Course Details
German for Intermediate Students
Academic Year 2022/23
VYN005 course is part of 3 study plans
N_A+U Summer Semester 1st year
BPC-VP Summer Semester 1st year
BPC-VP Winter Semester 1st year
Grammar: conjunctions als and wenn, Präteritum, Plusquamperfekt, relative pronouns and relative clauses, genitive, present passive and passive with modal verbs, conditional sentences, infinitiv with zu, um zu, ohne zu, statt zu, two-piece conjunctions
Vocabulary: free time and entertainment, body, health and at the doctor, job and career, flats and furniture, neighbours, commuting
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Understanding of information which is expressed in a clear and standard way,
forming of simple texts on basic common topics,
target level according to the CEFR: B1 lower
Knowledge
The student will be able to understand basic information that is expressed clearly and in a standard way, will be able to form short simple texts on common topics, will reach the target level B1 lower according to the CEFR
Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with grammar and vocabulary taught in the courses VYN001, VYN002, VYN003 and VYN004.
Grammar: conjugation of basic verbs, personal and possessive pronouns, word order, negation, definite and indefinite article, plural, basic and ordinal numbers, time expressions, modal verbs, prepositions, past tenses, adverbs, imperative,the subjunctive, reflexive verbs, question words, conjunctions weil, wenn and dass, Konjunktiv II, declination of adjectives after the indefinite article, definite article and no article; comparatives and superlatives, the passive
Vocabulary: meeting others, introducing yourself, family, food and drink, living in a house or a flat, my day, free time, learning, jobs, travelling, body parts and health, clothes and shopping, holidays, in the restaurant, at work, sport and fitness, education and career, celebrations, culture, at the post office, city traffic, weather, travelling and accomodation, money
Vocabulary: meeting othe
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1st week - preposition als and wenn, Präteritum, topic: good luck, bad luck
2nd week - Plusquamperfekt, topic: newspaper articles, happy moments in life
3rd week - relative pronouns and relative clauses, topic: TV programme
4th week - genitive, topic: bodily exercise, healthy lifestyle
5th week - passive voice, topic: at the doctor
6th week - 2nd conditional, conjunctions darum, deswegen, topic: learning foreign languages
7th week - infinitive +zu, topic: team work
8th week - the phrase brauchen +zu, topic: job and career, creativity
9th week - clauses with um +zu, damit, topic: holiday
10th week - infinitive constructions statt +zu, ohne +zu, topic: weather
11th week - two-piece conjunctions, topic: house and flat
12th week - 3rd conditional, topic: neighbours, commuting