FOUR YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME (German)
DISCIPLINE COURSE - I
SEMESTER 1
Paper I Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills (1) 100
Reading simple texts and answering questions on them. Guided writing will include subjects concerning the learner and his immediate environment.
To attain Level A1partially*
Paper II Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills (1) 100
Listening to simple texts and answering questions on them. Monologues and /or dialogues will be on subjects concerning the learner and his immediate environment.
To attain Level A1 partially*
SEMESTER 2
Paper III Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills ( 2) 100
Describing past events, reading, writing and understanding short texts including news items, instructions for use, emails, blogs, classified advertisements, biographies, invitations. Internet forums.
To complete Level A1and attain Level A2 partially*
Paper IV Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills (2) 100
Asking for and giving instructions, narrating past events, commenting on and presenting simple texts, describing visual materials (photos, pictures, etc)
To complete Level A1and attain Level A2 partially*
SEMESTER 3
Paper V Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills (3) 100
Describing past events and future plans, reading, understanding and preparing posters, (theatre, film, books) newspaper articles, informal communication (letters, SMS, post cards, etc.) Preparing and managing interactions on an Internet forum. Chat.
To complete Level A2*
Paper VI Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills (3) 100
Narration of past events including films, stories etc.; talking about future plans;
interviews and telephonic conversations;
To complete Level A2*
Applied Course 2:
Microlanguages (1) 100
Language for specific purposes including hospitality, tourism, banking, business, etc.
SEMESTER 4
Paper VII Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills (4) 100
Studying different text types to familiarize oneself with different kinds of language usages and styles including reading and understanding informative texts, short scientific texts, writing a film critique, summarising a press article, analysing and writing a summary of opinion poll results, reading a comic strip, writing a dialogue for a comic strip. Different language registers, understanding word formation. Preparing a slam.
To attain Level B1partially*
PaperVIII Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills (4) 100
Summarising a film, preparing and conducting an opinion poll, conducting an interview, language games, working with songs.
To attain Level B1partially*
Applied Course 3
Microlanguages (2) 100
Language for specific purposes with emphasis on translation of texts in the chosen areas (including birth, educational qualification, marriage, death, certificates, mark sheets etc)
SEMESTER 5
Paper IX Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills (5) 100
Asking for and giving instructions, comparing headlines and presentation of news in different newspapers, analysing an editorial, writing a short story, reading and analysing texts/articles on different social issues. Preparing a blog.
To complete Level B1 and attain Level B2 partially*
Paper X Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills (5) 100
Debating on various social issues, preparing, conducting and presenting results of opinion polls on various social issues, preparing and presenting a skit.
To complete Level B1 and attain Level B2 partially*
Paper XI Introduction to Literature (1) 100
A selection of literary texts with focus on the major cultural and intellectual movements from the nineteenth century to contemporary times. The selection will include poems, plays and shorter and loger narrative texts.*.
Applied Course 4
Practice of Translation (1) 100
Introducing the student to the techniques of translation; texts from newspapers, journals, user manuals and excerpts from contemporary literature from target language to English/Hindi and vice-versa.
SEMESTER 6
Paper XII Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills (6) 100
Describing and comparing education systems, reading and analysing texts/articles on various social issues, writing an open letter to the authorities, writing a petition, describing and analysing cultural representations, writing a short story. Writing blogs.
To complete Level B2*
Paper XIII Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills (6) 100
Debates, oral presentations on various social issues, narrating one's experience of foreign language learning.
To complete Level B2*
Paper XIV Introduction to Literature (2) 100
A selection of literary texts with focus on the major cultural and intellectual movements from the nineteenth century to contemporary times. The selection will include poems, plays and shorter and longer narrative texts.*
Applied Course 5
Practice of Translation (2) 100
Introducing the student to the techniques of translation; texts from newspapers, journals, user manuals and excerpts from contemporary literature from target language to English/Hindi and vice-versa; subtitling and dubbing of films, documentaries etc.
SEMESTER 7
Paper XV Reading Literature (1) 100
A selection of literary texts with focus on the major cultural and intellectual movements from the origins to the eighteenth century.
Paper XVI Cultural History 100
The major social, political and cultural events from the medieval to contemporary period.*
Paper XVII Research Methodology 100
Types of research, how to conduct a research, formulating hypothesis, methods of data collection, analysis of data, documentation, citations, bibliography. Preparing a power point presentation.*
SEMESTER 8
Paper XVIII Reading Literature ( 2) 100
A selection of literary texts with focus on the major cultural and intellectual movements from the nineteenth century to contemporary times with an emphasis on post-colonial literature.
Paper XIX Introduction to Foreign Language Teaching: Theory and Practice 100
History of the language.
What is a classroom? Models of learning/teaching. Different methods/approaches to teaching a Foreign language, Introduction to the four skills. What is a text book? Issues in material production.
Paper XX Research Project/Dissertation 100
Suggested Topics for Presentations/Projects
Discipline Course-I: Making a Video; Preparing a wall magazine; Creating a radio Program; Making
Comic strips; Review of plays, stories, etc.; Adaptation of Films, plays, stories, etc.
Applied Courses: Interviews via Internet; Making a video on themes related to languages for Specific Purposes (e.g. Hospitality, Tourism, Business, etc.); Making one's own CV; Translation of Educational Certificates, Birth/Marriage/ Death Certificates, etc.; Writing Letters of Motivation in Target Language
Prescribed and recommended Readings »
Readings
Paper I:Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills -1
Tangram aktuell 1, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning, 2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department
Paper II: Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills 1
Tangram aktuell1, Max Hueber Verlag, Ismaning, 2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department
Paper III: Language in Context:Developing reading and writing skills – 2
Tangram aktuell 1 & 2, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning,2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department
Paper IV:Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills -2
Tangram aktuell1 &2, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning,2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department
Paper V: Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills -3
Tangram aktuell 2& 3, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning,2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department
Paper VI: Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills 3
Tangram aktuell 2 & 3, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning, 2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department.
Paper VII: Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills -4
Tangram aktuell 3, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning, 2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department.
Paper VIII: Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills -4
Tangram aktuell 2& 3, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning, 2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department.
Paper IX: Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills -5
Tangram aktuell 2& 3, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning,2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department.
Paper X: Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills -5
Tangram aktuell 2& 3, Max HueberVerlag, Ismaning,2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2005.
Additional material will be supplied by the Department.
Paper XI: Introduction to Literature – 1
Wolfgang Borchert. Das Gesamtwerk, Töteberg, Schindler (Hg.), Hamburg: Rowahlt, 2007.
Heinrich Böll, Werke. Essayistische Schriften u Reden I, 1952-1963, Bernd Berlzer (Hg.), Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Klassische deutsche Kurzgeschichten, Werner Bellmann (Hg.), Stuttgart: Reclam, 2003
Klassische deutsche Kurzgeschichten, Interpretationen, Werner Bellmann (Hg.), Stuttgart: Reclam, 2004
Gedichte. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Stuttgart: Klett, 1985
Theodor Karst: Außenseiter-Geschichten, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1994
Wolfgang Salzmann (Hg.) : 17 Kurzgeschichten. Stuttgart: Klett, 1996
Additional material will be provided by the Department.
Paper XII: Language in Context: Developing reading and writing skills - 6
Aspekte 2, LangenscheidtVerlag, Berlin, 2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2010.
Additional material will be provided by the Department
Paper XIII: Language in Context: Developing listening and speaking skills - 6
Aspekte 2, LangenscheidtVerlag, Berlin, 2005 and Goyal Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2010.
Additional material will be provided by the Department.
Paper XIV: Introduction to Literature – 2
Wolfgang Borchert: Drauβen vor der Tür
Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Die Physiker
Bertolt Brecht: Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan /Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
Max Frisch: Andorra
Stefan Zweig: Die unsichtbare Sammlung
Hermann Hesse: Siddhartha
Anna Frank: Tagebuch
Sven Regener: Herr Lehmann
Peter Handke: Die linkshändige Frau
Ődön von Horvath: Jugend ohne Gott
Thomas Bernhard: Vor dem Ruhestand
Paper XV: Reading Literature - 1
Angelius Silesius: Der cherubianische Wandersmann
Grimmelshausen: Simplicissimus
Andreas Gryphius: Gelegenheitsdichtung
Lessing: Ringparabel (Nathan der Weise)
Immanuel Kant: Was ist Aufklärung?
Brüder Grimm: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Achim von Arnim u Clemens Brentano: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Peter Hebel: Kalendergeschichten
Gedichte. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart: Klett, 1985
Peter Reichartz (Hg.): Experimentelle Poesie – vom Barock zur Gegenwart, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1995
Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Bd. 1 (Aufklärung / Sturm und Drang), Bd. 2 (Klassik / Romantik), Bd. 3 (Biedermeier – Vormärz / Bürgerlicher Realismus) Stuttgart: Klett
M.S. Joshi: Deutsche Märchen. TextemitÜbungen, Delhi: Goyal, 2010
Additional material will be provided by the Department
Paper XVI:Cultural History
W. Roecke, M. Muenkler (Hg.): Die LiteraturimUebergangvomMittelalterzurNeuzeit, Bd. 1, Wien u. Muenchen: Hanser, 2004
Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Von den AnfaengenbiszurGegenwart, 7. Aufl., Stuttgart u. Weimar: Metzler, 2008
A New History of German Literature, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004
Deutsche Geschichte, 3 Bde.,Goettingen: Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, 1985
Paper XVII: Research Methodology
Text- The Craft of Research, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, The University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Additional material will be provided by the Department.
Paper XVIII:Reading Literature - 2
InterkulturelleLiteratur in Deutschland.EinHandbuch, Stuttgart u. Weimar: Metzler, 2007
Rafik Schami: Eine deutsche Leidenschaft namens Nudelsalat
Oezdamar: Mutterzunge
Oezdamar: Das LebenisteineKarawanserei
DilekGüngör:Ganzschöndeutsch: meinetürkischeFamilie und ich
UweTimm: Morenga
UweTimm: Am BeispielmeinesBruders
WladimirKaminer: Ich bin keinBerliner
WladimirKaminer: Russendisko
Paper XIX: Introduction to Foreign Language Teaching: Theory and Practice
Ziebell, B., Unterrichtsbeobachtung und Lehrerverhalten. Langenscheidt, Berlin. Fernstudienheit 32, 2002.
Bachmeyer, G., Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache, didaktische Modelle des Erwerbs der deutschen Sprache bei Erwachsenen. Frankfurt am Main, 1993.
Paper XX: Research Project/ Dissertation
Text-The Craft of Research, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, The University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Additional material will be provided by the Department
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