouts available from department

GRN1215

Intermediate German 1

E M Wilkinson and P Thomson

6 points
* 5 hours per week
* First semester
* Berwick
* Prohibitions: GRN1115, GRN1315, GRN1415, GRN1515, GRN1615 or GRN1030 or GRN1070 (pre- 1997 codes)

Synopsis As for GRN2215 and GRN2055.