Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The students will
- understand slow and clear speech related to course topics
- are able to communicate orally and in writing in simple everyday situations, such as telling about the family, free time and health
- are able to use the most frequent basic structures.

CEFR level A1

Implementation and methods of teaching

Teaching languages: German, English and Finnish
Online classes, independent study and learning assignments.
Oral exercises in pairs and teams, exercises on pronunciation, texts, listening, vocabulary and grammar.

Timing and attendance

Classes in Zoom in weeks 44 to 50 twice a week. Schedule in TimeEdit.
Written exam in the electronic system in weeks 51/2024 to 2/2025.
Oral exam in week 50.

Learning material and recommended literature

Netzwerk neu A1, Kursbuch (chapters 5 to 8)
Writers: Stefanie Dengler, Paul Rusch, Helen Schmitz, Tanja Sieber
Publisher: Ernst Klett Sprachen, Stuttgart
ISBN 978-3-12-607156-7

Available also as a digital book:
https://www.klett-sprachen.de/netzwerk-neu-a1/t-1/NP00860715601?anchor=title-editions-linkboxes

Alternative completion methods

The course can be completed independently. In addition to the written exam and approved learning assignments, a mandatory oral exam.

Exam retakes

Written exam resit in weeks 7 to 8.

Learning environment

Zoom and Moodle
For the online meetings, students will need a pc or a laptop, a web camera and a microphone.
The online meetings will not be recorded.

Student time use and work load

3 ECTS = approx. 80 hours of study
- classes approx. 28 hours
- independent study, learning assignments and exam approx. 50 hours

Contents

In the course, the students will learn to tell about the family, everyday life and work, to talk about freetime, to make appointments, to communicate in restaurant situations and to tell about health issues at doctor's.

The students will learn to use the following grammatical structures: possessive pronouns, modal verbs, - ordinal numbers, verbs with a prefix, haben and sein in simple past, prepositions with the dative case and the imperative.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

German 1 or equivalent skills

Assessment criteria

The evaluation consists of three parts:
- written exam: 0 to 5
- oral exam or grade based on continous assessment*: pass / fail (*precondition for continous assessment: active participation in 75 percent of the classes)
- approved assignments
The final grade for the course will be 0 to 5.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not reached the learning objectives.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives at a satisfactory level.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives well.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has reached the learning objectives in an excellent manner.