UCJNPRC7 Practical Language Skills 7

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/12/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
Practical Language Skills 7 aims at producing presentations with a follow-up discussion. Techniques of argument, questioning and motivation are acquired. Furthermore, it is learnt how to deal with conflict situations. At least 20 minutes of each lesson are used for giving feedback.
Syllabus
  • The aim of this course is how to produce written and oral texts which render your own opinion on a contemporary issue in a concise and effective manner. In general, essays wich may use the software "Power Point" as a medium are presented in class, and regular written homework is to sum up the discussion in class. The subjects of yout essays may be chosen freely or follow the teacher's advice. In this way it should be practised how different lines of arguments may be summarized in a precise and clear way of course, not only of your own lines of arguments but of those developed and presented by your fellow students in class as well. Efficient discussions presuppose exact listening, especially in a foreign language. Grades depend on the quality of your presentation, its elaboration in writing, and written homework.
    Oral and literal abilities are to be trained on an equal base, e.g. free speech (eventually based on written notes), communicating with partners in a discussion, how to moderate and direct a debate in the foreign language, debating and opinion-oriented genres of public texts, techniques of developing arguments in favor of or against a particular point of view, a planned structure of clearly written texts, forms of explixit debate and of clear and convincing summarizing.
    You will enjoy large freedom when choosing your subject. It is recommended to choose your subject from one of the fields 1 through 4 below. The subtitles are mere suggestions.
    1. Learning, jobs, professions
    Sugestions:
    - carpenter or developer of software: Traditional and new paths of learning and professions and their prospects
    - unemployment: A problem without solution?
    - Can one predict the labour market of the future?
    - 'Generation internship': Fate or cliche?
    2. Legal and illegal drugs
    Suggestions:
    - Drinking citizens, money-making authorities: Pros and con's of a general abolition of alcohol
    - Should weaker drugs be legalised? Which of them? To what degree?
    - How could the development and production of new synthetic drugs be stopped?
    3. International coexistence
    Suggestions:
    - Thousands of dead refugees in the Mediterranean Sea - and no escape? What are the Europeans to do?
    - Globalisation of work: Just a good deal for wage cutters?
    - Do world-wide 'social networks' reduce the richness of languages and culture?
    - Have new wars in Europe become more probable?
    4. The familiy as a way of life
    Suggestions:
    Partnerships for just some period of life, 'patchwork families': Have traditional families got into a crisis?
    - 'Marriage' for anybody: How are the ways of living together changed by this? Which advantages resp. disadvantages do you see?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Bernstein, D. Die Kunst der Präsentation. Wie Sie einen Vortrag ausarbeiten und überzeugend darbieten. Aus dem Engl. übers. von Harald Stadler. Mit 80 Zeichnungen von Rex Audley. München, 1995. (= Heyne Business. 2007.). info
  • Dilts, R. B. Kommunikation in Gruppen & Teams. Lehren und Lernen effektiver Präsentationstechniken. Angewandtes NLP. 2. Aufl. Paderborn 2000. (= Pragmatismus & Tradition. 52.). info
  • Hartmann, Martin / Röpnack, Rainer / Jacobs-Strack, Doris. LehrerInnen präsentieren. Zielgerichtet informieren und erfolgreich überzeugen. Weinheim [u.a.] 1999. (= Beltz-Taschenbuch. 40.). info
  • Mandel, S. Präsentationen erfolgreich gestalten. Planen, umsetzen, durchführen. 4. Aufl. Wien [u.a.] 2000. (= New Business Line. 5.). info
  • Etherington, Bob. Präsentieren für Angsthasen. Weinheim 2011. info
  • Seifert, J. W. Visualisieren, Präsentieren, Moderieren. Köln / Offenbach 2009. info
  • Rinas, K. Wenn Sie sagen: "Ich brauche mehr Deutsch üben" - dann haben Sie Recht! Programmierte Übung zum Verlernen typisch tschechischer Deutsch-Fehler. 1. Teil. Opava, 2001. info
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Active participation in classroom discussions and 80% (minimum) attendance in the classroom
Presentation of a subject in class which may be chosen freely or suggested by the teacher
Regular written homework
Written final exam
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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