GRN2615

Language core I

Lecturer to be appointed

4 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: GRN1525
* Prohibitions: GRN2215, GRN2315, GRN2415 or GRN2515

Objectives Upon completion of this subject, students should have such an excellent command of German grammar that they no longer make basic errors, and only very few errors in advanced constructions; be able to discuss, both in written and spoken form, most topics of general nature, and those specialist topics related -to their own fields of interest; be able to read German texts on any subject; be able to understand with ease television and radio broadcasts on most subjects; be able to translate from German complicated texts on any subject, and from English texts related to their own fields of interest; be able to understand non-standard language containing elements of regional speech and/or dialect. Students should also have gained a knowledge of the relationship between the German language and its speakers, a knowledge of the differences between dialect and standard German, a knowledge of the phonetics of Modern Standard German and a knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet as applied to Modern Standard German.

Synopsis Part 1: Advanced spoken and written German. Part 2: Introduction to German linguistics. Introduction to the theory of language as applied to German.

Assessment Written (1200 words): 30%
* Examinations (3 hours): 70%

Prescribed texts

Wilkinson E M An introduction to linguistics for Australian students of German I (available from the department)
Other texts to be advised.