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| sofiapofia Pentaglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4941 days ago 88 posts - 103 votes  Speaks: Swedish, Hindi, Portuguese, English*, Marathi Studies: German, Danish, Sanskrit, Icelandic | Message 1 of 7 09 August 2011 at 11:11pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I am about to start this course next term and it runs over a term (12 weeks) This is the synopsis of the
module: "This module, with five four contact hours per week, brings students to a level of proficiency in both written and spoken German enabling them to participate effectively in university modules, placements abroad and to pursue careers involving fluent use of German. Attention is paid to developing fundamental linguistic skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Specific attention will also be paid to morphology and syntax." Will I be at a low C1 level after this module. I have to study in Germany next year and I'm a bit worried whether or not I'll be able to manage. Sorry that I can't provide any more information; I don't have access to any more than this. Oh and one of the set texts of this module is : Deutsches Universal-wörter-buch Neue Rechtschreibung published by Duden 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Sprachgenie Decaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5709 days ago 128 posts - 165 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, Icelandic, Flemish, Persian, Swiss-German Studies: English, Belarusian | Message 2 of 7 10 August 2011 at 1:07am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You should use the course to supplement your own studies. The course alone will never prepare you for what you'll need in Germany.
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| sofiapofia Pentaglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4941 days ago 88 posts - 103 votes Speaks: Swedish, Hindi, Portuguese, English*, Marathi Studies: German, Danish, Sanskrit, Icelandic | Message 3 of 7 10 August 2011 at 2:13am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Well considering I've pretty much taught myself German and managed to get on to an advanced course in my University and that I talk regularly with my boyfriend in German, I guess I do know how to supplement my university studies. My question was more to find out if this course 'sounded' as though it brought students to a high B2 or low C1 level and not whether it was adequate enough to prepare me for my six months in a German university next year. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| The Stephen Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5052 days ago 65 posts - 77 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Czech, Hungarian | Message 4 of 7 10 August 2011 at 8:21am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Is this a typo or something else? I ask because I think hours per week would be important to know, to get a better idea of how much you can expect to improve with the course.
I think most of this can be said of a very wide range of courses, but I think the 'fluency' part limits it to B1 or higher (if I'm not mistaken, fluency on the CEFR scale starts at B1 or a little above that). The part I put in bold though is, I think, the important part. That definitely says 'advanced' to me. I'll go out on a limb and say this course guarantees B2 at the very least. Any level after that I would unfortunately have to put in the "maybe" category. But C1 or not, it sounds like it would be a good opportunity to at least review and consolidate what you've learned so far. You can always use more confidence with speaking!
Now this is interesting. Is this the only text? If there is no workbook then this would indeed be a pretty serious class! Sorry I can't give a more definite answer. By the way: What is a 'module'? Is it just a synonym for class or course? I don't think we use that word in regards to school in the US. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5320 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 5 of 7 10 August 2011 at 9:31am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Unfortunately, the course description is to vague to know for sure.
AFAIK, most universities will only admit students who passed the TestDAF test or an equivalent test. In addition, you'll also most likely have to take the DSH test. For more information see the DAAD web site.
BTW, you can get this comprehensive monolingual German dictionary for free, if you dowload the Kindle app for PCs or smartphones. (It'll be downloaded on demand as soon as you try to look up a word in German language ebook for the first time.) Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| sofiapofia Pentaglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4941 days ago 88 posts - 103 votes Speaks: Swedish, Hindi, Portuguese, English*, Marathi Studies: German, Danish, Sanskrit, Icelandic | Message 6 of 7 10 August 2011 at 9:58am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Is this a typo or something else? I ask because I think hours per week would be important to know, to get a better idea of how much you can expect to improve with the course. A module is the same as a course in America. This particular module has four contact hours but we are expected to put in six extra hours outside classrooms hours. Since our terms are 12 weeks each, it would amount to 120 hours of studying for the course. The book I mentioned is one of the books on the set list. Also this is a translation heavy course and from what I've seen (module handbook and past papers) it's basically English to German translation. Thanks for your help! I agree it would be a B2 level course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| sofiapofia Pentaglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4941 days ago 88 posts - 103 votes Speaks: Swedish, Hindi, Portuguese, English*, Marathi Studies: German, Danish, Sanskrit, Icelandic | Message 7 of 7 10 August 2011 at 10:03am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I don't need to do those German tests, I study German and Linguistics at university and will spend part of my year abroad as an Erasmus exchange in Germany. Thanks for the Kindle tip :) Edited by sofiapofia on 10 August 2011 at 10:04am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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