Undergraduate Course: Foundation German Language 1 (ELCG07009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of German, designed to give absolute beginners a basic, working knowledge of spoken and written German. The course is not suitable for students with previous knowledge of German.
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination. Auditing (Class Only) is not allowed.
This course is a semester long and runs both in semester 1 and semester 2.
On successful completion of the course students will have the option of taking Foundation German Language 2 (ELCG07008, 20 credits), which follows on from Foundation German Language 1. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This is a course for complete beginners. Students with any prior knowledge of German will have to take the placement test in either the first class meeting or complete the online test by following the link: http://www.hueber.de/einstufungstests/schritte_international1/ . If the test does not open, please try a different web browser. Please send the test result to the course organiser who will recommend the right course level. Students who are not complete beginners will not have their place on the course confirmed until their level has been tested and confirmed by the course organiser. |
| Additional Costs | A course book
A bilingual dictionary |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | This is a course for complete beginners. Students with any prior knowledge of German will have to take the placement test in either the first class meeting or complete the online test by following the link: http://www.hueber.de/einstufungstests/schritte_international1/ . If the test does not open, please try a different web browser. Please send the test result to the course organiser who will recommend the right course level. Students who are not complete beginners will not have their place on the course confirmed until their level has been tested and confirmed by the course organiser. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 80 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
152 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 50% (in-class tests and written exercises)
Degree exam 50% (A two-hour written paper)
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Foundation German Language 1 | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Foundation German Language 1 | 2:00 | |
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| Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 40 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 50% (in-class tests and written exercises)
Degree exam 50% (A two-hour written paper)
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Foundation German Language 1 | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Foundation German Language 1 | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Knowledge and understanding: Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of concrete needs; can understand simple personal questions when people speak slowly and clearly.
- Practice: Applied knowledge and understanding: achieve German language competence comparable to the CEFR Level A1/1+; Can introduce him/ herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/ she lives, people he/ she knows and things he/ she has. Reading comprehension of short simple texts regarding personal information; Can write about him/ herself, using short, simple phrases.
- Generic cognitive skills: Produce and read texts on basic everyday themes; engage in listening, spoken and written language activities at A1/1+ level.
- Communication and ICT: Develop critical skills to ensure the use of reliable language resources both printed and/or digital (e.g. bilingual dictionaries, grammar books, translation tools).
- Autonomy, accountability and working with others: Take responsibility for independent vocabulary acquisition and grammatical study; for monitoring one¿s engagement in German language activities outside of the classroom (eg. online resources, extra learning materials available from LEARN, main library, DVD library).
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course.
Auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam).
DELC students may only take this course if it over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course.
Visiting students may only take the course for credits. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
IMPORTANT: Students must attend pairs of classes. See Web Timetable.
The First Class Meeting takes place in Week 1. The teaching classes will start in Week 2. |
| Keywords | OLFGERM1SEM1&2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Beata Kohlbek
Tel: (0131 6) 50 3527
Email: Beata.Kohlbek@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Gillian Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Gillian.Paterson@ed.ac.uk |
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