OS2NJ4 - German Language 4

Course specification
Course title		German Language 4
Acronym		OS2NJ4
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Signals and Systems
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor Nina Polovina
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		3.0	Status	elective
Condition		Basic knowledge of German
The goal		- Extend specialized terminology and phrasal structures - Enhance LSP speaking skills in specific academic and professional areas - Enhance LSP writing skills ( specialized written forms )
The outcome		- Extended specific terminology - Writing longer text forms - Enhanced listening comprehension
Contents
Contents of lectures		- Working on listening comprehension ( global, selective and implicit understanding of dialogues and monologues ) - Developing speaking proficiency in everyday academic situations, as well as the professional ones ( specific linguistic tools ) - Acquisition and active use of specialized terminology
Contents of exercises		- Adequate use of specific terminology
Literature
Ute Koithan, Helen Schmitz, Tanja Sieber, Ralf Sonntag: Aspekte. Langenscheidt Verlag, Berlin 2000. (Original title) Brockhaus Mensch. Natur. Technik : Mensch, Maschinen, Mechanismen. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, Mannheim 2000.. (Original title) Rosemarie Buhlmann, Anneliese Fearns: Hinführung zur naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Fachsprache. Hueber Verlag, Ismaning 1981. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2
Methods of teaching		- Action-based approach to teaching and learning - Autonomous work - Written test
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		15	Test paper	0
Practical lessons		15	Oral examination	40
Projects		0
Colloquia		30
Seminars		0