Course: German for PhD Students 1

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Course title German for PhD Students 1
Course code KFL/N1D
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Baumann Winfried, Doc. Dr.
  • Balcarová Markéta, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kučera Petr, Doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
To translate technical German text concerning the topic of student´s thesis. To read, understand and reproduce German technical text. To pursue message, report, lecture in German language. To catch main idea of German text. To talk about student?s thesis, discuss and argue for their specialization. To present a message, report, lecture, contribution to a discussion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Instruction based on dialogue, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Group discussion, Skills demonstration, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 100 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 57 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 25 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No prerequisite courses.
learning outcomes
Students will acquire foreign-language skills lead to make: -resume in German of a 150-page perused technical text on the basis of German original text, not only of text, which has been translated to German (3-5 pages) -a continuous text in German, which represents summary of graduant´s own technical work (e.g. article from technical magazine, report for research conference etc. (3-5 pages) -translation of 10 page hitherto not translated German technical text to Czech language. Students will also acquire communication skills: -students will fluently speak in German about their thesis and respond questions concerning chosen topic -students will read loudly and translate an original German text without using a dictionary Students will recognize grammatical phenomenon appearing in translated text.
teaching methods
Seminar
Textual studies
Skills demonstration
Group discussion
Self-study of literature
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Discussion
assessment methods
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Becker, Norbert; Braunert, Jörg. Dialog Beruf 3 : Arbeitsbuch. 1. Aufl. Ismaning : Max Hueber Verlag, 1998. ISBN 3-19-011592-3.
  • Buscha, Joachim. Grammatik in Feldern : ein Lehr- und Übungsbuch für Fortgeschrittene. 1. Aufl. Ismaning : Verlag für Deutsch, 1998. ISBN 3-88532-681-7.
  • Gutterer, Gisela, Latour, Bernd. Grammatik in wissenschaftlichn Texten. Studienreihe DaF, Max Hueber Verlag, Ismaning, 1998.
  • Kühn, P. Bausteine. Fachdeutsch für Wissenschaftler. Julius Groos Verlag, Heidelberg, 1992.
  • Meyner, Ernst, A. Berichte und Protokolle schreiben. Düsseldorf, Wien, Econ Taschenbuchverlag GmbH, 1993.
  • Weinrich, Harald. Textgrammatik der deutschen Sprache. Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 1993.


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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archaelogy (15-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Modern History (17-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theory and History of Science and Technology (11-5,6) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archaelogy (15-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ethnology (11-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (12-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -