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General Language Skills (10 hours):
• Write a CV and letter of application/covering letter.
• Reading and understanding job advertisements.
• Reading and understanding product information and company brochures.
• Writing product descriptions for professional use.
• Following up prospective clients in writing
• Completing a written summary of a text.
• Writing a short essay on a topical issue in Germany.
• Writing up the minutes of the meeting.
• Summarising the main points of several articles.
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Oral (10 hours) The following areas will be covered through oral class
• Organising a stand at a trade fair; meeting prospective clients; presenting the products.
• Analysing television and press advertisements; advertising a product; creating an advertising campaign.
• Interviewing clients and consumers; conducting a meeting/discussion forum.
• Expressing opposition, concession and intent.
• Summarising a text in oral form; preparing an oral exposé.
• Making a coherent presentation on a general topic.
• Mock interviews; preparing the questions, asking and answering the questions. (these interviews will be enacted by the students)
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Grammar: (10hours) The following grammar topics will be studied. In ad
• Revision of main grammar points studied in previous modules.
• Pluperfect
• Relative pronouns
• Konjunktiv II (würde + infinitive)
• Pronouns
• Use of the tenses
• Mood: indicative, imperative and subjunctive
• Passive voice
• Word formation
• Punctuation
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Culture: (6 hours)
• Trade fairs.
• Product description.
• Selling a product.
• Advertising (written and visual)
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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 3 Ch. 6 - 10 (incl. CDs), Ernst Klett Verlag.
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U. Albrecht; D.Dane et al. (2005), Passwort Deutsch Arbeitsbuch 3 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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Recommended Article/Paper Resources |
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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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