German Advanced (MLT942)

• University credits: 20
• University levels: 1-4
• Pre-requisite: A level grade A-C, CEF B1+
• Co-requisite: N/A
• Availability: SLC Students
• Teaching period: Autumn and Spring semester (academic year) (See timetables and course dates)
• Contact times: Semester 1- 3 hours per week over 11 weeks, starting in Week 1 of the semester, including a 2-hour seminar and a one-hour tutorial session, Semester 2- 3 hours per week over 12 weeks, starting in week 1 of the semester, including a 2-hour seminar and a one-hour tutorial session.
• Group size: Maximum of 23 students per seminar group and 10-15 per tutorial group
• Language Co-ordinator: Dr Marina Micke
• Module Leader: Dr Marina Micke
• Pathway: MLT314

Assuming a good A level in the language or equivalent, this unit aims to provide an initial preparation for a prolonged professional, academic or recreational stay in a country where the language is spoken and introduces the full range of linguistic and cultural skills required to engage in authentic and spontaneous interaction with native speakers (CEF level B2-).

By the end of the module the student will be able to…

• Perform at Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• Understand the majority of TV news, current affairs programmes, and films, and extended speech and lectures with a complex/advanced line of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar.
• Understand articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writer adopts particular attitudes or viewpoints, as well as contemporary literary prose.
• Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that make regular interaction with native speakers quite possible, taking an active part in discussion of familiar topics, and deliver a structured spoken presentation on a simple controversial subject related to their field of interest, giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options and defending their own viewpoint.
• Write advanced, argumentative texts (e.g. essay, report or letter) on a wide range of subjects related to their interests, passing on information, giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view, or highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences.
• Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of current cultural and social trends and associated behaviours in areas where the language is spoken so as to engage fairly easily with native speakers in most communicative situations.
• Demonstrate a strategic ability to study the language by themselves for specific purposes, assessing their longer-term language needs and cultural interests, setting themselves goals in relation to these, and using specialist tools as well as experimenting with a range of resources and techniques to achieve these goals.
• Demonstrate 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, autonomous learning, social media.

Material to be provided by the department.

This module can be validated as part of the following schemes:

• Undergraduate degree
• MLTC Confirmation of Attendance or Completion

Assessment:

• Speaking assessment: 30%
• Formal written examination (in the examination period): 40%
• Autumn Project: 15%
• Spring Project: 15%

Feedback: In addition to on-going individual and collective feedback during class-activities, learners will receive individual written feedback on the pieces of assessment above.

MLTC Timetables