Deutsch für Anfänger (German for beginners A2.1) 
                 
                 Description 
                 This course is based on the beginner course (A1.2) of last semester, i.e. students should have 
                 a basic knowledge of German. Newly enrolled students who have completed level A1.2 can 
                 join this course. The course will be based on the textbook Menschen A2.1  (Hueber). 
                 Communication skills: understand written and oral texts about everyday life, and – to a certain 
                 extent – also about university life; speak about a variety of everyday topics and learn to cope 
                 linguistically with different kinds of everyday situations; write texts that are commonly met 
                 with in everyday communication. 
                 Grammar: perfect tense (regular  and  irregular  verbs),  possessive  pronouns,  prepositions, 
                 declination of adjectives, past subjunctive, common conjunctions, reflexive verbs. The course 
                 objective includes the continued acquisition of basic oral and written skills. 
                 Course design: This is a blended learning course in which students train their linguistic skills 
                 in class as well as on an e-learning platform (Moodle). 1 ECTS is awarded for the work in class 
                 and  2  ECTS  for  teacher-guided  autonomous  learning  at  home,  the  latter  amounting  to 
                 approximately four hours per week. A small reading project adapted to the proficiency level of 
                 the students will be integrated into the course. Students will also develop a writing portfolio 
                 with four short texts and give a short presentation about a university-related topic at the end of 
                 the semester. There will be three continuous assessment tests during the semester (1 listening 
                 comprehension test, and 2 vocabulary tests). The course ends with a final test. 
                 Learning outcomes 
                 By the end of this course, students should be able to: 
                        understand and provide information about family and profession, tourism and culture as 
                         well as sports and food 
                        understand and provide information about past activities 
                        understand and provide basic information about university life 
                        ask for help; express recommendations and suggestions as well as hope and surprise 
                        give a short presentation about a university-related topic 
                        compose basic texts and revise them with the support of the teacher (email, report, 
                         summary) 
                 Prerequisites 
                 A1.2 
                 
                 Bibliography 
                 Habersack, Charlotte (2013): Menschen A2.1. Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Kursbuch. Ismaning: 
                 Hueber. 
                 Breitsameter,  Anna  (2013):  Menschen  A2.1.  Deutsch  als  Fremdsprache.  Arbeitsbuch. 
                 Ismaning: Hueber. 
                 Dittrich, Roland (2016): Die Skorpion-Frau: Liebe und Tod in Heidelberg. Berlin: Cornelsen 
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                 Grading 
                        Continuous assessment (50% of the final grade): 
                               •   1 listening comprehension test in class (5%) 
                               •   1 writing portfolio with four texts, each around 40 words in length (10%) 
                                   The revised versions of the texts will be graded. 
                               •   1 short presentation (2-3 minutes) about a university-related topic (10%) 
                               •   2 vocabulary tests in class (5%) 
                               •   Online tasks: grammar, vocabulary, listening comprehension etc. (10%) 
                                   At least 50% of the tasks need to be completed in order to get the full score. 
                               •   A reading project with online tasks (10%) 
                                   At least 50% of the tasks need to be completed in order to get the full score. 
                        Final test (50% of the final grade) 
                 
                 Registration 
                 Via Moodle 
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