German Higher Advanced (LAS2161)
Overview
- University credits: 20
- FHEQ level: 5
- Availability: Students, members of staff, members of the public
- Frequency of class: Twice a week
- Group size: Maximum of 23 students per seminar group and 10-15 students per tutorial group
- Module Leader: Engracia Fernández Navas
Description
This module aims to consolidate the full linguistic and cultural preparation of learners wishing to undertake an extended professional, academic or recreational stay in a country where the language is spoken and to consolidate the full range of linguistic and cultural skills required to operate effectively in most situations encountered when engaging with native speakers.
Learning outcomes
- Perform at Level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- Understand television programmes, broadcasts and films and extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly.
- Understand fairly long and complex factual or literary texts, including specialised articles, appreciating distinctions of style and genre.
- Express your ideas with a strong degree of spontaneity without much obvious searching for expressions, being able to improvise as required for social and professional purposes, formulating complex ideas and opinions with precision, and relating your contributions to those of conversation partners.
- Write about fairly complex academic, professional or personal subjects in a letter, essay or report, expressing their points of view at some length within a logical structure and in a style appropriate to the reader in mind.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of cultural and social trends and associated behaviours in areas where the language is spoken so as to engage effectively in most communicative situations, including academic or professional ones.
- Demonstrate advanced competence in a number of transferable skills such as IT skills, researching, presenting and analysing information, defending an argument and negotiating, intercultural and language awareness, and pursuing self-guided study.
Assessment
Credited students
- Speaking assessment: 30%
- Formal written examination: 40%
- Autumn project: 15%
- Spring project: 15%
Not-for-credit fee-waiver students
Mandatory assessment to be completed in order to qualify for fee-waiver.
Not-for-credit self-funded students
Assessment is not mandatory.
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