1605 German Language for Specific Purposes
Content:
- German speaking countries, importance of German, learning strategies of foreign language and specific terminology
- Study in Slovenia and Germany, student exchange
- Facts about Slovenia and its political system
- Presentation of an EU-member-state and comparison with Slovenia
- State administration, division of powers, professional profiles in public administration
- Local self-government (municipalities, structure and tasks)
- Local elections
- Presentation of a home town/municipality (problems and solutions)
- Invitation to cooperation, preparation of a visit program
- Using the phone in business situations and writing e-mail messages
- Communication between a civil servant and a German speaking client
- EU Member states, inhabitants and languages of the EU
- Migrations – work and residence permit for job-seekers from a third country (non-member EU state)
Objectives and competences
Objecitves:
- imparting knowledge for use of German at a low intermediate level and developing skills for …
- successful function in an international higher education environment
- successful business communication (using the phone and writing e-mail messages)
- separating formal speech from informal speech
- effective oral presentations
- giving oral and written messages from German into Slovene and vice versa
- preparation of a shorter professional written text
- reading comprehension of professional vocabulary
- expressing opinion on a certain well known topic
Competences:
Students are able to understand and use German at the basic or less demanding level and …:
- talk about a higher education system in an international environment
- read and listen to shorter, simple texts of specific administration-related language
- use the phone and write e-mail messages
- express opinion (agreement or disagreement) on a certain well known topic
- prepare a written and oral presentation
- find online different sources in German
- use online sources for lifelong learning of a foreign language.