UCJNP035 Communication Skills

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mathias Becker, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Nálepová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(B)
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 main aim of this course is to improve the students` ability to communicate in the German language. Students will learn about various communication strategies and practice German in different ways, such as interviews, self-testing, recitation, etc. The main focus of the course is on communication skills, especially comprehension, pronunciation, the ability to respond in the foreign language and verbal skills. The ability to communicate will be practised by the use of different methods such as role play, dialogue, discussion, description, game, monologue, arguments, story-telling, etc. during the lessons. For the homework students will focus on short videos in German and articles from newspapers. In this context the aim is to learn how to distinguish between important and unimportant information and how to write a summary and express one's own opinion.
Syllabus
  • 1. people / grammar : adjectives
    2. people
    3. love / grammar: nouns
    4. love
    5. job / grammar: connector and preposition
    6. job
    7. party / grammar: temporal connector and preposition
    8. party
    9. food and drink / grammar of sentences and text. passiv
    10. travelling/ grammar: local preposition and adverbs, imperative
    11. music / grammar: negation, verb with preposition, infinitive with zu
    12. sports / grammar: comparative, superlative, ordinal numbers
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Perlmann-Balme, Michaela / Schwalb, Susanne / Weers, Dörte: em n. Ausgabe in drei Bänden. Brückenkurs Kursbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache Nivaustufe B1. 1. Auflage Neuausgabe. Max Hueber Verlag. Ismaning 2008. info
  • Perlmann-Balme, Michaela / Schwalb, Susanne: em neu 2008. Ausgabe in drei Bänden. Hauptkurs Arbeitsbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache Nivaustufe B2. 1. Auflage Neuausgabe. Max Hueber Verlag. Ismaning 2009. info
  • Perlmann-Balme, Michaela / Schwalb, Susanne: em neu 2008. Ausgabe in drei Bänden. Hauptkurs Kursbuch. Deutsch als Fremdsprache Nivaustufe B2. 1. Auflage Neuausgabe. Max Hueber Verlag. Ismaning 2009. info
  • Dreyer, Hilke / Schmitt, Richard. Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik - aktuell. Max Hueber Verlag. Ismaning 2009. info
Language of instruction
German
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: Seminář 12 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
written or oral exam
- 80% attendance
- active participation in the lessons
- homework
Homework and tasks for self-learning will be collected in a portfolio. Partly they will be checked, corrected and discussed in the lessons. The mid-term test and the final exam will be based on the lexis and grammar covered in the classes.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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