Business German

Course Director: Kristina Knauff

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to develop an ability to communicate in both oral and written German in business-related contexts. This includes successful intercultural communication.

Evaluation

This course will be evaluated in class at the last session. On the last day of the course you will receive a survey link sent to your SSE email and will spend 10 min of class time to evaluate the course. Please make sure you have a device with access to the Internet when you attend the last class. In addition to this, a mid-course evaluation will be conducted.

Course administrator: Anna.Meijerberg@hhs.se

The course promotes the acquisition of general and specific language skills (mastery of fundamental grammar on one hand and appropriate use of business genre and vocabulary on the other). On completing the course, successful students will be able to demonstrate the following communicative competence (B1-level on the CEFR):

• Speaking in everyday social and professional contexts: introduce oneself and others, shortly present a company, describe a product, participate in a meeting, explain and discuss a point of view, provide commentary on graphs and tables.
• Writing in professional contexts: write e-mails with various objectives, produce a CV, summarize a business-related document or article.
• Reading business-related authentic texts: identify, understand and recapitulate the central content of articles and business-related texts.
• Listening to casual conversation and in professional contexts: identify, understand and recapitulate the central content of audio material.

Recommended starting level: A2-level on the CEFR.

TBA

Assessment is continuous and based on coursework and classroom performance. This includes:

• one written assignment
• one oral assignment (e.g. presentation, discussion, moderation)
• one reading comprehension
• grammar quizzes
• other oral exercises as well as active participation in class

Attendance is mandatory (75% minimum).

Find the course schedule in: TimeEdit

Have you been granted educational support because of a documented disability? If so, please contact the course director as soon as possible so that adequate accommodations can be made.

Contact specialneeds@hhs.se if you have questions about being granted educational support or need a copy of your educational support certificate.

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