GER2021 German 2A (FOART)

Units 1.0 (Northern European Languages) Band 1

Synopsis

United Germany is a major economic, political and cultural force in the world, in particular in the European Union. German is widely used in central Europe as a means of communication, especially in business and trade, between partners who have no other language in common. German has contributed key terminology to fields such as music, science and engineering. German is also a major Australian community language with special historical significance to south-eastern Queensland. This course will further extend students' communicative competence in German by involving them in learning activities based around various text types, spoken, written and visual, dealing with topics of cultural, historical and literary interest. Where appropriate, texts relevant to students' other major areas of study interest can be used to supplement and complement their learning in German. Students will be encouraged to begin specialising in an area of linguistic or literary/cultural interest and to explore possibilities of later professional application of their German learning.