GER3101 German 3A (FOART)

Units 1.0 (Northern European Languages) Band 1

Pre-requisite: GER2102

Synopsis

German is the language with the largest number of native speakers in the European Union. It is the native language of around 100 million people in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein, and is spoken as an important second language by people in international business, research, and the arts. German is also a major community language in Australia and German-speaking migrants have made major contributions to our cultural, scientific, and economic development. German has been of particular significance in South-East Queensland. Germany has the world's third largest national economy, is a leading export nation in the field of advanced high technology, and a major agent in global environmental and foreign aid related issues. Studying German as part of an Arts, Business, Engineering, Science, Education, or IT degree, to a confident level of language competence, can provide graduates with an important competitive edge when entering and advancing their careers in increasingly global employment markets. The sequence of courses to be completed for a German Language Major, Minor, or Elective is dependent upon students' existing language competence at entry to the program. New students with post-beginners' knowledge of German will be given a placement test during Orientation Week to determine their most suitable starting point in the core language courses. German 3A is an Intermediate Level language course. It builds on the skills acquired in GER2101 German 2A and GER2102 German 2B and is intended for students who have recently passed a language competence level equivalent to A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. In German 3A students will consolidate and extend language competencies developed in levels A1 and A2 and apply those to explore themes of cultural, political, historical and contemporary significance in German-speaking countries. Materials encountered inlcude media reports, excerpts and quotations from literature, poems, a fairy tale, songs, film, and other authentic texts.