COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACADEMIC GERMAN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AÖD 5009 ACADEMIC GERMAN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KUTHAN KAHRAMANTÜRK

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire the changes and tendency of development in the grammar structures of German language in the decades respectively in morphology, syntax, vocabulary and in different fields of grammar.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to comprehend the factors that cause the changes in the language.
2   Ability to comprehend the changes and tendency of development in the grammar structures of German language.
3   Ability to comprehend the terms Neudeutsch . Anglizismen Denglisch and To indicate criteria for the determination of article of new foreign words in German language.
4   Ability to comprehend the building and the use of expressions for gender difference and gender-free in current German
5   Ability to analyse the building and the use of euphemism in modern German

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic knowledge of disciplines-specific types of text Creating of methods and techniques in disciplines-specific types (presentation)
2 The factors that cause the changes in the language and the term Neudeutsch Nominalisation in current German
3 Influence of English on the current German: `Anglizismen The use of continuous form in current German: `Verlaufsform
4 The topic Denglisch The building and the use of expressions for gender difference and gender-free in current German
5 The changes and tendency of development in the morphology of German Final Exam
6 The changes and tendency of development in the conjugation and case of German
7 The changes and tendency of development in the use of conjunctive mood of German
8 Course Overview, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 The building and the use of euphemism in modern German
10 The changes and tendency of development in functional verbs and compound words
11 The changes and tendency of development in syntax of current German

Recomended or Required Reading

- Melanie Moll, Winfried Thielmann: Wissenschaftliches Deutsch. Konstanz 2016, ISBN 978-3-8252-4650-1. (http://www.wissenschaftssprache.de/Wissenschaftssprache_Deutsch/WD_Start.html)
- Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Wissenschaftssprache Sprache der Wissenschaftler. In: Gegenworte, 7. Heft Frühjahr 2001 (Themenheft mit 18 Beiträgen zu diesem Thema), ISSN 1435-571X.
- Martina Drescher: Sprache der Wissenschaft, Sprache der Vernunft. In: Stephan Habscheid und Ulla Fix (Hrsg.): Gruppenstile. Frankfurt am Main, 2003.
- Ludwig M. Eichinger: Sprache der Wissenschaft. Ausweis der Kompetenz und soziales Symbol. In: einblick, Ausgabe 3/2004, S. 15 16, ISSN 0933-128X.
- Helga Esselborn-Krumbiegel: Richtig wissenschaftlich schreiben. Wissenschaftssprache in Regeln und Übungen. UTB Schöningh, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8252-3429-4.
- Gabriele Graefen, Melanie Moll: Wissenschaftssprache Deutsch: lesen verstehen schreiben, Ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch. Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-60948-4.
- Braun, Peter: 1987. Tendenzen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache: Sprachvarietäten. 2., veränd. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart; Berlin; Köln; Mainz: Kohlhammer. (Urban Taschenbücher; Bd. 297.)
- Debus, Friedhelm (1999): Entwicklungen der deutschen Sprache in der Gegenwart und in der Zukunft Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse 1999/2. Mainz/Stuttgart (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur / Steiner).
- Admoni, Wladimir: 1973. Die Entwicklungstendenzen des deutschen Satzbaus von heute. München.
- Eggers, Hans: 1983. Wandlungen im deutschen Satzbau . In: Muttersprache. S. 131-141.
- König, Werner: 1989. dtv-Atlas zur deutschen Sprache. München.
- Polenz, Peter v: 1984. Entwicklungstendenzen des deutschen Satzbaus . In: B. Carstensen u.a.: Die deutsche Sprache der Gegenwart. S. 29-42.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Multimedia Explanation, question and response, discussion, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

written exams

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kuthan.kturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
In-class practices 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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