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2022/2023  BA-BBLTO2122U  Area Studies 2 - German: Markets, institutions and globalization processes

English Title
Area Studies 2 - German: Markets, institutions and globalization processes

Course information
Language German
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc and MSc in Business, Language and Culture, BSc
Course coordinator
  • Jan Kautz - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)
Main academic disciplines
  • Language
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 16-01-2023

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Learning objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • Content:
  • Present a well-structured summary of a text excerpt.
  • Establish links between the topics and concepts raised in the text and the course literature of the 1st and the 2nd semester
  • Identify and describe key institutions, historical or political events and figures in the regions studied
  • Describe the links between the region specific features raised by the text and market and globalisation processes
  • Language:
  • Communicate in sufficiently coherent German so that the responses are intelligible.
  • Use appropriate German vocabulary
  • Speak in grammatically accurate and well-pronounced German, that is, avoiding major grammatical, lexical, idiomatic or pronunciation errors that inhibit communication.
  • Show some degree of linguistic awareness by beginning to correct linguistic errors in the exam situation.
Examination
The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
German Area Studies 2 Language:
Sub exam weight40%
Examination formOral exam
Individual or group examIndividual exam
This grade is given for the students' language skills.
Duration30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Preparation timeWith the listed preparation time: 30 Minutes
Grading scale7-point grading scale
Examiner(s)Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam periodSummer
AidsOpen book: all written and electronic aids
The student is allowed to bring to the preparation room: Simple writing and drawing utensils, laptop/tablet as a reference book (NB: there are no electric outlets available), any calculator, books including translation dictionaries, compendiums, notes. PLEASE NOTE: Students are not allowed to communicate with others during the preparation time.
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
German Area Studies 2 Content:
Sub exam weight60%
Examination formOral exam
Individual or group examIndividual exam
This grade is given for the content of the oral presentation.
Duration30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Preparation timeWith the listed preparation time: 30 Minutes
Grading scale7-point grading scale
Examiner(s)Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam periodSummer
AidsOpen book: all written and electronic aids
The student is allowed to bring to the preparation room: Simple writing and drawing utensils, laptop/tablet as a reference book (NB: there are no electric outlets available), any calculator, books including translation dictionaries, compendiums, notes. PLEASE NOTE: Students are not allowed to communicate with others during the preparation time.
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

The students will do one oral exam. 

  • The examination is based on the material from the 1st and 2nd semesters. 
  • At the exam, the student draws a page from the 250-page exam syllabus and prepares a summary of the text and discusses it in terms of the overall context of the curriculum and of the specific topic that it addresses. 
  • Two grades are given: one for content and one for language.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

 

The second semester of Area Studies in German is built on two dimensions: Content and Language

 

The content dimension of the course builds on the themes presented in German 1 and focuses on markets, institutions and globalisation processes in the German speaking countries with a particular view to modern Germany.The topics, concepts and perspectives help students develop an understanding of different area specific viewpoints and narratives that enhance their cultural sensitivity and their understanding of the interplay between globalisation, international relations and developments specific to the German speaking countries.


Topics dealt with during the course include:  Economic and political integration, trade, the relationship between economic institutions and actors, political and socioeconomic reforms and associated cultural manifestations. Successive views backward in history provides the students with a background for understanding and analysing present values, practices and developments in the German speaking countries and their role in international relations.


The language dimension aims at improving the students’ grammar skills, pronunciation and fluency as well as their listening and comprehension skills. Emphasis is also placed on learning and exercising phrases needed in order to make presentations and participate actively in class discussions.

 

Integration

Building on the historical, geographical, political and cultural introduction to the German speaking countries of the first semester, the course seeks to illustrate and contextualise notions and debates that the student is familiar with from globalisation studies by means of examples from the German speaking countries.

The course integrates with the course in Globalisation and Sustainability by focussing on how globalisation processes and sustainability issues affect the economic, industrial and social development in the German-speaking countries. Special attention is paid to how these issues figure in the different political discourses in the German-speaking countries and how the different countries try to cope with issues of globalisation and sustainability in view of their different identities and historical background.
Description of the teaching methods
All teaching and reading is in German. The course aims at integrating content and language learning so that the foreign language is used to acquire content combined with language instruction. A combination of lectures, class discussions and student presentations develops students’ knowledge and ability to analyse and understand current cultural, economic and social processes in the chosen region with a view to global processes and international relations. The course embraces blended learning and seeks to integrate online and offline activities.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback is further given continuously through written and oral assignments, both as teacher supervised peer-to-peer feedback, quizzes and tests (online and offline) and as individual/group discussions (online and offline). Students receive a short feedback on their presentations. Students are encouraged to participate in feedback activities and to make use of the weekly office hours for individual feedback (office hours can also be online by arrangement).

The students are offered individual feed-back in 2 voluntary assignments of 3 pages each. These exercises help the students to work independently with the topics and to train linguistic phenomena needed for the oral discussions.
Student workload
Lectures on content 32 hours
Lectures on language 18 hours
Exam 1 hours
Preparation 155 hours
In total 206 hours
Expected literature

To be announced on Canvas 
Last updated on 16-01-2023