Module: German Language Skills (Advanced)

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	German Language Skills (Advanced)
Module Code	GER1035 (ITS: GE497)
Faculty	SALIS	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10

Description

This module, conducted in the target language, is aimed at advanced learners who wish to further develop their writing, oral and analytical skills for academic purposes. Learners work with texts on current affairs from the target language media. They learn to understand and summarise them and produce a critical analysis while gaining accuracy and fluency on linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences. Learners explore and develop writing techniques through specific writing activities in the target language with a view to improving fluency, accuracy and range of expression in written production in the target language. The module also helps students to further develop their oral communication skills, both in terms of spoken production and interaction.

Learning Outcomes

1. 1. Extract information, ideas and opinions from a wide range of written registers drawn from a variety of sources (for example journalistic, literary, artistic).
2. 2. Produce well organised and structured written discourse of various text types on complex current affairs subjects, showing a controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices in the foreign language.
3. 3. Develop critical analysis and cultural awareness when presenting and discussing complex topics written and oral.
4. 4.Give a clear, detailed oral presentation on a range of subjects and explain various viewpoints.
5. 5. Interact and express themselves clearly and spontaneously in a Q&A session.
6. 6. Show good grammatical control of complex language; occasional non-systematic errors and minor flaws in sentence structures may still occur.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Independent Study	100	Students use additional materials and resources and study further independently
Directed learning	64	Students prepare materials and tasks in advance of classes, completion of tasks allocated
Assignment Completion	50	Students prepare for assessments
Seminars	36	Attendance and active participation in class
Total Workload: 250

Section Breakdown
CRN	10771	Part of Term	Semester 1
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Friederike Gelke	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Presentation	presentations in pairs on topic relevant to this module; Question and Answer	35%	Week 9
Written Exam	in-class written activity on module-related topics	35%	Other
In Class Test	Two short written tests (grammar and vocabulary)	30%	Other

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Reading List

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