CULP: German Advanced Plus

Prerequisites£

The concept underpinning this course is one of fostering the learning of higher Advanced German language through listening (mainly films), reading (mainly literature), speaking and writing (both film and literature).

Every session will offer a choice of extracts either from the German* literary canon or from critically acclaimed films, or indeed both, which illustrate the session’s theme. These passages will be analysed by means of listening, reading and communicative exercises and will lead to a discussion about their aesthetic, wider cultural, historical and political implications and relevance today.

More detailed information is available from the Language Centre website.

• University staff and students
• Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available

CEFR B2/C1

Number of sessions: 15

By the end of the course students will be able to: Listening/Speaking: Contribute effectively to discussions about cultural, historical and geographical topics as portrayed in the arts or keep up a casual conversation with a good degree of fluency, coping with abstract and idiomatic expressions. Reading: Read literary works and film/literary criticism with a high degree of understanding, enough to cope with an academic course, to read the media for information as well as to understand non-standard pieces. Writing: Take detailed notes about a particular artistic representation/literary work and to write a well-structured essay about a literary piece and of a film.

The Course introduces students to the following advanced learning skills:

• Communicate fluently whilst maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy;
• Apply their language skills effectively in a broad variety of contexts including academic ones;
• Use relevant language registers and acquire an understanding of the main aspects of the historical, political, economical, cultural and linguistic situation of the countries where the language is spoken;
• Understand audio/visual items from the media depicting artistic works and their background;
• Conduct research in the target language;
• Speak in public and deliver presentations in the target language;
• Acquire necessary skills to retrieve and use multimedia online resources in the target language;

Presentations, practicals and online learning

• Raven access is required
• Further information regarding Raven is available

• Students Fees: £285 to be paid online. Please select ‘Concessionary’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
• Staff Fees: £320 to be paid online. Please select ‘All charged’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
• Links to the online store will be provided with your confirmation email.
• Payment is required within 24 hours of your booking to secure your place.
• Refunds available after the first lesson only.
• Payment for the courses is made on the Online Store (CULP General Purpose courses), (Raven log in).
• Course materials can be found on Moodle (Raven log in), once the course has started.

Fifteen taught sessions of two hours plus online learning

• Three times per year (subject to demand)

• CULP: German Basic 1
• CULP: German Basic 2
• CULP: German Intermediate 1
• CULP: German Intermediate 2
• CULP: German Advanced