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German B1

German 100 h

Introduction

This GERMAN B1 course offers you specialised training in this subject within the Professional Field of Languages (German). Through this GERMAN B1 COURSE, students will be able to use the language with a degree of confidence and flexibility, both receptively and productively, in both spoken and written forms, as well as to act as an intermediary between speakers of different languages, in everyday and less common situations requiring the comprehension and production of texts in a variety of standard language, using familiar structures and a common lexical repertoire that is not overly idiomatic, and covering general, everyday or personal topics.

Objectives

  • To know the culture, customs and the rules of conduct in German-speaking countries.

  • Distinguish between the the old and the new German spelling.

  • Understanding and using the vocabulary and grammatical structures typical of level B1.

  • Use the strategies and skills necessary for oral and written comprehension and production

Table of Contents

TEACHING UNIT 1. LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC CONTENT

  1. Activities of daily living.
  2. Goods and services.
  3. Science and technology.
  4. Shopping and commercial activities.
  5. People: Characterisation and physical description.
  6. Education and training.
  7. Personal identification.
  8. Language and communication: Body language, interacting with people from different cultures.
  9. Media: Press, radio, television, the internet and social media.
  10. Work and career
  11. Human, social and labour relations.
  12. Travel and transport options.
  13. The human body: anatomy, health and personal hygiene
  14. Housing
  15. Places
  16. Food and drink
  17. Nature and the environment
  18. Leisure and entertainment
  19. Society, the state and the functioning of certain international organisations

TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMAR TOPICS

  1. Prayer
  2. Nouns and adjectives
  3. Pronouns
  4. Verbs
  5. Adverbs and adverbial phrases
  6. Links

TEACHING UNIT 3. SPELLING CONTENT

  1. The coexistence of old and new spelling conventions.
  2. Degree of adaptation of foreign words.
  3. Commonly used abbreviations (i.e., e.g., etc.).
  4. Correct use of punctuation marks (brackets, semicolons, colons, ellipses and hyphens).

TEACHING UNIT 4. PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL CONTENT

  1. Recognition and production of vowels, diphthongs and consonants
  2. Phonetic stress in isolated lexical items (primary stress and secondary stress)
  3. Stress and unstressed syllables in the phrase.
  4. Expressive intonation.

TEACHING UNIT 5. SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT

  1. Everyday life
  2. Leisure activities
  3. Human and social relations
  4. Living and working conditions
  5. Values, beliefs and attitudes
  6. Body language
  7. Social conventions
  8. Basic Geography

TEACHING UNIT 6. FUNCTIONAL CONTENT

  1. Assertive speech acts or functions relating to the expression of knowledge, opinion, belief and conjecture
  2. Commitment-related speech acts or functions, relating to the expression of an offer, intention, willingness and decision
  3. Directive speech acts, the purpose of which is to prompt the addressee to do or not to do something, whether this in turn constitutes a verbal act or an action of another kind
  4. Factual and supportive speech acts, which are performed to establish or maintain social contact and express attitudes towards others
  5. Expressive speech acts or functions, through which attitudes and feelings are expressed in response to particular situations

TEACHING UNIT 7. DISCURSIVE CONTENT

  1. Textual coherence: The text’s suitability to the communicative context.
  2. Textual typology
  3. Textual cohesion: Internal organisation of the text: introduction, body and conclusion of the textual unit.

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