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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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- targeted activation of recent speech skills in interaction to Topics - gaining confidence and agility in foreign language communication - activities to develop oral communication skills - discussion, giving opinions, techniques of asking questions, - language exercises and communicative games to activate speech skills - training of strategies for vocabulary increasing based on written and spoken text. - training of strategies for communication based on written and spoken text - asking questiones, resumé Themes and topics for discussions will be communicated after the beginning of the course. Topics generally dealing with: Student Life, Work and Future Plans, Interests and Activities, German-speaking Countries, Current Social Issues, Culture and History, etc. Support: https://moodle.ff.upol.cz/
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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Learning outcomes
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The communication course is designed to develop oral communication skills and competencies in German as a foreign language on pre-Intermediate Level (A2-B1) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) CEFR scale online: http://europassd.cedefop.europa.eu/LanguageSelfAssessmentGrid/en Recommended for students who plan to study abroad (in a German speaking country). NOTE: There is no examination at the end of this one-semester course
Improved oral communication skills on CEFR level B1 (the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages): -Discussion, techniques of asking questions, -Strategies for vocabulary increasing based on written and spoken text -Strategies for communication based on written and spoken text CEFR scale online: http://europassd.cedefop.europa.eu/LanguageSelfAssessmentGrid/en
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Prerequisites
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Recommended knowledge of German for this course as defined by the Common European Framework(CEFR) - level A2 (or higher) CEFR scale online: http://europassd.cedefop.europa.eu/LanguageSelfAssessmentGrid/en -not for beginners -without relation to any field of study -facultative course only! -without final exam!
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Systematic Observation of Student
Input level A2 of CEFR - hardworking motivated student - interested in the topics for discussions - contributing to the course discussions - doing homework https://moodle.ff.upol.cz/ - cooperating with other students - regular attendance - max. two absences allowed
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Recommended literature
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Autentické texty.
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https://moodle.ff.upol.cz/. MOODLE FF UPOL/Centrum jazykového vzdělávání.
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