TTK University of Applied Sciences
Subject 'German for Special Purposes II'Name in Estonian: Saksa keel II (erialane)
General descriptionTexts on speciality, reviewing, commenting and summarizing them orally and in writing.
Exercises on difficult constructions. Text-based grammar exercises. Topics: Engineering sciences. Technology and its developments (related to speciality). Speciality-related signs and symbols. Inventions, their role in the development of technology. Other topics related to speciality. Independent work: work with a dictionary, presentation on speciality, homereading (based on 10000 characters of German text). General aimSpecial purpose language course for the students of all curricula. The aim of the course is to develop the students' four components of language competence - listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through interactive and communicative activity and expanding their professional vocabulary.
AimAfter completing the course students
-are able to review the familiar texts, to make both oral and written summaries; -can develop a free conversation in German on familiar topics, make generalizations and give examples; -apply special vocabulary and are able to explain special terms both in his/her mother tongue and in German; -can make and present Power Point presentations on their speciality. Form descriptionPractical classes. Independent work.
LiteratureCourse materials:
Schritte International für den Beruf, online Materialien, 2009, Hueber Verlag. Mittelpunkt B2. Köhl-Kuhn,R. Daiels.A. 2007. Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH. Das Testbuch, Riegel-Poyet,M. Boelcke,J. 2008. Zettl, E. Janssen, J. 2002. Aus moderner Technik und Naturwissenschaften. Hueber. Ismaning. Materials compiled and chosen by the lecturer (internet-based texts and work sheets, texts from journals and magazines). Evaluation methods1. Written tests
2. Oral reporting of texts 3. Making Power Point presentations Name of the e-learning course at Moodle environment (http://ekool.tktk.ee)Fachsprache Deutsch
Is taught in following curricula* Optional subject
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