German Ii and Mediation

This course aims to provide students with reception and production skills in German at a level close to B1 under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Notably, the course aims to develop mediation and metalinguistic skills, also from a contrastive perspective, in line with the objectives of the degree programme. The ultimate goal is to systematise students' theoretical and practical competencies in terms of morphosyntax and vocabulary (including phraseology). The course is both theoretical/descriptive and practical.

Students will acquire proficiency in German at an intermediate level, enabling them to fluently exchange information on familiar topics, both orally and in writing, without taking too much effort. Along with reception, production and interaction, they will acquire skilfulness in mediation, which is cited as the fourth linguistic skill by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will be able to translate and summarise B1-level texts, also taking cultural differences into account. Moreover, they will also acquire metalinguistic skills, enabling them to identify, understand and adopt highly complex morphosyntactic and lexical structures. They will distinguish the different types of complements and subordinate clauses and learn how to use the Korrelate. Finally, they will enrich their vocabulary and learn how to systematise it from a theoretical perspective (according to the semantic relations between lexemes).