To equip final year students with sophisticated expressive skills in the area of formal text production on an advanced level in a variety of genres;

To provide translations skills in different styles, registers and genres;

To develop grammar skills to an advanced level; 

To develop advanced listening skills;

To develop speaking and presentation skills through specific oral classes.

(LO1) Students completing this module will have gained skills to read, understand and write texts in a variety of genres.

(LO2) Ability to apply translation skills in a variety of genres

(LO3) Students will demonstrate listening comprehension of a high level of authentic material

(LO4) Demonstrate speaking skills on a number of topics

(LO5) Demonstrate confidence in presentation skills

(LO6) Demonstrate a high level in the use of accurate grammar

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Report writing

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Communicating for audience

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S5) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness

(S6) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Listening skills

The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.

Seminar:
The module is taught three hours per week except in tutorial week. One hour Textarbeit in German, one hour in interpreting, and one speaking and listening class. Textarbeit: One hour is dedicated to the comprehension, analysis and especially production of texts in different genres in German. Students will learn how to write specific text-types, each of which demands a particular form, style, register and vocabulary. Interpreting: One hour is dedicated to interpreting skills. Tasks will cover a variety of genres and styles. The module also tackles diverse points of higher sentence grammar. Listening and speaking class: Students will also improve and practice listening comprehension both in classes and through independent work with audio-visual and audio material and converse o n current topics often inspired by a video.
Notes: The seminars consist of three weekly language classes, with one hour concentrating on speaking and listening skills, one hour on writing skills in a variety of genres and one hour in interpreting skills.

Translation will cover various genres of advanced level and students will do liaison and consecutive interpreting. Advanced grammar subjects will be tackled. Students will write extensive pieces of work in various genres and learn to speak in various registers and in various situations.