Type of Credit: Required
Credit(s)
Number of Students
This course aims to introduce German at a beginners level. Guided by a native speaker students will gain firsthand experience in communicating in the German language as well as a basic view onto the German culture. Students will practice content-orientated short dialogues for everyday situations with study partners or groups and present them in class. The teacher’s correction of the students’ performance will improve their ability to speak and understand short simple German sentences at the beginners level.
NCCU encourages students to gain self-learning experiences. Students may use additional materials, e.g., visiting the NCCU e-moodle platform, DW Deutsche Welle online learning courses, etc.
能力項目說明
The goal of this course is to enable students to communicate successfully in simple German on a basic level (i.e. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level A1). German vocabulary and pronunciation will be introduced. This will help the students’ ability to talk and to understand simple German sentences. Students will learn how to talk in simple standard German and practice exchanging uncomplicated information.
Weekly homework assignments including previewing the lesson and revising their assignments will be required. Students will work in groups or with study partners. After each chapter an oral test mostly in form of a free-spoken dialogue in German will be given. Each student’s absentee hours must be under 25% of the total scheduled classroom hours; otherwise the student’s results cannot be accepted.
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週次 Week |
課程主題 Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間 Student workload expectation |
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課堂講授 In-class Hours |
課程前後 Outside-of-class Hours |
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Introduction to the course, introduction of the textbook/handout and/or start of chapter 1 A, Photostory |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
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4 |
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2 |
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Chapter 1 B, C |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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3 |
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Oral mini test, Chapter 2 A, Photostory |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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4 |
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Chapter 2 B, C |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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5 |
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Oral mini test, Chapter 3 A, Photostory |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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6 |
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Chapter 3 B, C |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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7 |
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Chapter 4 A, Photostory |
Preparing the midterm exam |
2 |
4 |
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8 |
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Oral midterm exam |
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2 |
4 |
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9 |
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Chapter 4 B, C |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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10 |
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Chapter 5 A, Photostory |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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11 |
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Oral mini test, Chapter 5 B, C |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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12 |
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Chapter 6 A, Photostory |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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13 |
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Chapter 6 B, C |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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14 |
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Chapter 7A, Photostory |
Homework (exactly matching the class activities) |
2 |
4 |
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15 |
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Chapter 7 B, C |
Preparing the final examination |
2 |
4 |
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16 |
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Oral final examination |
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每周課堂教學時數： 2小時
每周預習/複習時數： 4 小時
* This curriculum is conditional, depending on each particular classes’ level. For example, if the class level is less advanced than expected, I might change or leave out some particles of the originally planned curriculum. Or, if the class is more advanced, I might add some extensive teaching material.
* 依照各個參與班級程度，本課程會視情況調整教學內容。例如，如果班級程度不如預期優等，我可能會更改或刪減部分原訂課程內容。抑或是，如果班級程度特別優等，我則可能會增加一些延伸的上課內容。
NCCU encourages students to gain self-learning experiences.
The teaching approach consists of ca. 60 % lecture and ca. 40% students' learning partner or group activity.
The final grade of the semester will be derived from:
(a) 30%: oral contribution, rarely written homework, and oral tests (i.e. oral tests after each learned chapter)
(b) 30%: the oral mid semester test
(c) 40%: the oral final examination.
Students are not allowed to use mobile phones while playing dialogues and presenting projects that are graded homework. However, in class, working with learning partners, they can use mobile phones as tools for translation.
同學在課堂上進行對話和上台報告時不得使用手機。然而，與學習夥伴一起相關活動時，則可以使用手機作為翻譯工具。
The new textbook “Schritte international Neu, A1.1” (Max Hueber Verlag) with the included workbook will be required for the class.
An additional glossary would be very useful for the students. The workbook CDs that accompany the textbook are highly recommended for practice outside of classroom hours. Furthermore every student needs a dictionary (for instance “Deutsch-Chinesisch Chinesisch-Deutsch. Handwörterbuch zum praktischen Gebrauch”).
Moodle-course The students will have to independently download the additional learning material for each chapter from the respective moodle platform course. (A link will be provided.) 同學需要自行從Moodle平台下載課堂相關額外學習教材。