GERMAN LANGUAGE
The German exam consists of a language test of the abilities learnt and an oral exam, which is about topics discussed at lessons and which can only be taken after the written test has been passed; there will be optional intermediary tests.
Students will reach linguistic and communicative competence In German at A2++/B1 level and, as well as the basics of German linguistics, will know the basic tools, problems and strategies of communication for learning German as a second language.
The course aims to introduce the German language, with particular focus on:
• Morphological, syntactical, phonetic and lexical structures of standard German;
•Basic notions of semantics and lexicography and their application in contrastive analysis;
• Current lexicographical tools (different types of on and offline dictionaries, corpora and databases
etc.)
• Analysis of short authentic texts.
Students are also asked to participate in the tutoring activities held by Claudia Spang (cspang@tin.it) during the first or second term. Students who were not able to attend these activities should do the interactive exercises from the Delfin (CD-ROM), Hueber course.
- Cinato Kather, Lucia 2011. Mediazione linguistica tedesco-italiano. Milano, Hoepli, capp.5 e 7;
- Jojo sucht das Glück 1 (episodi 1-5; http://www.dw.de/dw/0,,13359,00.html);
- Bandtagebuch (Intro, episodio 1; http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/bandtagebuch/s-13891;
- Delfin (Italian edition, part 1 and part 2), Hueber (group A) o, alternatively, Buscha, A. et al., Begegnungen. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch. Sprachniveau B1+. Schubert-Verlag (last edition) (group B)
-further teaching and learning materials will be published online (http://elearning1.uniss.it/moodle/course/view.php?id=338)
Exercises, goup work
Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students: English
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language:
- Dodd, William J. 2000 'The relevance of corpora for German Studies', in Dodd (ed.), Working with German corpora, University of Birmingham Press (reprinted by Continuum Press, 2006), pp. 1-39.
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language: English