Lehrinhalte
This course serves as a first introduction to the German language. Topics are supplemented by texts and accompanied by various controlled speaking and writing exercises, as well as a number of open discussions.
Literatur
DaF kompakt neu A1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit CD, Klett-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-12-676313-4
Grammatik Aktiv A1-B1, Cornelsen-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-06-023972-6
Voraussetzungen
none
Additional Information
general language
This course serves as a first introduction to the German language. Topics are supplemented by texts and accompanied by various controlled speaking and writing exercises, as well as a number of open discussions.
Literatur
DaF kompakt neu A1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit CD, Klett-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-12-676313-4
Grammatik Aktiv A1-B1, Cornelsen-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-06-023972-6
Voraussetzungen
none
Additional Information
general language
- Lehrende: Karen Fleischhauer
- Lehrende: Susanne Rieg
Semester: ST 2019
Lehrinhalte
Students' solid basic knowledge of German will be expanded on and improved in this course. At the end of the course, students will be eligible to write the UNIcert I examination.
Literatur
DaF kompakt neu B1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit CD, Klett-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-12-676315-8
Grammatik Aktiv A1-B1, Cornelsen-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-06-023972-6
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or Certificate from Grundkurs II/III
Additional Information
general language
Students' solid basic knowledge of German will be expanded on and improved in this course. At the end of the course, students will be eligible to write the UNIcert I examination.
Literatur
DaF kompakt neu B1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit CD, Klett-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-12-676315-8
Grammatik Aktiv A1-B1, Cornelsen-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-06-023972-6
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or Certificate from Grundkurs II/III
Additional Information
general language
- Lehrende: Karen Fleischhauer
Semester: ST 2019
Lehrinhalte
Students' solid basic knowledge of German will be expanded on and improved in this course. At the end of the course, students will be eligible to write the UNIcert I examination.
Literatur
DaF kompakt neu B1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit CD, Klett-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-12-676315-8
Grammatik Aktiv A1-B1, Cornelsen-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-06-023972-6
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or Certificate from Grundkurs II/III
Additional Information
general language
Students' solid basic knowledge of German will be expanded on and improved in this course. At the end of the course, students will be eligible to write the UNIcert I examination.
Literatur
DaF kompakt neu B1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch mit CD, Klett-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-12-676315-8
Grammatik Aktiv A1-B1, Cornelsen-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-06-023972-6
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or Certificate from Grundkurs II/III
Additional Information
general language
- Lehrende: Karen Fleischhauer
Semester: ST 2019
Lehrinhalte
This course will help you to adequately express yourself in context-specific situations. Our focus lies with listening and reading comprehension as well as with oral communication.
With the help of science-related listening and reading exercises, you will increase your use of specific vocabulary. Presentations, situation-related exercises and group discussions will serve as a basis for practicing vocabulary and solidifying an understanding of technical terms.
Literatur
Material will be made available for a small fee
Voraussetzungen
A score of 55 on the placement test or certificate from course on UNIcert II level
Online-Angebote
moodle
Additional Information
specialized language
This course will help you to adequately express yourself in context-specific situations. Our focus lies with listening and reading comprehension as well as with oral communication.
With the help of science-related listening and reading exercises, you will increase your use of specific vocabulary. Presentations, situation-related exercises and group discussions will serve as a basis for practicing vocabulary and solidifying an understanding of technical terms.
Literatur
Material will be made available for a small fee
Voraussetzungen
A score of 55 on the placement test or certificate from course on UNIcert II level
Online-Angebote
moodle
Additional Information
specialized language
- Lehrende: Karen Fleischhauer
Semester: ST 2019
Lehrinhalte
This course is designed to improve students understanding and use of general engineering terms with particular emphasis on oral communication. Students will practice how to simplify technical language so that engineering terms and processes are understandable for various audiences. We will work in a standard classroom setting as well as online. Face-to-face as well as online presentations will be held, enabling students to practice and recognize the differences here in presentation styles. In a technical context, students will also further develop reading and listening comprehension strategies. Writing skills will focus on e-mails, memos, note-taking as well as written summaries of meetings and presentations.
Literatur
Brieger, Nick und Alison Pohl, Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar, Summertown Publishing, 2002, ISBN: 978 190 274 1765
Voraussetzungen
A score between 50 and 64 on the placement test
This course is designed to improve students understanding and use of general engineering terms with particular emphasis on oral communication. Students will practice how to simplify technical language so that engineering terms and processes are understandable for various audiences. We will work in a standard classroom setting as well as online. Face-to-face as well as online presentations will be held, enabling students to practice and recognize the differences here in presentation styles. In a technical context, students will also further develop reading and listening comprehension strategies. Writing skills will focus on e-mails, memos, note-taking as well as written summaries of meetings and presentations.
Literatur
Brieger, Nick und Alison Pohl, Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar, Summertown Publishing, 2002, ISBN: 978 190 274 1765
Voraussetzungen
A score between 50 and 64 on the placement test
- Lehrende: Karen Fleischhauer
Semester: ST 2019
Lehrinhalte
The everyday professional working life of engineering degree graduates is increasingly influenced by internationality, insecurity, complexity, heterogeneity, and difference, regardless of which branch they are working in. In this regard, job postings regularly demand intercultural skills, but what exactly are these skills? This practice-oriented project seminar will acquaint students with the issues behind this question within the framework of a semester-long case study of a company supplying automotive parts. Students will also learn about potential chances and opportunities for developing business negotiation strategies in such contexts.
Learning Goals: On the basis of the case study, students will be introduced to the theme of Intercultural Competence. The case study is designed to give students the ability to meet the demands, challenges and opportunities of their future professional working lives on a practical and theoretical basis. At the same time they will be engaging in team work in the form of mixed groups. At the end of the seminar, these groups will present their results and joint work from the case study in a poster presentation. This process will reflect the international teams that students will encounter in their future careers and allow them to cope constructively with cultural differences. The seminar will be enhanced with the Moodle Platform, virtual classrooms and other media support.
Course Requirements: Regular, active participation, a portfolio, and poster presentation in the last section of the seminar
Voraussetzungen
In order to participate in this project seminar, attendance is mandatory at the Kick-Off session. The remainder of the sessions will take the form of a compact course every two weeks on Saturdays during the semester.
International students must provide evidence of proficiency in German at the C1 level in order to take part in this seminar. The language used in the seminar will be predominantly German, although English may be used in certain sections of the course, such as English as a Lingua France, for example. Because the seminar involves intercultural team work, students from both German and non-German backgrounds are warmly welcome to take part in this case studies seminar.
The seminar is specifically aimed at students who are working on projects with classmates from other countries and who are interested in careers that involve working in international teams and learning how to work constructively with differences. The seminar content will build a bridge between relevant theoretical input and practise.
Target group: German and international students enrolled in Masters degree engineering programs, as well as undergraduates nearing the end of their Bachelors degree.
Further Grading Information
For the introduction to working with a virtual classroom, students are asked to bring along their own laptop and headphones. In the introductory session we will become familiar with the technology required to be able to work virtually and across locations this semester.
The everyday professional working life of engineering degree graduates is increasingly influenced by internationality, insecurity, complexity, heterogeneity, and difference, regardless of which branch they are working in. In this regard, job postings regularly demand intercultural skills, but what exactly are these skills? This practice-oriented project seminar will acquaint students with the issues behind this question within the framework of a semester-long case study of a company supplying automotive parts. Students will also learn about potential chances and opportunities for developing business negotiation strategies in such contexts.
Learning Goals: On the basis of the case study, students will be introduced to the theme of Intercultural Competence. The case study is designed to give students the ability to meet the demands, challenges and opportunities of their future professional working lives on a practical and theoretical basis. At the same time they will be engaging in team work in the form of mixed groups. At the end of the seminar, these groups will present their results and joint work from the case study in a poster presentation. This process will reflect the international teams that students will encounter in their future careers and allow them to cope constructively with cultural differences. The seminar will be enhanced with the Moodle Platform, virtual classrooms and other media support.
Course Requirements: Regular, active participation, a portfolio, and poster presentation in the last section of the seminar
Voraussetzungen
In order to participate in this project seminar, attendance is mandatory at the Kick-Off session. The remainder of the sessions will take the form of a compact course every two weeks on Saturdays during the semester.
International students must provide evidence of proficiency in German at the C1 level in order to take part in this seminar. The language used in the seminar will be predominantly German, although English may be used in certain sections of the course, such as English as a Lingua France, for example. Because the seminar involves intercultural team work, students from both German and non-German backgrounds are warmly welcome to take part in this case studies seminar.
The seminar is specifically aimed at students who are working on projects with classmates from other countries and who are interested in careers that involve working in international teams and learning how to work constructively with differences. The seminar content will build a bridge between relevant theoretical input and practise.
Target group: German and international students enrolled in Masters degree engineering programs, as well as undergraduates nearing the end of their Bachelors degree.
Further Grading Information
For the introduction to working with a virtual classroom, students are asked to bring along their own laptop and headphones. In the introductory session we will become familiar with the technology required to be able to work virtually and across locations this semester.
- Lehrende: Christoph Merkelbach
Semester: ST 2019
Lehrinhalte
"This course is designed toimprove students reading comprehension skills as well as their oral and written discussion skills in German as a foreign language. We will read and discuss texts with diverse topics. A text read at the beginning of each lesson will serve as a basis for discussion.
"
Literatur
Material will be made available for a small fee
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or certificate from course on UNIcert II level or UNIcert I certificate
Additional Information
general language
"This course is designed toimprove students reading comprehension skills as well as their oral and written discussion skills in German as a foreign language. We will read and discuss texts with diverse topics. A text read at the beginning of each lesson will serve as a basis for discussion.
"
Literatur
Material will be made available for a small fee
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or certificate from course on UNIcert II level or UNIcert I certificate
Additional Information
general language
- Lehrende: Antje Schreiber
Semester: ST 2019
Lehrinhalte
This course gives students the opportunity to improve their writing abilities. Students will learn how to present informaiton orally and in writing. We will focus on texts relevant to university students and student situations, e.g. acadmeic e-mails, discussion skills, joint writing projects.
Literatur
Material will be made available for a small fee
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or certificate from course on level UNIcert II or UNIcert I certificate
Additional Information
general language
This course gives students the opportunity to improve their writing abilities. Students will learn how to present informaiton orally and in writing. We will focus on texts relevant to university students and student situations, e.g. acadmeic e-mails, discussion skills, joint writing projects.
Literatur
Material will be made available for a small fee
Voraussetzungen
Placement test or certificate from course on level UNIcert II or UNIcert I certificate
Additional Information
general language
- Lehrende: Karen Fleischhauer
Semester: ST 2019
Literatur
Lars Kothes, Grundlagen der Technischen Dokumentation, Springer, VDI, ISBN 978-3-642-14667-1
Andreas Baumert, Annette Verhein-Jarren, Texten für die Technik, Leitfaden für Praxis und Studium, 2. Auflage, Springer Vieweg, ISBN 978-3-662-47409-9
tekom Leitlinie, Regelbasiertes Schreiben, Deutsch für die Technische Kommunikation, 2. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-9814055-9-0
Gebrauchsanleitungen nach DIN EN 82079-1; Galbierz, Martin; 1. Aufl.; Berlin [u.a.] : Beuth, 2014
Technische Dokumentation im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau : Anforderungen; Schlagowski, Heinz; 1. Aufl.; Berlin [u.a.] : Beuth, 2013
tekom Leitlinie, Regelbasiertes Schreiben, Englisch für deutschsprachige Autoren, 2. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-944449-52-4
tekom Leitfaden Betriebsanleitungen, 4. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-944740-04-1
Voraussetzungen
Students whose mother tongue is not German must have a minimum of 80 points on the placement test.
Be aware that this is NOT a language learning course.
Lars Kothes, Grundlagen der Technischen Dokumentation, Springer, VDI, ISBN 978-3-642-14667-1
Andreas Baumert, Annette Verhein-Jarren, Texten für die Technik, Leitfaden für Praxis und Studium, 2. Auflage, Springer Vieweg, ISBN 978-3-662-47409-9
tekom Leitlinie, Regelbasiertes Schreiben, Deutsch für die Technische Kommunikation, 2. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-9814055-9-0
Gebrauchsanleitungen nach DIN EN 82079-1; Galbierz, Martin; 1. Aufl.; Berlin [u.a.] : Beuth, 2014
Technische Dokumentation im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau : Anforderungen; Schlagowski, Heinz; 1. Aufl.; Berlin [u.a.] : Beuth, 2013
tekom Leitlinie, Regelbasiertes Schreiben, Englisch für deutschsprachige Autoren, 2. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-944449-52-4
tekom Leitfaden Betriebsanleitungen, 4. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-944740-04-1
Voraussetzungen
Students whose mother tongue is not German must have a minimum of 80 points on the placement test.
Be aware that this is NOT a language learning course.
- Lehrende: Clemens Rieg
Semester: ST 2019