GRMN2501
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
With German being the second most widely spoken first language in Europe, learning this language is a valuable addition to your professional skills. Learning a second language lets you explore other cultures and fosters your communication skills.
This course focuses on further extending and consolidating elementary communication skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in everyday German. Through a variety of course texts, it will further familiarisation with aspects of contemporary culture and society in the D-A-CH countries. By the end of the course, students should achieve language proficiency to the elementary level (A2.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). This course follows on from GRMN1502. It is also designed for students with prior knowledge of German and for students with HSC German Continuers level or equivalent.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Understand and respond to oral and written texts in German at an intermediate level.
2. Produce oral and written texts in German about topics of personal relevance and everyday life.
3. Apply appropriate modes of interaction in German-speaking society informed by cross-cultural competence.
4. Show the capacity to think critically and reflect on their learning process.
Content
Topics studied include health and fitness, tourism and travel, cities, and regions, jobs and job applications as well as the German system of education. The course covers the four skills speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with an emphasis on further enhancing communicative competence.
Assumed knowledge
GRMN1502 or equivalent
Assessment items
Portfolio: Portfolio 1
Portfolio: Portfolio 2
Quiz: Online Quizzes
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- GRMN2501 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 268.0 KB)
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