German 3
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MLAC3147 | Modern Languages and Cultures | 3 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- MLAC3147
- School
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This advanced module will be your final step towards fluency. We'll continue to improve your four key language skills of reading, listening, writing and speaking through class discussions and the use of relevant texts such as complex newspaper articles, detailed radio and TV programmes and increasingly sophisticated fiction.
You'll also study translation and work towards professional standards giving you a solid grounding for a career or further studies in translation.
Target Students
Available for Year 4 students of German and other students who have completed MLAC2124 German 2, or MLAC2130 German 2 Beginners.
Classes
- One 1-hour workshop each week for 20 weeks
- One 1-hour workshop each week for 20 weeks
- One 1-hour practicum each week for 20 weeks
Assessment
- 10% In-Class Exam: In-class written task 300-350 words
- 20% Oral: Oral examination (15 mins)
- 20% Presentation 1: In-class presentation - Group oral presentation about year abroad, 5 mins per student.
- 10% Project 1: Portfolio (Translation) approx. 500 words - Spring semester.
- 20% Exam 1 (1-hour-30-minute): Translation (Semester 2 exam period)
- 20% Exam 2 (1-hour-30-minute): German Essay (Semester 2 exam period)
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest
Educational Aims
This module aims to take you to a level commensurate with C1/C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference. As such, you will be able to express, in written and spoken German, attitudes, feelings, opinions and arguments with a near-native degree of fluency, grammatical accuracy, complexity and lexical variation. In terms of comprehension, you will be able to understand both the explicit and implied meaning of written, audio and audio-visual texts, of varying lengths, produced for native German-speakers, on a wide range of subjects. In addition to obtaining advanced levels of competence in German comprehension and expression, you will develop to a high-level your ability to translate texts into and out of English.Learning Outcomes
A. Knowledge and understanding:
•the development of all the necessary skills which contribute to producing near-native competence in German (A1, A2)
•the development of comprehension, reading and writing skills of an advanced order (A1, A2)
•the development of the understanding of contemporary issues relating to the German-speaking world and society in general through oral and aural work (A4, A6)
•the ability to understand the syntactic and lexical patterns of German (A1, A3)
•the development of translation skills (A2)
B. Intellectual skills:
•the ability to process complex German texts and the information they contain (B1, B2, B3)
•the development of creative writing skills (B6)
•the development of the ability to express ideas in written and spoken German in a variety of formal and less formal contexts (B8)
C. Professional skills:
•the ability to consult and exploit grammar books and dictionaries (C3)
•the ability to produce language work of an advanced order accurately and in an appropriate manner (C1, C2, C3)
•the ability to utilise an appropriate style of expression in various circumstances (C1, C3)
D. Transferable skills:
•the ability to communicate effectively, fluently and precisely in writing and speech (D1)
•the ability to organise arguments (D1)
•an understanding of contemporary social, political and moral issues (D2)
•the ability to work productively, both independently and under pressure (D4, D6)
•time organization (D7)