Course objectives:
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The goal of the course is to prepare students for active work with the German specialized texts from various areas of human activity with focus particularly on the Bavarian realities of today. In the course will take place as work with grammatical exercises specifically aimed at linguistic phenomena occurring in specialized texts and work with short authentic texts from various fields containing the phenomena. Students will be prepared to work with demanding linguistic phenomena and diverse professional vocabulary and will be strengthened by his ability to capture the main ideas of the text, to express their views on the topic and argue using adequate language resources.
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Requirements on student
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The condition for obtaining credit will be especially active, detailed preparation for classes, ie. On the themes and texts studied in each hour, and active participation in discussions on relevant technical issues on the basis of reading and analyzing texts written in German. Another condition will essay submission, in which students elaborate a selected topic.
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Content
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Language and content analysis and discussion on professional texts from selected topics:
- Education in Bavaria
- The current political situation in Bavaria
- Selected topic from the history or culture of Bavaria
- The current economic situation in Bavaria
- Selected area of German industry in Bavaria
- Selected area of the German / Bavarian health care, etc.
- Unemployment and the labor market situation in Bavaria
The texts will be selected from areas where it can be for students to assume a general overview of their current status in the Czech environment, ie. The ability to compare the status of the area in both countries (Czech Republic and Bavaria), and also in areas that are relevant to Czech those interested in working in the Bavarian environment.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Helbig, Gerhard; Buscha, Joachim. Deutsche Grammatik : ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. Berlin : Langenscheidt, 2001. ISBN 3-468-49493-9.
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Basic:
Glück, Helmut. Metzler Lexikon Sprache : mit 70 Abbildungen, davon 17 Karten. 2., überarbeitete und erw. Aufl. Stuttgart : J.B. Metzler, 2000. ISBN 3-476-01519-X.
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Recommended:
Roelcke, T. Fachsprachen. Berlin, 2010. ISBN 978-3-503-12221-9.
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Recommended:
BRINKER, K. Linguistische Textanalyse. Eine Einführung in Grundbegriffe und Methoden.. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2001.
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Recommended:
Adamzik, K. Sprache: Wege zum Verstehen. Francke: Tübingen - Basel, 2001.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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26
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Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
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20
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Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
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10
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Total
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56
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to characterize the content of the German written expert text (from a specific area of commercial sphere or culture)
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to characterize the language of the German written expert text (from a specific area of commercial sphere or culture)
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to explain theoretically the linguistic attributes of the expert text in German (from a specific area of commercial sphere or culture)
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to explain theoretically the extralinguistic attributes of expert text in German (from a specific area of commercial sphere or culture)
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to explain in detail the linguistic terms needed to analyze the expert text |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to understand a German written expert text from the specific area of commercial sphere or culture (level C1)
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to distinguish between different kinds of German written expert texts of the given areas |
to apply knowledge from German morphology and syntax in the analysis of German written expert texts of the given areas
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to apply the knowledge about the attributes of the German written expert text in practice
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to distinguish between different types of legal texts on specific examples of German written texts |
to detect, analyze and classify difficult grammatical events in the expert text and to perceive and understand these phenomena in the adequate context |
to distinguish the stylistic force synonymous expressions technical content |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
to characterize the content of the German written expert text with regional anchorages and to identify content specifics |
to characterize the language of the German written expert text with regional anchorages and to identify language specifics |
to explain theoretically the linguistic attributes of the expert text in German with regard to the regional context |
to explain theoretically the extralinguistic attributes of the expert text in German with regard to the regional context |
to clarify the specifics of the regionally grounded German written texts using the linguistic terminology |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
to understand a German written expert text from the specific area of commercial sphere or culture (level C1/C2) |
to express their own opinion on the subject of the expert text |
to understand and analyze phenomena of german expert texts with regional subjects
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to istinguish the regional specifics in these texts |
to argue using adequate language resources |
to analyze demanding, regionally specific grammatical phenomena |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Test |
Seminar work |
Continuous assessment |
Self-evaluation |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Continuous assessment |
Self-evaluation |
Test |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Seminar work |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Test |
Seminar work |
Continuous assessment |
Self-evaluation |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Practicum |
Task-based study method |
Textual studies |
Students' portfolio |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Practicum |
Self-study of literature |
Skills demonstration |
Students' portfolio |
Textual studies |
Task-based study method |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Practicum |
Textual studies |
Self-study of literature |
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