German Language VI is a compulsory subject taught in the second term of the 3rd year. It is a continuation of German Language V (level B2).

The contents corresponding to level C1 of German according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) will be covered.

With a communicative and inductive approach and encouraging autonomous and group learning, the four language skills (comprehension of written and oral texts, writing and speaking) will be worked on.

Communication between teacher and students will be exclusively in German.

This subject aims to enable students to reconstruct information and arguments from different sources in spoken or written German and to present them in a coherent and summarised way (M02CM02; G005 and G006), to express themselves spontaneously, both orally and in writing, with great fluency and with a degree of precision that allows them to differentiate small nuances of meaning even in particularly complex situations and contexts (M02CM03; G001 and G006) as well as learning and working autonomously and in a team (G005) with the aim of applying the knowledge acquired in their future professional activity (teaching, translation, editing and others (M04CM02; G008).

As a result of learning, learners will be able to

• understand a wide range of long and complex texts, and also recognise implicit meanings.

• express themselves fluently and fluently without much obvious effort to find the right expression.

• use the language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

• express themselves in a clear, structured and detailed way on complex subjects, using a variety of means to achieve textual cohesion.

Communicative content: expressing an opinion and asking the opinion of a third party; proposing, advising and recommending something; expressing agreement, doubts and rejection; providing arguments for or against; interrupting the speaking turn; making forecasts and suppositions; presenting research results; describing images, graphs and statistics; structuring an argumentative text in writing or orally; presenting the agenda of a meeting; summarising and evaluating a text.

Grammatical content: Textzusammenhang; Präpositionen im Genitiv, Relativpronomen mit Genitiv; Passiv mit sein; Vergleichssätze mit als/als ob/als wenn im Konjunktiv II; Partizipien als Adjektive; Indirekte Rede mit Konjunktiv I; Adjektive, Verben und Substantive mit Präpositionen; Modalpartikeln; Nomen-Verb-Verbindungen; modalverbähnliche Verben.

In this subject, a communicative and inductive approach will be used to induce the use of the German language in an authentic context and to encourage the spirit of research and work - autonomous and in teams - through projects, oral presentations, debates, tasks and exercises to be carried out (transversal competences G005, G006 and G008).

The method of Lernen durch Lehren (Learning by Learning), in which students become the protagonists and the main responsible for their own learning process, and the technique of Error Analysis and Correction will also be used.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 40
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 20
  • Exhibition of works, readings ... (%): 30
  • Participación activa en clase (%): 10

A) Continuous assessment: applicable to students who attend class regularly (max. five absences). The competences will be assessed by means of the following instruments, each one being assigned the percentage of the final mark indicated:

1. Active participation in class: 10%*.

2. Completion/submission of assignments (essays, transcripts/summaries of news items, grammar exercises and tests, etc.) on time: 20%*.

3. Oral presentation (simulation of a scientific congress): 30%*.

4. Final written test consisting of a listening comprehension/transcription exercise, grammar exercises and an essay: 40%*.

* The student must successfully pass all four parts in order to pass the course as a whole. Otherwise, the final grade will be the grade obtained in the failed part(s).

Assessment criteria: Level of mastery and application of the knowledge acquired; grammatical and spelling accuracy; capacity for argumentation and expression; active participation in class; compliance with the rules of presentation (written assignments, oral presentation with powerpoint). Late submissions will not be corrected or assessed.

Formative assessment will be carried out by means of guidance to improve the tasks performed, in the awareness that mistakes are part of the learning process, and the progress achieved during the course will be especially valued.

B) Final assessment: applicable to students who cannot follow the continuous assessment or who have waived it in writing to the subject teacher no less than 10 days before the start date of the official examination period.

The competences will be assessed by means of the following instruments, each of which will be assigned the percentage of the final mark indicated:

1. Oral examination: 40%*.

2. Final written test consisting of a listening comprehension/transcription exercise, grammar exercises and an essay: 60%*.

* The student must successfully pass both parts in order to pass the course. Otherwise, the final grade will be the grade obtained in the failed part.

Assessment criteria: Level of mastery and application of the knowledge acquired; grammatical and spelling accuracy; ability to argue and express oneself orally and in writing.

In order to waive the call, it is sufficient not to take the final test.

Final assessment: The competences will be assessed by means of the following instruments, each of which will be assigned the percentage of the final mark indicated:

1. Oral examination: 40%*.

2. Final written test consisting of a listening comprehension/transcription exercise, grammar exercises and an essay: 60%*.

* The student must successfully pass both parts in order to pass the course. Otherwise, the final grade will be the grade obtained in the failed part.

Assessment criteria: Level of mastery and application of the knowledge acquired; grammatical and spelling accuracy; ability to argue and express oneself orally and in writing.

Students who have successfully passed any of the assessment tools in the ordinary exam session will be subject - in the first extraordinary exam session - to continuous assessment, maintaining the grades of the parts passed in the ordinary exam session. Unless the student expressly indicates otherwise.

In order to waive the call, it is sufficient not to take the final test.

Materials developed by the teacher, accessible through the eGela virtual teaching platform.

Dengler, Stefanie et al., Kontext B2.2, Klett: Stuttgart

Monolingual and/or bilingual dictionary

Basic bibliography

Castell, Andreu (2002): Gramática de la lengua alemana. Editorial Idiomas: Madrid.

Castell, Andreu / Braucek, Brigitte (2000): Ejercicios. Gramática de la lengua alemana. Editorial Idiomas: Madrid.

Dengscherz, Sabine/ Businger, Martin (Hrsg.) (2014): Grammatikunterricht zwischen Linguistik und Didaktik. DaF/DaZ lernen und lehren im Spannungsfeld von Sprachwissenschaft, empirischer Unterrichtsforschung und Vermittlungskonzepten. Narr: Tübingen

Granzow-Emden, Matthias (2013): Deutsche Grammatik verstehen und unterrichten. Narr: Tübingen

Hall, Karin / Schreiner, Barbara (2001): Übungsgrammatik Deutsch als Fremdsprache für Fortgeschrittene. Hueber Verlag: München

Schmitt, Richard (2001): Weg mit den typischen Fehlern! Hueber Verlag: München

In-depth bibliography

Hoffmann, Ludger (2013): Deutsche Grammatik. Erich Schmidt Verlag: Berlin
Zifonun, Gisela / Hoffmann, Ludger / Strecker, Bruno et. al. (1997): Grammatik der deutschen Sprache. Walter de Gruyter: Berlin/New York

Web addresses

http://www.grammatiktraining.de (Online-Grammatikübungen)
http://www.canoo.net (Online-Grammatik)
http://hypermedia.ids-mannheim.de (Online-Grammatik des IDS grammis)
http://www.goethe.de (Goethe-Institut)
http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen
http://www.tagesschau.de/
http://www.heute.de/zdfheute-nachrichten
http://www.n-tv.de
http://tvthek.orf.at/program/Zeit-im-Bild
http://www.srf.ch