Practical German – Integrated skills

Providing basic information about yourself: regular conjugation

Jobs, civil status and numbers 0-100

Family: possessive pronouns

Furniture and numbers: articles

Describing objects: negation

Office articles: plurals, accusative

Interests: the modal “können”, irregular conjugation

Days of the week and time

Food: modals “mögen” and “möchten”

Means of transport: separable verbs

Describing the day: past perfect with “haben”

Months and seasons: past perfect with “sein”

Directions: prepositions of place

The home: conjugating possessive pronouns

Town: dative, personal pronouns in dative

Hotel: prepositions of time

Plans for the future: modal verb “wollen”

Health: imperative for 3rd person pl.

Appearance and character: perfect tense for inseparable verbs, past forms of “haben” and “sein”

Household duties: imperative for 2nd person sg. and pl.

Rules of daily life: modal verbs

Clothing: comparatives

Weather: sentences with “denn”, impersonal pronoun "es”

Holidays: ordinals, the Subjunctive II “würde”

- Franz Specht, Sandra Evans, Angela Pude (2012). Menschen A1/1: Kursbuch mit DVD-ROM. Hueber;

- Monika Reimann, Angela Pude, Sabine Glas-Peters (2012). Menschen A1/1: Arbeitsbuch mit Audio-CD. Hueber;

- Franz Specht, Sandra Evans, Angela Pude (2012). Menschen A1/2: Kursbuch mit DVD-ROM. Hueber;

- Monika Reimann, Angela Pude, Sabine Glas-Peters (2012). Menschen A1/2: Arbeitsbuch mit Audio-CD. Hueber;

- Stanisław Bęza (2007). Nowe repetytorium z gramatyki języka niemieckiego. Wydawnictwo Naukowe

apply German vocabulary and grammar to level A1 of CEFRL

understand listening comprehension texts on the areas taught

understand short reading texts on the areas taught

speak briefly in German on the areas taught in class

write a short text on the areas taught in class, e.g. a letter or blog fragment

independently learn language, and about the world using dictionaries and online sources

effectively organise work in pairs, groups, preparing presentations, taking on various roles and demonstrating openness and tolerance towards other people and cultures

demonstrate openness towards new ideas and be prepared to change opinions based on available data or arguments

demonstrate awareness of the heritage of the German-speaking areas

➢ Written work, assessed as follows:

- Morphosyntactic accuracy, spelling and lexis: 14 pt. (each morphosyntactic or lexical error, 0,5 pt. deduction, spelling mistake 0,25 pt. deduction),

- stylistic accuracy: 2 pt. (each error 0,25 pt. deduction),

- on topic and logical – 4 pt.

Grades assigned as follows:

bdb 19-20 pt.

db+ 17-18 pt.

db 15-16 pt.

dst+13-14 pt.

dst 11-12 pt.

ndst <11 pt.

➢ Preparing short individual presentations, assessed as follows:

- on topic and logical – max. 4. pt.,

- fluency (reading from notes not allowed) – max. 4 pt.,

- morphosyntactic accuracy of grammar structures taught – max. 4 pt.,

- lexical-semantic accuracy – max. 4 pt.,

- pronunciation – max. 4 pt.,

- adjustment for good use of multimedia if justified – 1 pt. (bonus).

Grades assigned as follows:

bdb 19-20 pt.

db+ 17-18 pt.

db 15-16 pt.

dst+13-14 pt.

dst 11-12 pt.

ndst <11 pt.

➢ Mid-term tests, grades assigned as follows

bdb 92-100%

db+ 85-91%

db 76%-84%

dst+68-75%

dst 60%-67%

ndst 0-59%

➢ Active participation in class.

➢ Homework submitted on time.

Exam criteria:

A. Grammar and vocabulary exam (including reading and written component) grades assigned as follows:

bdb 92-100%

db+ 85-91%

db 76%-84%

dst+68-75%

dst 60%-67%

ndst 0-59%

B. Oral exam (on topic covered in class) grades assigned as follows:

➢ on topic and logical – max. 4. pt.,

➢ fluency meeting relevant CEFRL level – max. 4 pt.,

➢ morphosyntactic accuracy of grammar structures taught – max. 4 pt.,

➢ lexical-semantic accuracy of material covered in class – max. 4 pt.,

➢ pronunciation – max. 4 pt.

Grades assigned as follows.

bdb 19-20 pt.

db+ 17-18 pt.

db 15-16 pt.

dst+13-14 pt.

dst 11-12 pt.

ndst <11 pt.

C. Exam score is average of scores on written and oral parts. Both components are weighted equally. If total score is between grades, e.g. 4,25, final grade will be rounded up to 4,5.