Module Description
German Basic
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This course is designed for exchange students of the OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule who have little or no previous knowledge of German. The course aims to provide you with a basic knowledge of German in order to enable you to find your way in a German-speaking environment and to make your stay in St. Gallen a success.
The course covers the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing on a basic level. Focus will be on communicative skills as well as on grammatical structures and vocabulary. Topics include every day’s life and issues. Referring to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) this course offers the necessary basis leading to Level A1.1.
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Module Evaluation
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Performance Evaluation
During the Semester:
Exam 1 (45 minutes)
Exam 2 (60 minutes)
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Weighting:
Exam 1 (45 minutes): counts single
Exam 2 (60 minutes): counts double
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Both exams will be written during the semester. Feedback and grade to the exams will also be given during the semester in class.
The course is passed if the final grade of both exams is 4.0.
Courses in this Module
German Basic
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Professional competences:
Participants can:
- understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type (A1)
- 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 (A1)
- interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help (A1).
Self-competences:
Participants can:
- improve her/his self-studying skills
- identify and correct her/his language skill deficits
Social competences:
Participants can:
- work and learn in an intercultural team
- survive in a foreign culture and language environment
Plan and Learning Content:
Topic area I: «Willkommen» (Welcome)
• presentation and introducing people (origin country and name)
• an international German class
• hello and goodbye
• numbers 0–20
• grammar: w-words, yes- and no-questions, conjugation, mein(e)
Topic area II: «Die Schweiz» (Switzerland)
• geographie (Switzerland, neighbouring countries)
• numbers 20–100 / 100–1'000'000
• alphabet
• grammar: capital letters, nouns – verbs – adjectives
Topic area III: «Leute in der Schweiz» (people in Switzerland)
• informations about a person (name, job, city, language skills … )
• the time (opening times … )
• work and jobs
• grammar: personal nouns and verbs, conjugation
Topic area IV: «Leben und arbeiten in der Schweiz» (live and work in Switzerland)
• money
• food
• shopping
• colours
• grammar: jobs, nationalities, prepositions
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• Script (will be handed out in class)
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• Vocabulary on Quizlet
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Execution according to timetable