Nevsky Institute :: German as a Second Foreign Language :: Courses : German as a Second Foreign Language :: Printable version Àäðåñ ñåðâåðà: eng.niyak.spb.ru/index.phtml Courses : German as a Second Foreign Language Qualification “Interpretation translation practice and theory” Grm-01. The German Language. The two-semester course is intended for students with no previous German Language experience and offers an intensive study in various linguistic areas including German orthography, lexicology, grammar and style; various types of collocations; speech etiquette, etc. The course focuses on the development of functional socio-cultural competence in listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. Grm-01.II.F. Beginning German. An introductory German language course with emphasis on the four basic skills – reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension. Role-play and various audio-visual aids are actively utilized to better students’ performance. 152 h., test, 4 ECTS Grm-01.II.S. Beginning German (continued). The sequel to Grm-01.II.F focuses on developing skills and abilities acquired during the previous semester. Major emphasis on forming pronunciation habits and activizing grammar and speech patterns. Audio-visual aids are widely used in class. 152 h., exam, 4 ECTS Lecturer: M.V. Kholodok
Grm-02. German. Oral Speech Practice. The course is designed for students studying German as long as one semester (Grm-01.II.F.). The course emphasizes the further development of dialogue/monologue-building skills, deepening students’ language acquisition abilities. The course offers insight into Germanic culture and traditions. Grm-02.II.S. Beginning German (continued). 76 h., test, 2 ECTS Grm-02.III.F. Elementary German. 228 h., test, 6 ECTS Grm-02.III.S. Elementary German (continued). 228 h., exam, 6 ECTS Lecturer: M.V. Kholodok Grm-03. German. Translation / Interpretation. The course focuses on forming and developing the skills necessary for pre-translation analysis of an original German text and working out the general strategy of translation/interpretation. (Prerequisites Grm-01.II.F. and Grm-01.II.S.). Grm-03.III.F. Elementary German. Interpretation: mnemonic techniques (for oral and written texts). Enlarging active vocabulary. General words and set expressions. Pre-arranged interpretation of shortened discourse from German into Russian. 76 h., test, 2 ECTS Grm-03.III.S. Elementary German (continued). Translation: types of translation. Linguistic units as seen in translation, text-building in German and observing its national peculiarities in translation. Loan translation. 76 h., test, 2 ECTS Grm-03.IV.F. Intermediate German. Lexical and semantic modifications in translation/interpretation. “Untranslatable” units. Translator’s notes. Literary translation: basics. 152 h., test, 4 ECTS Grm-03.IV.S. Intermediate German (continued). Interpretation: cliches and their classification. Expressing conclusion, deduction and argumentation in a target language. 120 h., test, 3 ECTS Grm-03.V.F. Upper-intermediate German. Translation: rendering phraseology and idioms. Business German survival kit. 180 h., test, 5 ECTS Grm-03.V.S. Upper-intermediate German (continued). Interpretation: successive interpretation of socio-political discourse. Interpreter guide practical training (basics). Business language: communication and business etiquette. 108 h., exam, 3 ECTS Lecturer: M.V. Kholodok
Grm-04. Linguistic Survey of the German Language. This two-semester course overviews theoretical issues of German Phonetics and Lexicology (fall semester); Grammar and Stylistics (spring semester). Grm-04.IV.F. Intermediate German. Phonetics (a theoretical course): general and particular phonetics, pronunciation standard, phonology, the system of German phonemes, syllable, syntagm, accentual structure of German words, intonation and prosody. Grm-04.IV.S. Intermediate German (continued). Theoretical Grammar: German morphology and syntax, suprasegmental units (text and its structure, hypertext). Theoretical Stylistics: expressive means of the German language, stylistic devices, functional stylistics, registers, decoding stylistics and text interpretation (basics). 68 h., exam, 2 ECTS Lecturer: M.V. Kholodok |