UOSK079 German Language 1

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Kostruhová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Kostruhová
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies 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
Course objectives
The course assists students in learning health-specific vocabulary in German, mastering correct pronounciation and understanding German medical discourse. During the course, students should: make progress in their knowledge of German, expand their medical/nursing terminology, enhance their pronounciation, learn to understand German discourse in the health area, develop logical thinking abilities, as well as precision of expression and verbal discernment.
Syllabus
  • Practical Sessions:
    Specialization topics:
    1. The scope of care. Hospital, its layout and departments. In the ward
    2. Staying in hospital. Conversation with the patient
    3. Illness and visit to the doctor. Admission. Physician
    4. Health and disease. A healthy lifestyle
    5. Contagious diseases and diseases of childhood
    6. Modern lifestyle diseases
    Grammar:
    1. Word order in declarative and interrrogative sentences. The order of objects and adverbials. Indirect word order. Sentence perspective
    2. Compound and complex sentences
    3. Preterite and perfect of weak, strong, auxiliary and modal verbs
    4. Declension of nouns and adjectives
    5. Declension of pronouns, types of pronouns
    6. Numerals. Temporal expressions and time
    Oral and written discourse:
    1. Formal letters. Cover letters for job application
    2. Looking for a job
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KARASOVÁ, E. Deutsch für Krankenschwestern. Praha 1996. info
  • FIRNHABER-SENSEN,U./SCHMIDT,G. Deutsch im Krankenhaus. Berlin 1994. info
  • JARMUZEK, E. A KOL. Kommunikation in sozialen und medizinischen Berufe. Plzeň. info
  • DUSILOVÁ, D. Sprechen Sie deutsch? 1. a 2. díl. Praha: Polyglot, 2000. ISBN 80-86195-09-0. info
  • DOLEŽALOVÁ, M. Gesundheitswesen und Krankenpfleg. Hradec Králové, 1997. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Cvičení 10 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Written test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2014, recent)
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