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German. Academic Reading - ASZNJ3050
Title: Němčina. Akademické čtení
Guaranteed by: Language Centre - German (21-JCN)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2024
Semester: both
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 0/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / 60 (100)
summer:unknown / unknown (100)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level: specialized
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Klára Tschek, M.A.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Petra Křenková
PhDr. Eva Podhajská, Ph.D.
Interchangeability : ASZNJ2000
Is interchangeable with: ASZNJ2000E, ASZNJ2000
Annotation -
The course is designed for students on at least B1 level as a preparation for the Academic Reading exam. The language of tuition is Czech.
The course is conceived as training of basic reading comprehension skills and reading/translation of a scholarly text from student’s own field of study.
NEW from 2021/22, the course ends with an exam and is also interchangeable with the separate exam Academic Reading in the Common Core (ASZNJ2000).
In practice, this means that a student who has the Common Core exam "Foreign Language II - Academic Reading" prescribed in the curriculum can choose to enroll in the stand-alone exam - code ASZNJ2000, or enroll in the course "Academic Reading" - code ASZNJ3050, ending with an exam. The course exam will then automatically fulfill the requirement for the 2nd language exam in the common core (so the student doesn´t enroll for the code ASZNJ2000).
Students who do not need the exam in German as a second language but want to improve their work with professional foreign language texts, expand their vocabulary and become familiar with more complex grammatical structures can also enroll in the course.
We also recommend the course Academic Reading as a supplementary subject in preparation for the oral professional part of an exam B2.
Last update: Křenková Petra, Mgr. (23.09.2022)
Aim of the course -
  • Students will be familiar with the typical linguistic structures of academic texts in German.
  • Students will be able to use strategies to navigate through a text, to select key information and to find answers to their own questions.
  • Students will be able to independently search for academic texts related to their field of study.
  • Students will also expand their academic vocabulary when working with a text from their own subject.
Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (10.09.2024)
Course completion requirements -

Attestation is awarded on the basis of regular attendance at class, completion of assignments, active participation in the course, and a final test/final consultation.

Evaluation: 70% course work, 30% final test/final consultation.

Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (10.09.2024)
Literature -

Professional texts selected from current publications and oriented to the learning needs of students

Recommended literature:

Bayerlein, O., Buchner, P: Lesen. Campus Deutsch, Hueber 2013
Brandi, M.-L., Momenteau, B. Lesekurs für Geisteswissenschaftler. Textreihen und Übungen für Anfänger, Klett 1992
Brandi, M.-L., Momenteau, B. Lesekurs für Geisteswissenschaftler. Textreihen und Übungen für Fortgeschrittene, Klett 1992
Heringer, H .J.: Lesen lehren lernen: Eine rezeptive Grammatik des Deutschen, De Gruyter 1989

 

Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (10.09.2024)
Syllabus -

The course content is:

  • basics of understanding foreign language academic text
  • orientation in German-language literature sources in the field
  • working with a dictionary
  • training in reading comprehension skills (global, selective, detailed)
  • training in understanding text structure, grammatical context, lexical structures in a scientific-academic context and their meaning
  • working with own academic text
Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (10.09.2024)
Entry requirements -

German at a minimum level of B1, the level will be tested by a diagnostic lexical-grammatical test at the beginning of the course.

Knowledge of Czech at a minimum level of C1.

Last update: Tschek Klára, M.A. (26.01.2022)
 
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