652 German Language for Specific Purposes
Content
- German speaking countries, importance of German, professional vocabulary learning strategies and acquisition of a foreign language
- Study in Slovenia and Germany, importance of Erasmus exchange
- Facts about Slovenia and its political system (comparison with EU member states)
- State administration, division of powers and professional profiles in public administration
- Local self-government (municipalities, their structure and tasks)
- Local elections
- Presentation of a municipality (problems and solutions)
- Business communication in an international environment (using the phone, writing e-mails)
- Invitation to cooperation and preparation of a visit program
- Communication between civil servants and German speaking clients
- European states, nationalities and languages
- Migrations – work and residence permit for job-seekers from the EU and a third country (non-member EU state)
- Work with online sources, dictionaries and apps for acquiring additional lifelong learning.
Objectives and competences
Objecitves:
Imparting knowledge and skills for use of German at the intermediate and upper intermediate level, so students can …
- talk and write about topics from the field of an international study environment
- understand spoken and written texts on professional topics referring to Slovene and European public administration
- successfully communicate in business occasions (making phone calls and writing e-mails)
- summarise oral and written messages form and in German
- express their opinion and ideas
- conduct and present a problem-based research project in German
- prepare a shorter written text on a professional topic
- look for online sources in order to find, select and use relevant profession-related data as well as for lifelong learning of German
Competences:
- speaking and writing skills as well as reading and listening comprehension in German for communication in more demanding profession-related and everyday situations
- acquisition of specialist terminology, grammar and different forms of oral communication
- understanding spoken language in order to continue and develop a professional conversation
- oral and written summary of profession-related texts
- successful communication in business settings
- mastering the skills of oral presentations
- use of German as a tool for lifelong learning and knowledge acquisition