Ateneo - UPO

German Linguistics B + German Language Course III Year

Lavric, Eva et al. (2025), Lexikologie, Phraseologie, Semantik kontrastiv : Romanisch-deutsche und innerromanische Streifzüge, Berlin: Frank & Timme. Opiłowski, Roman (2024), Kontrastive Medienlinguistik: multimodale Kommunikation, Analysemethoden, Forschungsfelder, Stuttgart: Steiner Verlag. Hanus, Anna (2023), Inter- and intralinguistic contrasts = Inter- und intralinguistische Kontraste, Berlin: Peter Lang. Schreiber, Michael (2023), Kontrastive Linguistik: Französisch - Italienisch - Spanisch - Deutsch: eine Einführung. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. Teaching material on DIR.

On a theoretical level, the courses aim to provide students with a theoretical awareness of German linguistics with a focus on contrastive issues (German-Italian). On a practical level, the aim is for students to acquire competence in German language corresponding to level B2 of the CEFR.

Students must have passed the exam German Language II (German Linguistics A + German Language Course II Year)

Frontal seminar lessons. Language workshops.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities. Once they have contacted the University Staff, they can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Written and oral tests. The assessment of competences and skills will take into account both the results of the different tests and the competences as a whole. The final grade may (but not necessarily) correspond to the average between the parts.
It is in any case necessary to obtain at least 18/30 in both parts.
German Linguistics B: a written test (2 hours) with theoretical questions accompanied by a practical exercise. A test will be evaluated as an excellent test: organic and in-depth view of the topics of the course; excellent analysis skills; excellent use of specific vocabulary and very good knowledge of linguistic concepts; ability to elaborate theoretically through the rich use of relevant examples. Good test: good knowledge of the subject both in terms of content and the specific terminology. Discrete test: mechanical knowledge of the subject with limited capacity for in-depth analysis. Sufficient test: basic knowledge of the subject, use of terminology that is not always adequate; limited number of adequate examples. Insufficient test: important and glaring gaps; incorrect learning of concepts or methodology; inappropriate language;
German Language Course III year: two written tests (4 hours each) consisting in: 1) grammar 2) reading and comprehension of a written text / written production. To pass the written part you must obtain at least 18/30 in both parts. An oral test (approx. 30 minutes): to assess comprehension/expression skills in German. The oral test starts from the comment on a text provided shortly before the beginning of the exam. To take the oral test you must have passed the written one. The final mark will be the average of the written and oral part. The written/oral test will be evaluated as excellent: excellent knowledge of grammatical topics, lexical richness, variety and morphosyntactic precision, knowledge and use of various expressive aspects of the language (registers, style, pragmatic aspects). Good test: good competence both at grammatical level, good written and oral production, use of a broad and adequate vocabulary and good stylistic and pragmatic uses. Discrete test: adequate grammatical competence with some lexical, stylistic and expressive inaccuracies. Sufficient test: some grammatical gaps, limited morphosyntactic, lexical and translation knowledge. Insufficient test: major grammatical gaps, inadequate and very limited lexical use, poor stylistic and pragmatic competences.

Synchronic analysis of specific morpho-syntactic, lexical and pragmatic aspects of the German language from a contrastive perspective with Italian. German grammar, oral and written comprehension and production.

German Linguistics B. Knowledge: - Developing theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of German linguistics. Competences and skills: - Being able to recognize and analyze different phenomena by using the specific terminology - Being able to define and illustrate through examples the notions discussed in class - Being able to conduct a linguistic analysis, starting from the theoretical bases acquired and the examples proposed - Being able to re-elaborate the notions given in the suggested scientific essays - Being able to carry out bibliographical research independently.
Lingua tedesca esercitazioni III year. Knowledge: - Knowing the grammatical topics of the German language (level B2) - Understanding a written and oral texts (level B2). Competences and skills: - Being able to produce written and oral texts with grammatical and lexical appropriateness. - Using the German language flexibly and effectively for a variety of purposes and in a variety of communicative contexts.