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General Language Skills (10 hours):
• Writing a descriptive text to present and describe a company: describing the structure, departments and products/services.
• Composing written film reviews.
• Reading and understanding a sports/television review.
• Reading and understanding a brief news article.
• Making written business enquiries and completing relevant documentation.
• Receiving and leaving more complex phone messages.
• Reporting in writing others’ speech.
• Placing, modifying and cancelling orders in written form.
• Understanding documentation relating to delivery issues.
• Writing a basic letter of complaint.
• Composing a simple news article/report.
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Oral (10 hours) The following areas will be covered through oral class
• Presenting a company: describing the structure, departments and products/services.
• Film reviews: discussing films and providing critiques.
• Making comparisons and expressing tastes and preferences.
• Presenting a sporting programme in chronological order.
• Discussing payment and delivery conditions through role plays.
• Relating others’ conversations; indirect speech; describing forms of speech and intent of speaker.
• Expressing and addressing a problem / complaint.
• Formation of hypotheses.
• Expressing cause and consequence.
• Arguing in favour of / or against something or someone.
• Persuading and convincing someone of something.
• Making a presentation; describing a plan.
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Grammar: (10 hours) The following grammar topics will be studied. In
• Adverbs and adjectives: comparative and superlative structures
• Interrogative structures
• Advanced negative structures
• Word Order (subordinating conjunctions)
• Imperfect tense
• Word order (dass-clauses)
• Indirect speech (Konjunktiv I)
• Pronouns
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Culture: (6 hours)
• German media: cinema, television and press.
• Sports and leisure activities.
• Environment.
• Crime and social issues.
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SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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U. Albrecht; D.Dane et al. (2005), Passwort Deutsch Kursbuch 2 Ch. 6 - 10 (incl. CDs), Ernst Klett Verlag.
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U. Albrecht; D.Dane et al. (2005), Passwort Deutsch Arbeitsbuch 2 Ch. 6 - 10, Ernst Klett Verlag.
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Conlin, C.;. (2000), Unternehmen Deutsch – Lehrbuch, Ernst Klett Verlag.
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Conlin, C.;. (2000), Unternehmen Deutsch – Arbeitsbuch, Ernst Klett Verlag.
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Supplementary Book Resources |
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Dollenmayer D.; Hansen,T. (1999), Neue Horizonte. A first course in German language and culture,, Houghton Mifflin..
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Schenke, H. (2003), Basic German: Grammar and Workbook..;, Routledge..
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Kappler, A. (1999), Facts about Germany, Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei GmbH.
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Clare Dolan. (2003), German Grammar, Folens.
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Zorach, C.,. (1999), English grammar for students of German: the study guide for those learning German., Arnold..
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Supplementary Article/Paper Resources |
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The Educational Company of Ireland. (2010), na, Junior Certificate German JC Higher
Level papers 2001-2010 & CDs.
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The Educational Company of Ireland. (2010), na, Leaving Certificate German LC Higher
Level papers 2001-2010 & CDs.
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Other Resources |
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Goethe Institute Dublin web material:. http://www.goethe.de/ins/ie/dub/enindex.
htm.
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