The German It is one of the most widely spoken languages in Europe and the world, as well as being one of the most sought-after languages in the business sector. This training programme in German C1 will enable students to understand a wide variety of lengthy and somewhat challenging texts, and to recognise in them implicit meanings. You will be able to express yourself fluently and spontaneously without any obvious signs of struggling to find the right words. You will be able to use German for social, academic and professional purposes. Furthermore, the C1 level German lessons will enable pupils to to produce texts clear, well-structured and detailed on topics of some complexity, demonstrating a correct use of the organisational mechanisms, textual coherence and cohesion.
Cross-cutting
German
75 hours
German C1
German
75 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Understanding the main ideas of complex texts which deal with both concrete and abstract topics.
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To produce speeches clear and detailed explanations on a range of topics.
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Learn to interact with native speakers with a sufficient level of fluidity and naturalness.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC CONTENT
- Activities of daily living and work.
- Food.
- Services.
- Science and technology.
- Climate, atmospheric conditions and the environment.
- Consumption and commercial activities.
- Education.
- Personal identification.
- Language and communication.
- Human, social and labour relations.
- Health and physical care.
- Free time and leisure.
- Travel.
- Housing, home and the local environment.
- Culture, traditions.
- Places and regions.
TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMAR TOPICS
- Prayer
- Names
- Adjectives and adverbs. Complete declension of the adjective.
- Pronouns
- Verbs
- Adverbs and adverbial phrases
- Conjunctions and Conjunctive Phrases
- Prepositions and postpositions
- Key words
TEACHING UNIT 3. SPELLING CONTENT
- Homophones and homographs. Further guidance on the correct use of punctuation marks: semicolons; quotation marks; ellipses.
- Use of capital letters, italics and underlining
- Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols (a selection of the most important ones).
- Auxiliary signs
TEACHING UNIT 4. PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL CONTENT
- Stress in isolated lexical items: primary stress and secondary stress.
- Stress and unstressed syllables in the phrase.
- Expressive intonation.
TEACHING UNIT 5. SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT
- The choice and use of greetings, introductions and farewells, particularly in formal contexts.
- The selection and use of formal, informal and familiar forms of address.
- Conventions regarding the right to speak.
- Forms of address.
- Proverbs, idioms and quotations.
- Differences and assessment of registration schemes and geographical varieties.
TEACHING UNIT 6. FUNCTIONAL CONTENT
- Assertive speech acts or functions relating to the expression of knowledge, opinion, belief and conjecture
- Commitment-related speech acts or functions, relating to the expression of an offer, intention, willingness and decision
- 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
- Factual and supportive speech acts, which are performed to establish or maintain social contact and express attitudes towards others
- Expressive speech acts or functions, through which attitudes and feelings are expressed in response to particular situations
TEACHING UNIT 7. DISCURSIVE CONTENT
- Textual coherence: The text’s suitability to the communicative context.
- Textual typology
- Textual cohesion: Internal organisation of the text: introduction, body and conclusion of the textual unit.
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