German as a Foreign Language (ILV)

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Specialization AreaConstruction Process Management
Course numberM1.02920.00.350
Course codeGERMAN
Curriculum2025
Semester of degree program Semester 1
Mode of delivery Presence- and Telecourse
Units per week3,8
ECTS credits5,0
Language of instruction

Expertise
Becoming familiar with relevant theoretical and practical subject content:

  • Can understand more complex topics and texts related to their studies and fields of interest, including business news

Applying relevant theoretical and practical subject content:
  • Can present themselves in an interview context.
  • Can deal with telephone inquiries at work.
  • Can discuss more complex topics and texts related to their studies and fields of interest, including business news

Methodological competence
Scientific methods:
  • Can hold complex presentations and analyze texts about the field of specialization

Problem-solving and critical thinking:
  • Can critically recognize and analyse issues related to the field of specialization

Working methods, techniques and procedures:
  • Can understand most of the information presented by native speakers through different texts and media
Social competence

Communication (written):
  • Can produce clear, more complex and generally coherent and cohesive text on a wide range of topics, including writing an argumentative essay, job application
  • ??Can understand and identify the main ideas on both concrete and abstract topics presented in most media texts including technical discussions, lectures and news reports on their field of specialization.?
Communication (oral):
  • Can initiate discourse and interact more fluently and spontaneously, enabling interaction with native speakers

Diversity & Interculturality
  • Can identify basic differences in business communication in an intercultural context

Self-management & self-reflection
  • Can reflect upon the impact of their non/verbal (business) communication

Learning and change
  • Can correct most of their own language mistakes

German B1 certificate

Vocabulary, phrases, grammar and language related to the following topics:

  • Product and process descriptions
  • The world of business: Business news, writing emails and telephoning
  • Language of Special Purposeses: Civil engineering/Architecture
( acc. to the curriculum)
  • Social Interaction: Expressing purpose and emotion
  • Job application and CV

German literature
Bayerlein, O./Raindl, M.: Campus Deutsch - Hören und Mitschreiben. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. München: Hueber Verlag, 2015
Bayerlein, O./Buchner, P. : Campus Deutsch - Schreiben. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. München: Hueber Verlag, 2015
Bayerlein, O.: Campus Deutsch - Präsentieren und Diskutieren. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. München: Hueber Verlag, 2014
Bayerlein, O./Buchner, P. : Campus Deutsch - Lesen. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. München: Hueber Verlag, 2014
Buscha, A./Friedrich, K.: Deutsches Übungsbuch. Übungen zum Wortschatz der deutschen Sprache. Berlin, München, Wien, Zürich, New Yor: Langenscheidt, 1996
Helbig, G./Buscha, J.:Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht. München: Langenscheidt bei Ernst Klett Verlag, 2013
Gottstein-Schramm, B./Kalender, S. et al: Schritte Grammatik. München: Hueber Verlag, 2017
Braunert, J./Schlenker, W. /Becher, N.: Unternehmen Deutsch. B1-B2. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 2005
Eismann, V.: Training berufliche Kommunikation: B2-C1: Erfolgreich am Telefon und bei Gesprächen im Büro. Berlin: Cornelsen Verlag. 2006
Eisman, V.: Training berufliche Kommunikation: B2-C1: Erfolgreich in der interkulturellen Kommunikation. Berlin: Cornelsen Verlag, 2007
Fandrych, C.: Klipp und Klar - Übungsgrammatik Mittelstufe Deutsch B2/C1. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 2012
Fügert, N.: Bewerbungstraining. A2-B1. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 2009
Hering, A./Matussek, M. /Perlmann-Balme, M.: Übungsgrammatik: Deutsch als Fremdsprache. München: Hueber Verlag, 2002
Hering, A./Matussek, M./Perlmann-Balme, M. : em Übungsgrammatik: B1-C1. München: Hueber Verlag, 2002
Sander, I.: DaF kompakt A1-B1. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 2011
Seiffert, C.: Schreiben in Alltag und Beruf. A2/B1. Stuttgart Langenscheidt bei Ernst Klett Verlag, 2013

Additional materials will be provided by lecturer.

Dictionary:
Götz, D.: Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. München, Wien. Langenscheidt, 2015
Fussy, H./Steiner, U. (red.): Österreichisches Wörterbuch. Wien. Oebv, 2012
Kunkel-Razum, K.: Duden. Die Grammatik. Berlin: Dudenverlag, 2016
Kunkel-Razum, K.: Duden. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Standardwörterbuch. Berlin: Dudenverlag, 2010

Additional Literature:
Glaboniat, M./Foltin, B.: Übungsmaterial zum Österreichischen Sprachdiplom. Wien, Klagenfurt. ÖSD, 2016
Kruse, O.: Keine Angst vor dem leeren Blatt. Ohne Schreibblockaden durchs Studium. Frankfurt, New York: Campus Verlag, 2007
Further materials will be provided if necessary.

Lecture, group work, role-play and presentations, self-study

Integrated module examination
Assessment type: continuous assessment
Assessment method/s: the three courses within the module "Languages 4" are all assessed on the following basis:

  • class participation
  • continual assessment
  • final written examination