Scientific Language German (C1/C2)

32Z0030

Bachelor

German

5.0

winter and summer term

1 semester

Students in higher semesters learn the characteristics and peculiarities of academic language and academic work.

The main focus is on communication at the university, the functionality of language in the transfer of knowledge and the revision of their texts with regard to their coherence and cohesion and the use of scientific language structures.

The aim of the course is for students to become more confident in their work with and production of academic texts and in the German university system.

• Function, structure and linguistic design of scientific texts
• Everyday scientific language, technical terms and eristic structures
• Grammatical features of scientific texts
• Standards and steps of scientific work
• Excerpts and correct citation
• Paying attention to coherence and cohesion in oral and written production
• Means of language variance and language condensation

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• The learning objectives are achieved in particular through communicative learning, whereby all language skills are taken into account and practiced in varying forms of teaching (face-to-face teaching as well as individual, partner and group work).
• Learning is supported by individual preparation and follow-up in the form of written work samples and self-study in analog and digital form.
• The hours used in the Lecturer-based learning field are teaching hours.

• Portfolio exam

• The portfolio examination comprises 100 points and consists of a 20-minute written examination (K20), a 90-minute written examination (K90), a written work sample (APS) and a presentation (PR). K20 is weighted with 10 points, K90 with 50 points, APS with 15 points and PR with 25 points.
• By taking the first examination element, the student declares that he/she wishes to take the examination in this module.
• The portfolio examination is passed if 50% of the total points to be achieved have been earned.
• The portfolio exam tests all target language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) as well as vocabulary and grammar.

• Written exam: 20 and 90 minutes; see valid study regulations
• Written work sample as part of the portfolio examination: approx. 2 pages
• Presentation as part of the portfolio examination: approx. 15 minutes
• The requirements will be specified in the respective seminar.

The course is aimed at advanced learners of German at language level C1 or C2.

• At the C level, academic German is taught in its complexity and density and its use in written and oral production is practiced.
• Commentary statements are increasingly distinguished from value-neutral statements and made with the conscious choice of words.
• After completing the module, students will be able to revise their own and other people's texts in their subject area so that the writing meets the requirements of objectivity and abstraction and is easy to read thanks to the use of expressive variants and linking devices.

• Students acquire receptive strategies for creating excerpts.
• They learn means for revising their own texts with regard to their coherence and cohesion as well as for condensing language and realizing expressive variance. 

• Students will be able to communicate in German in a university context - both orally and in writing - in a manner appropriate to the situation and the target group.
• They will be able to navigate the German higher education system in a targeted and successful manner and communicate with specific target groups.  

• Buczkowski, Beate

• Buczkowski, Beate