LN751 German: Level Three (Fast Track)

Knowledge and skills of German at the A2 level of CEFR are required, for example completion of the LSE Language Centre courses LN746 or LN748.

Participants should also:

demonstrate commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework and all assessments
dedicate at least two hours per week for coursework in addition to classes.

All students must take the online aptitude test and gain permission of the tutor in the Needs Analysis Interview to take this course.

Course Aims:

To develop the ability to use German effectively for purposes of practical communication in familiar contexts
To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of German
To improve the pronunciation of German sounds and sentence intonation
To improve reading comprehension, oral and listening skills as well as written communication
To improve accuracy in using inflexions, gender and word-order in sentences.
To enable students to follow and discuss social, political and economic issues related to German-speaking countries at a basic to intermediate language level
To bring students to level B1 CEFR

Communicative Content:

Talking and writing about past events and experiences.
Talking and writing about jobs and professions.
Asking for and giving advice.
Talking and writing about future plans.
Describing the behaviour of people.
Talking and writing about cultural and social events.
Expressing your personal opinion in discussions and arguments

Structural Content: Improving the contextual understanding and use of grammatical structures:

Past and future tenses
Expressions of time and frequency
Word order in main and subordinate clauses
Graduating modal verbs
Introduction of subjunctive and passive voice

16 hours of classes in the MT. 22 hours of classes in the LT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.

This is a 40 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

DaF kompakt neu B1, Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch + 2 Audio-CDs, (Ernst Klett Publishers), ISBN: 978-3-12-676315-8.

Continuous assessment (70%) in the MT and LT.
Oral examination (30%) in the LT.

Department: Language Centre

Total students 2019/20: Unavailable

Average class size 2019/20: 8

Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.