Undergraduate Course: Introductory German Language (ELCG07001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - German | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
http://www.selc.ed.ac.uk/german/undergd.html | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of German, designed to introduce the German Language to students. The course is not suitable for students with previous knowledge of German.  
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  No previous knowledge of German is required | 
 
| Additional Costs |  Course books will have to be purchased | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  70 | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
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		Wednesday | 
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| Central | Lecture | Group A | 1-11 |  14:00 - 15:50 |  |  |  |  |  | Central | Lecture | Group A | 1-11 |  |  |  |  14:00 - 15:50 |  |  | Central | Lecture | Group B | 1-11 |  16:10 - 18:00 |  |  |  |  |  | Central | Lecture | Group B | 1-11 |  |  |  14:00 - 15:50 |  |  |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
	| Additional information | 
	Students must attend pairs of classes choosing EITHER Monday and Thursday (2pm-4pm) OR Monday (4pm-6pm) and Wednesday (2pm-4pm). Sign up sheets are available on WebCT. | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Introductory German Language | 2:00 |  |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) |  | 2:00 |  |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| Students will develop basic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. They will acquire knowledge of basic grammatical structures and a vocabulary of approximately 500 high-frequency words and phrases. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Course work (two class tests, four vocabulary tests, oral proficiency): 50%; degree exam 50%. 
The examination will consist of a two-hour written paper. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| This course is open to all students. DELC students may only take this course if it over and above their full credit load, as in a non credit bearing course. |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Annette Gotzkes 
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Course secretary | Ms Jocelyn Proctor 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3635 
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