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Course Description
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Course Name
Intermediate 2 German (Intensive)
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Host University
Freie Universität Berlin
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Location
Berlin, Germany
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Area of Study
European Studies, German
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Language Level
Intermediate
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Prerequisites
Please note that this course must be taken in conjunction with one other Intensive German Language course for a total of 9 ECTS credits.
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Course Level Recommendations
Lower
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Contact Hours
132 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits8
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units13
Hours & Credits
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Overview
This course aims to systematically improve your writing and reading competences. It focuses on your acquisition of complex linguistic structures and your consistent self-correction. It will help you further develop effective reading and listening strategies by using texts and listening examples that extend beyond everyday communication. In-class discussions will be based on the weekly reading of literary and non-literary texts that will motivate you to exchange information, ideas, and opinions. In addition, these texts will provide important cultural and historical background information. Grammar revision is just one of the foci of this course; yet, you will expand and deepen your knowledge of German grammar through specific exercises.
Textbook
Netzwerk B1 („Kursbuch“ and „Arbeitsbuch“) by Stefanie Dengler et al., Klett Stuttgart 2017; Mittelpunkt B2 („Lehrbuch“ and „Arbeitsbuch“) by Albert Daniels et al., Klett Stuttgart 2012; literary texts and authentic/original material
Topics
Talking about the future
Urban planning
Relationships and conflicts
Health (care)
Media and the arts
Society and politics
Cities and traffic
Globalization
Banks and finance
Travelling Concepts of “beauty”Structures
tenses, temporal adverbs – sentence order – relative clauses – temporal, causal, modal and spatial expressions – negation – passive tense – declension of adjectives – participles I and II as attribute – verbs and cases – morphology – infinitive clauses in present and past tense
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Eligibility for courses may be subject to a placement exam and/or pre-requisites.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits are converted to semester credits/quarter units differently among U.S. universities. Students should confirm the conversion scale used at their home university when determining credit transfer.
Availability of courses is based on enrollment numbers. All students should seek pre-approval for alternate courses in the event of last minute class cancellations