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LAG1201 German 1
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 4-1-0-1-4
Pre-requisite: NIL
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

This module focuses on the basic linguistic and communicative structures of the German language. By developing the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as teaching basic grammar and vocabulary, it aims at helping students achieve communicative competence in simple everyday situations and personal interaction. The module will also attempt to help students optimise their learning by teaching them vital strategies for language learning and language use.

LAG2201 German 2
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 4-1-0-1-4
Pre-requisite: LAG1201, LA1201GR or placement test
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

This module aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as increase their knowledge of the syntactical, morphological, phonetic and lexical aspects of the German language. Students will also acquire a better grasp of learning and communicative strategies. Authentic texts from daily communicative situations will serve as the main source of learning materials.

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LAG3201 German 3
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 4-2-0-1-3
Pre-requisite: Passed LAG2201, LA2201GR or placement test
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

Building upon the foundation of the German 2 module, this module focuses on the development of students' ability to communicate on fairly complex topics of general interests. It will continue to adopt an integrated approach and cultivate students' proficiency in all areas of language learning, including their learning competence. Strategies to be developed focus on writing and speaking.

LAG3202 German 4
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 4-2-0-1-3
Pre-requisite: Passed LAG3201, LA3201GR or placement test
Preclusion: LAG3203
Cross-listing(s): NIL

Students will be taught to comprehend longer listening and reading texts on more complex topics of general interest as well as on aspects of German culture, society and life. They will also acquire the ability to express their views and communicate meaningfully on the same topics at greater length. In the area of grammar and vocabulary, the focus will shift more towards textlinguistic and pragmatic features. Language learning skills and strategies will include recognising and applying common sociolinguistic norms in the use of the language.

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LAG3203 German for Academic Purposes
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 4-2-0-1-3
Pre-requisite: Passed LAG3201, LA3201GR or placement test
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

This module is specially aimed at teaching students who are interested in studying in a German-speaking country. They will be taught to comprehend longer listening and reading texts on more complex topics of academic interest as well as on aspects of German culture, society and life.

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LAG4201 German 5
Modular credits: 5
Workload: 3-2-0-5-5
Pre-requisite: Passed LAG3202, LA3202GR, LAG3203, LA3203GR or placement test
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

This module aims to equip students with adequate skills and strategies to engage in serious discourse with native or other foreign speakers or write argumentative pieces on complex social, political, cultural and environmental topics. Such skills will encompass learning how to summarise long and difficult texts, structuring essays, collating linguistic means of expressions for language production and improving text cohesion.

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LAG4202 German 6
Modular credits: 5
Workload: 3-2-0-5-5
Pre-requisite: Passed LAG4201, LA4201GR or placement test
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

This module aims to provide students with further training in skills and strategies to engage in authentic discourse and more complex argumentative writing. Topics of social, historical and cultural interest will be introduced through authentic materials such as selected works of literature, texts from newspapers and magazines, and audio or video recordings.

LAG4203 German Studies 1
Modular credits: 5
Workload: 3-2-0-5-5
Pre-requisite: LAG4202, LA4202GR or placement test
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

This module seeks to further develop the students' ability to comprehend texts as well as to effectively communicate their views on highly complex social, political, cultural and environmental topics. Students will be introduced to rhetorically more demanding text types such as argumentative texts or commentaries (e.g. newspaper and magazine articles, television documentaries etc.). This module will be conducted in German.

LAG4204 German Studies 2
Modular credits: 5
Workload: 3-2-0-5-5
Pre-requisite: Passed LAG4203, LA4203GR or placement test
Preclusion: NIL
Cross-listing(s): NIL

This module will introduce advanced students to various themes and topics in German culture and society. The texts for this module will be drawn from German literature, the press, and visual and computer media. The module will be conducted in German. It will offer students a further insight into major issues in German culture, society and history.

* Workload: A-B-C-D-E
The components are as follow:
A: no. of lecture hours per week
B: no. of tutorial hours per week
C: no. of lab hours per week
D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc per week
E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student per week

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