Language in Context: Developing Reading and Writing Skills (2) — DU BA (Hons) German Previous Year Question Papers

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 4: CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE Course title & Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility criteria Lecture Tutorial Practical/ Pre-requisite of the course Language in Context: Reading and Class XII Learning Objectives Enable student to  read simple texts and answer questions on them;  be able to write short texts, about subjects pertaining to his/her immediate environment;  attain Level A 1 of the Common European Framework (CEF). Learning Outcomes  Enable students to fully attain A1 Level of reading and writing skills in the concerned language.  Reading simple texts and answering questions on them.  Equip students to write about subjects pertaining to his/her immediate environment. Reading: Read and understand simple documents, texts, emails containing personal information, cultural aspect of the language, gastronomia, food items and their preparation, describe an ideal locality, express preferences and its frequency, read and understand how to express in an impersonal manner, free time activities, read texts in present continuous and present perfect tense etc. Writing: Guided writing activities. A few sentences, short text or email describing gastronomia, writing recipes, preferences, free time activities, messages of facebook, articles on different, my ideal locality, climate and its influence on the culture. writing on vacations, blogs on travel, activities related to the recent past etc. Morphosyntax and Vocabulary: Simple grammatical structures and vocabulary used to write recipes of different dishes, travelling vocabulary, impersonal verbs, vocabulary related to the activities in the free time, blogs, vocabulary related to emails, climate, moods, colors etc. Intercultural and cocultural: Introduction to German gastronomy, places to visit in the German-speaking world, means of transports, leisure activities, comic strips, German fashion, cinema, comic strips etc. SYLLABUS OF DSC-4 Unit I 3 Weeks Read an official mail. Write a reply to the same. Read a formal invitation and respond to it. Read a text on social networking websites and write about one’s preferences. Write a letter seeking appointment.  Dative prepositions: aus, nach, mit, etc.  Dative articles  Possessive articles in accusative Unit II 3 Weeks Read advertisements to find a suitable accommodation. Read pamphlets related to furniture and electronic gadgets. Write a text describing one’s accommodation. Read a text on different ways of living. Write an invitation for a housewarming party. Write a response to the invitation.  Adjective with ‘sein’, ‘sehr’ and ‘zu’  Two-way prepositions with dative and accusative Unit III 3 Weeks Read texts about people’s daily routine. Write about one’s own routine. Read job advertisements and cull relevant information. Write a text about the merits and demerits of a particular job.  Participle perfect form of verb  Connectors: and, or etc. Unit IV 3 Weeks