National University of Singapore

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Centre for Language Studies

Academic Session 2016/2017

Semester 1

LAG2201 German 2 Course Outline

Course coordinator: Ms Silvia Neitzke-Neumann (clssbnn@nus.edu.sg)

Lecturers: Ms Katrin Hofmann, Ms Ursula Hwang

Course Objectives

This module aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of

listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as increase their knowledge of the

syntactical, morphological, phonetic and lexical aspects of the German language.

Students will also acquire a better grasp of learning and communicative strategies.

Authentic texts from daily communicative situations will serve as the main source of

learning materials.

This course focuses on basic linguistic and communicative structures of the German

language. Students will be introduced to various aspects of German culture and learn to

communicate in everyday situations and personal interaction. The module will adopt an

integrated approach to language learning and will emphasize equally all four skills, i.e.

reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as the acquisition of grammar structures

and vocabulary. Audio and video materials will be used to supplement the textbook and

to provide students with a better insight into Germany, her culture and the life of her

people. The module will also attempt to help students optimize their learning by teaching

them vital strategies for language learning and language use. This should, in turn, allow

students to develop learner autonomy.

Prerequisites

Passed LAG1201 German 1 or placement test.

(For placement test information please refer to the following URL:

http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cls/)

Course Structure and Schedule

The four hours weekly: 2 Lectures (each 1 hour 35 minutes)

Regular attendance and active participation at lectures is compulsory.

Students will need to sign up for the lecture groups through CORS.

Lectures

During the lectures, the students will be introduced to topics of study as well as new

grammatical aspects and vocabulary. They will also be taught to communicate efficiently

in various common communicative situations. The emphasis will be on developing

reading, writing and listening skills as well as acquiring and practicing new linguistic

structures. The lessons will be mostly based on the textbook “studio [21] A1” as well as

partially on lecturers’ own material.

Students are also strongly advised to check announcements in IVLE before every lecture

for required preparation, e.g. learning vocabulary, reading texts and downloading

worksheet(s).

Students are required to come prepared to the lectures and participate actively in class

activities.The schedule for the lecture groups is as follows.

Group 1 Ms Silvia Neitzke-Neumann Wednesday

Friday

18:00 – 20:00

18:00 – 20:00

AS3/0309

AS3/0304

Group 2 Ms Katrin Hofmann Monday

Thursday

12:00 – 14:00

12:00 – 14:00

00/ERC-SR8

00/TP-SR10

Group 3 Ms Ursula Hwang Monday

Thursday

08:00 - 10:00

08:00 - 10:00

AS3/0308

AS4/0601

Lectures will commence in Lecture 2 in Week 1, i.e. 11/12 August 2016

http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/e-daf/beg/LA2201GR/LA2201GR-announcement.htm

Course Content

Topics/Communicative Situations Grammar

studio [21] A1, Chapter 7:

Berufe Occupations; Job Description

Modal auxiliaries: können, müssen; sentence

srtucture Possessive articles in the accusative case

studio [21] A1, Chapter 9: Ab in den Urlaub Vacation & Holiday; Accident

Present perfect tense of regular & irregular verbs

studio [21] A1, Chapter 10:

Essen und trinkien Food & Drinks; Shopping; Preferences

Description of Frequency

Questions with welch- Comparative forms of some adjectives/adverbs

studio [21] A1, Chapter 11: Kleidung und Wetter

Clothing & Weather; Shopping; Preferences

Adjective declension in accusative case (no article) Demonstrative pronouns

Modal auxiliary: mögen

studio [21] A1, Chapter 12: Körper und Gesundheit Body & Health; Sports

Imperative Modal auxiliary: dürfen Personal pronouns in accusative case

studio [21] A1, Chapter 8: Berlin sehen Tourist Attractions in Berlin; Asking and Describing the Way

Prepositions with the accusative case: in, durch, über Prepositions with the dative case: zu, an … vorbei Modal auxiliary: wollen

Assessment

This module is 100% CA (continuous assessment), which means that the assessment is

based entirely on students’ coursework throughout the semester. There is no final

examination at the end of the semester.

Students will be assessed on their written assignments, oral speaking abilities,

performance in 2 semester tests, regular vocabulary tests (3-4) as well as class

performance in lectures. There will be facebook assignments to assess the students’

ability to communicate in speaking and their pronunciation and intonation.

The assessment is based entirely on students' coursework. There is no final examination

for this module, the final grade will be 100 % CA. Students will be graded on their

written work assignments, video projects to assess the students’ ability of oral

communication and as well as their pronunciation and intonation, performance in tests

(i.e. vocabulary tests and semester tests) as well as class performance and participation.

The breakdown of the CA-components is as follows:

- Class Participation & Assignments & Video Projects: 50%

- Tests 50%

Textbooks

Funk, H., Kuhn, C.: studio [21[ A1. Das Deutschbuch; Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Berlin:

Cornelsen 2015. ISBN: 978-3-06-520526-9

studio [21] A1. Glossar Deutsch – Englisch; Glossary German – English; Deutsch als

Fremdsprache. Berlin: Cornelsen 2015. ISBN 978-3-06-520559-7

The books are available in COOP @ Forum.