Curriculum subject

German A III

Subject
Subject code	HKE098
Subject name	German A III
Credit points	3 ECTS
Grading method	Grade prelim

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2010 RA
Study year	3
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Optional

Subject loads
Lecture	32

General description
Reviewing and commenting of business texts; oral and written communication; describibg trends/graphs; exercises on difficult language structures. Topics: - Impact of practical training on finding future employment; - Work environment; writing a CV and motivation letter; - Written communication ( Emails, memos, accepting/refusing appointments) - Business letter ( order, reclamation, price enquiry) - Oral communication (telephone calls) - "Small talk" topics; - Advertising, its aim, role and impact on customer; - Entrepreneurship, company structure; - Team work, handling of conflicts; - Marketing, product presentation; - making and analyzing of a presentation.

General aim
A business language course for the students of all curricula. The aim of the course is to develop the business language vocabulary and practise both oral and written communication in this field.

Aim
After completing the course the student - can write business letters; - can write a CV and motivation letter in German; - is able to review business texts; - can make a presentation of a company/a product; - analyzes a sample presentation, pointing out its good aspects and shortcomings; - masters the professional vocabulary within the studied topics and is able to use the knowledge successfully in similar work situations.

Form description
Practical lessons (contact classes) Independent work (e-learning Moodle course) Evaluation in contact classes: Module 2: vocabulary test Module 3+4: test Module 5: Practical training report in German (1 A 4 page) Module 7: Company Presentation Module 8: Test: Written communication between companies Module 9: Product presentation

Literature
Eismann,V. 2007. Erfolgreich am Telefon und bei Gesprächen im Büro. Berlin: Cornelsen. Fearns,A, Levy-Hillerich,D. 2009. Kommunikation in der Wirtschaft. Goethe-Institut, München. Cormelsen, Berlin. Hering,A. Matusch,M. 2007. Geschäftskommunikation. Besser schreiben. Berlin: Hueber. Köhl-Kuhn,R. Daiels.A. 2007. Mittelpunkt B2. Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH. Müller,S. 2006. Management Guide Estland. Frankfurt am Main: Cross-Culture Publishing. Riegel-Poyet,M. Boelcke,J. 2008. Das Testbuch Wirtschaftsdeutsch. Langenscheidt. München. Schober,E.2008/2009. Schritte international im Beruf. Internetmaterialien. Hueber Verlag.

Evaluation methods
1. Written tests Grading criteria: 5 - 100 -90% correct answers 4 - 89 - 80% 3 - 79 - 70% 2 - 69 - 60% 1 - 59 - 51% The presentations grading criteria are provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the course.

Name of the e-learning course at Moodle environment (http://ekool.tktk.ee)
Geschäftsdeutsch III

Current rounds
None