Code 6039, Learning Path 1 Head Teacher: Prof. Anna DAL COLLO

Class contents and exam
requirements
German Language
(second language)
Code 6039, Learning Path 1
Head Teacher: Prof. Anna DAL COLLO
Objectives pag. 2
Programme pag. 2
Set and recommended textbooks pag. 4
Exam content and description pag. 5
Concluding Info pag. 6
Reference: a.y. 2010/2011/6039/June 2010
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German Course - Code 6039
a.y. 2010/2011/6039/June 2010
GERMAN AS SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE – code 6039
The course is aimed at students who have chosen German as their second foreign
language. It runs over one year and the exit level is set at A2 (elementary).
The course ends in an exam which, once passed, gives the student two credits and which grade
forms part of the overall final degree grade average.
Students can also choose to take a partial exam during the year which, if passed, adds one
thirtieth to the final grade.
Programme
The syllabus covers all the units in the set Textbooks. In addition to the classroom teaching
students are also required to complete a self-study programme. The activities in this need to be
carried out in conjunction with the class work (up to five hours per week) in order to constantly
reinforce the lessons learnt and prepare for the exam. Students who actively participate in the
course by attending at least 70% of the lessons and completing on time self study programme will
be awarded one thirtieth to their final exam grade.(see “Exam” below for further details).
Topics/Units* Grammar
Kommunikation
A1
Unit 1, 2, 3
Menschen und Häuser
A1
Unit 4
Termine
A1
Unit 5
Orientierung
A1
Unit 6
Berufe
A1
Unit 7
Berlin
A1
Unit 8
Nomen: Singular und Plural
Artikel: der, das, die/ ein, eine
Verneinung: kein, keine
Personalpronomen
Verben: Präteritum von sein
W-Frage, Aussagesatz und Satzfrage
Zahlen, Komposita
Possessivartikel im Nominativ
Artikel im Akkusativ
Adjektive im Satz
Präpositionen und Zeitangaben
Zeitangaben machen
Präteritum von haben
Trennbare Verben
Dativ
Präpositionen: in, neben, unter, auf, vor, hinter,
an, zwischen, bei und
mit + Dativ
Ordnungszahlen
Modalverben: müssen, können
Akkusativ
Präpositionen + Akkusativ und Dativ
Modalverb: wollen
Self-study
programme**
ST: pag. 24-29; 38-
43; 52-57
AB: Im Büro
ST: pag. 68-81
AB:
Possessivartikel
oder unbestimmter
Artikel?
AB: Möbel im Büro
und zu Hause
AB:
Wohnungsanzeigen
ST: pag. 92-97
AB: Verneinen mit
nicht
ST: pag. 106-111
AB: Mit Bus und
Bahn
ST: pag. 120-125
AB: Berufe: Typisch
Mann oder typisch
Frau?
ST: pag. 134-145
AB: Die Stadt und
der Verkehr
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Ferien und Urlaub
A1
Unit 9
Essen und trinken
A1
Unit 10
Kleidung und Wetter
A1
Unit 11
Körper und Gesundheit
A1
Unit 12
Sprachen und Biografien
A2
Unit 1
Familienalbum
A2
Unit 2
Reisen und Mobilität
A2
Unit 3
Aktiv in der Freizeit
A2
Unit 4
Medien
A2
Unit 5
Ausgehen
A2
Unit 6
Zu Hause
A2
Unit 7
Kultur erleben
A2
Unit 8
Perfekt: regelmäßige und unregelmäßige
Verben
Häufigkeitsangaben: jeden Tag, manchmal, nie
Fragewort: welch-
Komparation: viel, gut, gern
Adjektive im Akkusativ
Demonstrativa
Wetterwort es
Imperativ
Modalverb: dürfen
Personalpronomen im Akkusativ
Nebensätze mit weil
Komparation mit wie und als
Superlativ
Possessivartikel im Dativ
Nebensätze mit dass
Genitiv-s
Modalverb sollen
Reflexivpronomen
Zeitadverbien
Verben mit Präpositionen
Indefinita
Indirekte Fragen im Nebensatz
Adjektive ohne Artikel: Nominativ und
Akkusativ
Personalpronomen im Dativ
Relativsatz, Relativpronomen im Nominativ
und Akkusativ
Modalverben im Präteritum
Nebensätze mit als
Zeitadverbien
Verben im Präteritum: er lebte, ich arbeitete,
es gab
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ST: pag. 156-161
AB: Ein Land mit 16
Ländern
AB: Ferien auf
„Balkonien“
ST: pag. 170-175
AB: Lebensmittel
und Küche
AB: Schnelles
Essen: gutes
Essen?
ST: pag. 184-189
AB: Demonstrativa
und
Fragepronomen
AB: Kleider machen
Leute?
ST: pag. 198-207
AB: Die Deutschen
und der Fußball
AB: Husten und
Schnupfen
ST: pag. 16-21
AB: Biografien:
Personenraten
AB: Vergleichen mit
dem Komparativ
ST: pag. 32-37
AB: Familie als
Lebensform
ST: pag. 46-55
AB: Auf dem
Flughafen in
München
ST: pag. 68-73
AB: Ganz schön
sportlich
ST: pag. 82-87
AB: Wortschatz
rund um den
Computer
ST: pag. 96-107
AB: Kaffee ist nicht
gleich Kaffee
AB: Im Restaurant
ST: pag. 120-125
ST: pag. 134-139
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German Course - Code 6039
Arbeitswelten
A2
Unit 9
Feste und Geschenke
A2
Unit 10
Mit allen Sinnen
A2
Unit 11
Erfindungen und Erfinder
A2
Unit 12
Sätze verbinden mit denn / weil
Das Verb werden
Präpositionen mit Dativ
Verben mit Dativ
Verben mit Dativ- und Akkusativ. Ergänzung
Bedingungen und Folgen:
Nebensätze mit wenn
Indefinita
Präpositionen mit Dativ und Akkusativ
Relativsätze: in, mit +Dativ
Nebensätze mit um zu, damit
Passiv mit werden/ wurden
a.y. 2010/2011/6039/June 2010
ST: pag. 148-159
ST: pag. 172-177
ST: pag. 186-191
ST: pag. 200-209
*Units refer to Studio d A1 and A2 (see “Set textbooks”)
**The self-study programme refers to:
ST: Studio d A1 and A2 (see “Set textbooks)
AB: Arbeitsblätter. Exercises referring to the units of the set textbook, available on the e-learning.
In order to get the most out of the course, students are also advised to do the exercises available
on the website of the publishing house, respectively at:
� Volume A1: http://www.cornelsen.de/sites/assets/studioda1/index.php
� Volume A2: http://www.cornelsen.de/sites/assets/studioda2/index.php
Set textbooks
� Funk, Kuhn, Demme, Studio d A1, Cornelsen
� Funk, Kuhn, Demme, Studio d A2, Cornelsen
� Reimann, M., Grammatica di base della lingua tedesca, Hueber
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German Course - Code 6039
A2 Exam
a.y. 2010/2011/6039/June 2010
The exam consists of a written paper and an oral exam. Both need to be passed for the grade to
count towards the final average. The oral exam can only be taken once the written exam has been
passed (minimum mark 18/30). The pass in the written exam is valid for three oral exams
subsequent to the written exam; if the student does not take the oral exam within this time limit the
written exam will need to be taken again. Students can chose to retake the written exam before the
taking the oral exam but must remember that handing in their paper annuls any previous grade.
Written exam
The written exam is divided in three parts. The final grade is the total score from the three in
thirtieths.
Monolingual and bilingual dictionaries can be used.
Duration of the exam: 120 minutes, after the listening.
Description of exam stages
Listening to the
passage
Contents of exam
Pause Repeat listening to the
passage
120 minutes for the completion of the
written exam
First
part
Listening to brief messages and news: announcements, dialogues ecc..
To identify the subject matter, how it is communicated and the opinion expressed in one
Objective or more listening passages
Exam 1.Sentence completion and/or tables; true/false questions; multiple choice
answers
10/30
Second
part
Grammar exercises
Checking that candidates have a solid understanding of basic grammar (declension,
Objective conjugation, syntax)
Exam Sentence completion, matching, transformation 10/30
Third
part
Reading comprehension of one or more texts, possibly also containing images
Objective Checking candidates’ability to:
-understands texts
-to write structured texts according to the instructions and a format given
Exam Writing a text (letter, summary, memorandum) 10/30
Oral exam
There are two parts to the oral exam: presentation and discussion. The presentation is about two
topics (one chosen by the student, the other by the examiner, taken from Italian or German press)
contained in the course.
It is indispensable that the above-mentioned items are prepared thoroughly for the oral exam and
students are advised to prepare themselves well in advance of the date. Details on how to prepare
for the exam are to be found on line in the library for each language (Bocconi e-learning platform)
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or at: www.unibocconi.it/centrolinguistico in Laboratori linguistici > Materiali di autoapprendimento
on-line.
Students will be assessed in terms of their practical ability to communicate.
The oral exam grade can be added to or subtracted from the written exam result (minimum 18/30
to access the oral exam) by -3 and + 3 thirtieths.
Duration of the exam: 15 minutes
Description of exam stages
Presentation
Carrying out the tasks (the one chosen by the student and the one given by the
examiner): 10-12 minutes
Discussion Discussion of the topic presented led by the examiners using ad hoc questions
Concluding info
The assessment of language skills depends both on the result of the final exam and on marks
awarded during the year.
Students who pass the partial exam (minimum 18/30), positively participate in the course and
complete the self-study activities on time will be awarded extra points, up to 3/30.
These points have limited time validity and will be will be added to the final grade by the teacher,
as follows:
1. Positive participation to the course
2. Partial exam
3. Final exam passed on the first time it is taken
Any additional points are allocated by the teacher at the end of the course depending on students’
attendance and active participation as determined in class and on line in each language’s Library
on the Bocconi e-learning platform: These points are valid for a limited duration as specified in the
following.
1. Positive participation to the course and self-study activities
Following a positive participation to the course an extra point can be added to the final grade by
the teacher as follows:
Activity Extra
points
Attendance to at least 70% of the lessons +
completion on time of the self-study
1/30
programme
2. Partial exam
Validity
7 months from the end of the course
(from June to December, inclusive)
The “partial exam” consists of a written test. It is optional and all students (attending lessons and
not) can take the exam. It takes place once a year at the end of the first semester (the date can be
checked on the exam timetable). All students must enroll via the Punto Blu.
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Activity Extra points Validity
Partial exam passed 1/30 12 months after the exam (January-December inclusive)
Description of exam stages
The exam covers the topics from unit 1 to 12 of the course book Studio d A1 and verifies students’
grammar and vocabulary skills.
Duration of the exam: 60 minutes
Neither mono- nor bi-lingual dictionaries can be used.
Contents of the exam
It consists of multiple choice answers, transformation and matching exercises, composition of
sentences with words given for a total grade of 60/60.
In order to pass the exam students must get 80% out of the total score (48/60).
The final grade is expressed by “pass” or “fail”; the extra points will be awarded in case of positive
result (“pass”).
3. Final exam passed on the first time it is taken
In order to award students who sit for the exam only when really prepared, an extra point will be
added to the final grade if they enroll to the exam and hand it in for the first time, pass the exam
(minimum 18/30) and pass the oral exam on the first available date subsequent to the written
exam.
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