Module Code - Title:
GE4924
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GERMAN FOR BUSINESS 4A
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
GE4924
GE4143
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module is set at B1+ on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
To prepare students for job interviews and applications and to reflect on their professional goals and career aspirations. To enable students to write and communicate successfully in a professional business and/or legal context in a form they are likely to encounter during their work experience and future career.
Syllabus:
This syllabus is set at B1+ on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Lecture: Focus on job application process in German-speaking countries, future career familiarisation with current affairs with the focus on economic and legal topics;
Tutorial: a) production of business and legal correspondence;
b) introduction to translation into English and German; text work in form of summaries and descriptions of graphs etc. c) revision of all grammatical structures, emphasis on passive and indirect speech
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
* translate short business and legal texts into English with a high level of accuracy and cultural and linguistic understanding
* summarise and analyse texts from a business or legal source
* write business letters with appropriate levels of accuracy, vocabulary and presentation
* develop a application dossier (including a CV, letter of application and possible questions and answers) for a specific job advertisement of their choice
* present themselves at a profession level for job interviews in a German context
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
* plan and monitor own strategies for effective long-term language learning
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
* Pronounce German in an accurate and consistent manner taking into account issues of language register in different professional communicative situations such as a job interview.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
A one-hour lecture will introduce the students to application dossiers, one classroom hour will be devoted to translation and text work, one classroom hour will concentrate on the production of legal and business texts and one hour will consolidate grammar and vocabulary.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
C. Conlin (2005)
Unternehmen Deutsch
, Chancerel
Other Relevant Texts:
Dreyer & Schmitt (2000)
Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik
, Max Hueber
(2005)
Oxford Duden German-English Dictionary
, OUP
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BBBSGEUFA - GERMAN
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
orla.prendergast@ul.ie