Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Institute of Germanic Studies
- Code
- BMI-NEMD-809D
- Title
- Language of the Economy in German
- Usual semester
- Spring
- ECTS
- 4
- Language
- Learning outcomes
- The aim of the course is to develop the students' productive and receptive technical language competence in Business German with the help of practice-oriented exercises as well as authentic (audio and video) materials and texts. Knowledge: The students have a high level of German competence, i.e. level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and know another foreign language at a level necessary for dealing with subject content, especially technical terminology. They have a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the specific written and oral, scientific and public, popularizing genres and contexts of their field. Skills: They have the ability to critically evaluate current research and scientific activities in the field of literary and linguistic studies, as well as in interdisciplinary areas. In German, they can communicate effectively according to the expectations of the age, and are able to present information, arguments and analyses to professional and non-professional audiences from various aspects at a high level. Attitude: They strive to deepen and develop their professional and linguistic knowledge. They are open to approaching their chosen field in an interdisciplinary way. Autonomy, responsibility: They stand for the methods with which their field works and accept the autonomy and methodological specifics of other scientific disciplines with responsibility. In subject-specific questions they are characterized by critical awareness.
- Course content
- The following topics, contents are taught: Human resources: businessmen and office clerks and their fields of activity; presentation of the company profile; planning and handling of business exhibitions, participation and product presentation at exhibitions, expos.
- Assessment method
- endterm examination
- Bibliography
- Höffgen, Adelheid (2006): Deutsch lernen für den Beruf. Kommunikation am Arbeitsplatz. Kursbuch, Arbeitsbuch. Max Hueber Verlag. Leimbacher, Eric / Buhlmann, Rosemarie / Fearns, Anneliese (2008): Wirtschaftsdeutsch von A bis Z. Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch. Neubearbeitung. Langenscheidt.