German 4

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

German 3. Otherwise, any student enrolling in German at The University of Melbourne for the first time is required to take the online German Placement Test regardless of their background in German. The results of the Placement Test are binding and enrolment can only be changed in consultation with the relevant subject coordinator.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

In this subject, students further extend their competencies in writing, reading, speaking and listening by engaging with authentic texts and situations.

Students will engage with authentic texts that deal with past and present themes of increasing complexity and that are of significance in German-speaking Europe. Feature and documentary film, opinion writing, pop songs and interviews are some of the genres students will encounter and that will provide the inspiration for personal expression of a moderate level of sophistication. The acquisition of advanced linguistic structures such as the subjunctive and passive will enable students to begin to express with more complexity their own experiences, wishes and views. They will begin to understand written German at a more formal level (such as newspaper reports). Students will make first attempts to deploy these structures in written form and verbal utterances that engage with personal and political themes such as coming of age, the GDR past and racism and immigration. On completion of the subject students should have attained a moderate level of complexity in speaking, aural comprehension, reading and writing of German.

On successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to read more sophisticated texts and to practice and augment accurate writing skills;
• have used a wider range of vocabulary about people and places including language about historical and contemporary themes; use more complex grammatical structures including a greater range of tenses and cases and modes;
• be able to comprehend more complex spoken German and express themselves in broader social and political contexts;
• be able to find information from various sources, including dictionary, library and the internet; develop analytical skills, learning strategies and the ability to process, organize and integrate information;
• have developed a differentiated and informed understanding of self and other and of cross-cultural exchange; apprehend and appreciate features of the interaction of language and identity; engage with contemporary and historical themes in the German national consciousness;
• have developed an openness to the world and an awareness of cultural and historical contexts;
• have acquired time management and planning skills through managing and organizing workloads;
• have developed the ability to reflect on their language learning process and on linguistic and cultural differences of the target language and cultures.
  
  

• 2 x listening tests during semester [10%]
• Written work during semester [35%]
• Oral presentation during semester [5%]
• 2 hour final exam during the exam period [50%]

This subject has the following hurdle requirements:

• Regular participation in tutorials is required with a minimum of 75% attendance.
• All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day and in-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.

Begegnungen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch.
Sprachniveau A2+. Anne Busch and Szilvia Szita. Schubert-Verlag: Leipzig. (latest edition.)

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

• be able to find information from various sources, including dictionary, library and the internet;
• have developed a differentiated and informed understanding of self and other and of cross-cultural exchange;
• be able to acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organizing workloads;
• have developed analytical skills, learning strategies and the ability to process, organize and integrate information;
• have developed an openness to the world and an awareness of cultural and historical contexts;
• be able to apprehend and appreciate features of the interaction of language and identity.