Undergraduate Course: German Language Stage 1 for IFP (FNDN07029)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | German Language Stage 1 for IFP offers a unique opportunity to learn one of the most widely spoken languages in Europe.
You will develop communication skills that will enable you to engage in basic everyday conversations in German. You will also develop intercultural competence and learning strategies.
This course will allow you to continue to German Foundation Language 2 or equivalent when you progress to your undergraduate degree studies. |
| Course description |
German Language Stage 1 for IFP is a complete beginners language course for students on the University of Edinburgh International Foundation Programme who have met the specific English language requirements for their chosen degree programme.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will achieve the equivalent of A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale) and will have developed essential skills to study an additional language.
You will develop these basic linguistic and study skills through a variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. The course focuses on language that is required for communicating in real everyday situations, such as introducing oneself and others and talking about the daily routine.
The course will include autonomous learning activities, which enable you to practise and consolidate your languages skills as well as to develop essential strategies to learn an additional language.
You will explore the use of the language in a supportive and inclusive learning environment, allowing you to increase your familiarity with and confidence in using the target language.
Learning is assessed formally throughout the course, with the teacher providing regular feedback to help you progress and plan your independent learning.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 16 |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 48,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
148 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Continuous Assessment:
Class test 1 (listening, reading, writing) (35%) [LOs 1, 3, 4]
Oral dialogue (15%) [LOs 1, 2, 4]
Class test 2 (listening, reading, writing) (35%) [LOs 1, 3, 4]
Oral presentation (15%) [LOs 1, 2, 4] |
| Feedback |
You will develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through a variety of tasks in the classroom and autonomous learning activities.
You will receive regular formative feedback and feed forward on your progress in general. The assessment tasks will be marked using rubrics and detailed feedback will be provided. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of simple spoken and written texts.
- Produce simple spoken text and interact in basic everyday conversations.
- Produce simple written texts.
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic aspects of German linguistics and of cultures of the German-speaking world.
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Reading List
Essential materials
Das Leben A1. Kurs- und Übungsbuch. 2020. ISBN: 978-3-06-122089-1 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course supports the development of the Skills for Success Framework. Through their engagement, students will have the opportunity to develop:
Communication, by developing basic communication skills to interact in German in everyday situations (e.g. introductions, family, study and leisure), and by learning to speak in public in an additional language.
Collaboration, through frequent pair and small-group signing activities where students negotiate meaning, support one another's learning, and build confidence.
Curiosity, by exploring cultures of the German speaking world.
Inclusivity: by discovering different perspectives; difference and diversity;
Adaptivity, by learning a language from the very beginning, coping with uncertainty and ambiguity of being taught in an additional language.
Reflection, by reflecting on the relation between languages and identity.
Individuality, by reflecting on personal language biographies and prior language learning experience. |
| Keywords | Language Learning,German,Foundation,Communications,A1 level of the CEFR |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Jeannette Rissmann
Tel: (0131 6)51 1820
Email: Jeannette.Rissmann@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr James Cooper
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
Email: jcooper6@ed.ac.uk |
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