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Lecture and Tutorial Schedule
1. Language workshops
All students will attend a two-hour language workshop per week throughout the semester, either
Tues. 10.10-12 or Thursday 11.10-1. The language workshop is designed to extend students'
command of written German. Students will also receive instruction in basic German grammar and its
application.
2. Tutorial
There is a weekly tutorial in small groups to encourage students to practise speaking German and to
increase their active command of the language. An assessment of each student's oral participation
will count towards the final result, and there will be an oral examination or oral presentation at the
end of the semester. The tutorials are on Thursday 3.10-4 or Thursday 4.10-5, or Friday 12.10-1.
NB. Tutorials will begin in the second week of the semester.
Prescribed texts:
Moeller, J et al. Kaleidoskop 8th edition, Student Activities Manual, Premium Website Printed Access
Card, 2012 (Cengage)
NB. Students intending to proceed to higher years are strongly advised to buy Collins German
Dictionary (latest edition).
Important! Please note!
Students doing the language part of the course at another level should check which language class
they will be attending before they buy the books!
3. Milestones in German History: 1945 to the Present Wednesday 10.10 - 11
NB. All German Studies ISA take this course.
For Germans in the East and the West, the path into the 21st century has been full of turning-points
and events which have shaped the generations – from Germany’s Stunde Null in 1945 to the erection
of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to the fall of the Wall in 1989 and German reunification in 1990, to mention
just some of the most significant. This course provides an overview of essential facts about politics,
society and culture from 1945 to the present.
Prescribed texts:
There will be a reader for this course which can be purchased from Image and Copy at the beginning
of the semester.
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