Module Description

German Basic

Short Code:
M_GEBA
Language of Instruction:
German
ECTS-Credits:
3
Central Idea:

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.

Module Coordinator:
Pesic Maja
Lecturers:
Pesic Maja
Location (Offered):
St. Gallen (Standard)
Module Type:
Elective Module for Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen STD_24(No Semester Recommendation)
Elective Module for Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen STD_26(No Semester Recommendation)
Module Evaluation:
grade from 1 to 6

Performance Evaluation

During the Semester:

Exam 1 (45 minutes)
Exam 2 (60 minutes)

Evaluation Type:
grade from 1 to 6
Weighting:

Exam 1 (45 minutes): counts single
Exam 2 (60 minutes): counts double

Remarks:

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.

Contents

Intended Learning Outcomes (Final Competences):

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
Module 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

Bibliography:

Mandatory:
• Script (will be handed out in class)
Optional:
• Vocabulary on Quizlet