Business German (3 ECTS)

Location and time

The course will start in week 36 and end in week 42. Scheduled assignments. The course has four online meetings. The course has mandatory online meetings on Zoom on 4.9., 18.9. and 2.10. at 4.00 pm. Final exam in the electronic system in weeks 43 to 45.

Materials

Material on Moodle

Exam schedules

Retake of the final exam in the electronic system in weeks 48 and 49.

International connections

Moodle and Zoom

Evaluation methods and criteria

Successfull completion of written and oral assignments. Final exam in thel electronic exam. Scale 0 to 5.

Student workload

3 credits = approx. 80 hours of study four online meetings

Content scheduling

The student understands texts related to business, economics and sustainability and masters vocabulary related to topics. The student is able to tell about a company's operations and financial development both orally and in writing. The student is able to tell key things about the economic life of their own country and gets acquainted with the features of German economic life. The following structures will be practiced: the passive voice, comparison, infinitive clauses and nominalisation. Proficiency level B1.

Failed (0)

The student's message is not conveyed. The command of expressions typical of communication situations is very inadequate. The command of grammatical structures is not at the required skill level.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student's message is not always conveyed in written and oral communication situations. The command of expressions typical of communication situations is insufficient. The student mainly uses simple structures.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student's message is mainly conveyed well in both written and oral communication situations. They know how to use expressions typical of communication situations quite well. The use of structures is quite fluent.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student's message is conveyed very well in both written and oral communication situations. They are able to use expressions typical of communication situations fluently. The use of structures is versatile and almost flawless.

Teaching methods

Teaching language: German The course is an online course with both individual assignments and pair and group work. Learning assignments are on Moodle. The course has mandatory online meetings on Zoom on 4.9., 18.9. and 2.10. at 4.00 pm. For online meetings, the student will need a camera and a headset. Final exam in the electronic system Exam.

Further information

German for Work 3 or skills on level B1 (e.g. 7 to 10 years during school years) You can test your proficiency level on this website: https://www.goethe.de/de/spr/kup/tsd.html

Evaluation scale

1-5