20-21 GM1120: Introduction to German Studies
Introduce you to three key areas of interest in contemporary German Studies: literature, film, and history
Introduce you to basic study skills
Teach you how to analyse different kinds of texts (literary, theoretical, filmic, historical)
Equip you with the vocabulary needed to discuss such texts
Introduce you to techniques used in class discussion and seminars at university level
20-21 GM1122: German History and Culture
The course presents key developments in German history through the lens
of culture including literature, film, paintings, caricatures.
Students will gain an insight into German culture and history from the
Middle Ages to the present, and acquire skills and knowledge that will
serve them throughout their degree.
20-21 GM1601: German Ab Initio Written I
Assessment and submission dates:
GM1601: written: 3-hour Open Book Exam (23-hour window) in term 3 (18 May, 2021, 11:00am BST to 19 May, 2021, 10:00am BST) - 100%
GM1602: oral assessment: pre-recorded presentation - ca. 5 minutes long. Your video presentation will have to be uploaded by Friday, 30 of April 2021, midday. - 100%
Assessment with Panopto: https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4223
Click to expand the topics 'Recording & uploading videos with the Panopto app' (for Panopto Desktop Recorder instructions) and 'Uploading video assessments to RePlay' (for uploading a video captured with a personal device).
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Please see more information on your exams further below. Thank you.
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The folder to look for in order to upload your oral-exam video is titled:
GM1602-202021: GM1602 Oral Presentations 2020-21
You also need to kindly upload your 10 keywords (aka 10-word prompts). This can be done via the Turnitin submission box 'GM1602 Oral Presentation Prompts' on GM1601. (We have been using Moodle page GM1601 both for GM1601 and GM1602, hence the 'Prompts' submission box on GM1601).
Any questions? Please send me an e-mail. Thank you. Danke.
20-21 GM1602: German Ab Initio Oral I
Oral exam: a pre-recorded video presentation (approx. five minutes in total) at the beginning of term 3 (by Friday, 30 April 2021, midday)
Video presentation: two different tasks - to be uploaded by Friday, 30 of April, 2021, midday via your Ab-initio Moodle page. Please note that as we have been using GM1601 as the main page for both GM1601 and GM1602 please upload your pre-recorded presentation and your 10 keyworks (aka prompts) on GM1601. Thank you.
part 1: talking about yourself - you as a person, your studies, other aspects of your life (e.g. family, hobbies, etc.) approx. three minutes.
part 2: 'describing a scenario': you'll describe e.g. one of the following: going shopping at a market, arranging to meet friends, going clothes shopping, etc. - approx. two minutes.
Please note:
For part 1 you will be given some bullet points to help you structure your presentation about yourself. For part 2 you will receive a list of a few scenarios and you can choose one of these to then present in your video recording.
Also for your oral exam please see Moodle GM1601 for further information.
Any questions? Please ask. Danke.
Please note that currently the main Moodle page for GM1602 is the GM1601 Moodle page.
20-21 GM1701: German Advanced Written I
GM1701
GM1701 is a compulsory Year 1 Language Course. Students have to attend 3 weekly lessons + a fortnightly grammar lecture (Intermediate):
- Grammar
- Comprehension
- Oral Practice
- Grammar Lecture (fortnightly, please refer to "Language Skills" site on MOODLE)
ASSESSMENT:
3-Hour Written Examination (100%):
- Grammar
- Composition
- Comprehension
English/German
- German/English or German monolingual dictionaries are allowed for the
written examination. You may not use machine translation software
to write or translate whole sentences, or entire segments of a text.
Your eam paper will be in pdf format but you can
copy and paste questions or entire sections from the question paper where
necessary into your word document. You must state clearly which question you are answering.
You MUST include your candidate number in the file name before submitting.
Oral Examination (100%):
- Pre-recorded presentation (duration: 5 minutes)
- For more information see below in the top section of your GM1701 Moodle page.
- Please upload this document with your ten keywords to Turnitin
- DEADLINE for uploading the presentation is Friday, 30th April, midday.
The written module is non condonable - if failed (a mark below 40), you cannot progress. It must be passed (40 marks).
Assessment with Panopto - https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4223
Click to expand the topics 'Recording & uploading videos with the
Panopto app' (for Panopto Desktop Recorder instructions) and 'Uploading video
assessments to RePlay' (for uploading a video captured with a personal device).
If you need more help with panopto please click here for a detailed guide.
20-21 GM1702: German Advanced Oral I
Deadline for the submission of your pre-recorded presentation (aka oral exam - weighting 100%):
Friday, 30/4/2021, midday.
For more info on your oral exam please see the relevant document below.
Check your GM1701 Moodle page too. Danke.
Here is a link to inform yourself on recording and uploading your video of the pre-recorded presentation:
Assessment with Panopto -
https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4223
Click to expand the topics 'Recording & uploading videos with the Panopto app' (for Panopto Desktop Recorder instructions) and 'Uploading video assessments to RePlay' (for uploading a video captured with a personal device).
20-21 GM2009: German Language II
GM2009
GM2009 (Full Unit) is a compulsory Year 2 Language Course. Students have to attend 3 weekly lessons + a fortnightly grammar lecture (Intermediate)
- Grammar/Business German
- Comprehension
- Oral Practice
- Grammar Lecture (fortnightly, please refer to "Language Skills" site on MOODLE)
ASSESSMENT:
3-hour Written Open Book Examination (50%) :
- Grammar
- Comprehension
- Commentary
English/German - German/English or German monolingual dictionaries are allowed for the written examination. Dictionaries will NOT be provided.
Oral Examination (50%):
- pre-recorded presentation (approx. 5 minutes) - submitted online by Friday, 30th of April, 2021 - midday.
Assessment with Panopto - https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4223
Click to expand the topics 'Recording & uploading videos with the Panopto app' (for Panopto Desktop Recorder instructions) and 'Uploading video assessments to RePlay' (for uploading a video captured with a personal device).
PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO PASS THE CORE LANGUAGE UNIT YOU MUST OBTAIN AN OVERALL PASS MARK (AVERAGE OF THE WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAM MARKS) AND PASS THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
20-21 GM2010: Intensive German for Beginners II
5.5 hours / week (please refer to timetable)
ASSESSMENT:
3-hour Written Open Book Examination (50%)
(online with a 23-hour time slot) in term 3:
accessible as of 20 May, 2021 11:00 am BST
to be uploaded by 21 May, 2021 10:00 am BST
Pre-recorded presentation (50%) - approx. five minutes (to be submitted by Friday, 30th of April, 2021 - midday)
Assessment with Panopto - https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4223
Click to expand the topics 'Recording & uploading videos with the Panopto app' (for Panopto Desktop Recorder instructions) and 'Uploading video assessments to RePlay' (for uploading a video captured with a personal device).
PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO PASS THE CORE LANGUAGE UNIT YOU MUST OBTAIN AN OVERALL PASS MARK (AVERAGE OF THE WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAM MARKS) AND PASS THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
20-21 GM2122: Death, Desire, Decline: Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka
20-21 GM2123: Love and Marriage in Major Novels by Theodor Fontane
Assessment:
• Formative piece of work: 0% --- Deadline = 7 December 2017
• Essay: 30% (1500-2000 words) --- Deadline = 8 March 2018
• Written Examination: 70%
All essays are to be written in ENGLISH (although quotations from German material should be given in the original if you are studying German on the post A-Level pathway).
20-21 GM2124: Representations of Childhood and Youth in Modern German Culture
20-21 GM2501: Pra Oral In German
20-21 GM2502: Pra Oral In German
20-21 GM3009: German Language III
GM3009 (Full Unit) is a compulsory core language course at final year level.
The course will be taught with 3 hours / week + a fortnightly grammar lecture (Advanced)- Essay
- Germany - past and present
- Oral Practice
- Grammar Lecture (fortnightly, please refer to "Language Skills" site on MOODLE)
ASSESSMENT:
3-Hour Written Examination (50%)- Erörterung (German essay)
- comprehension and Stellungnahme (gestern&heute module/Germany past and present)
English/German - German/English or German monolingual dictionaries are allowed for the written examination. You may not use machine translation software to write or translate whole sentences, or entire segments of a text.
Your exam paper will be in pdf format but you can copy and paste questions or entire sections from the question paper where necessary into your word document. You must state clearly which question you are answering.
You MUST include your candidate number in the file name before submitting.
Oral Examination (50%) - - pre-recorded presentation approx. eight minutes (minimum seven, maximum ten minutes)
- Deadline for uploading the presentation is midday Friday 30th April.
- Please upload this document with your ten keywords to turnitin
Assessment with Panopto - https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4223
Click to expand the topics 'Recording & uploading videos with the
Panopto app' (for Panopto Desktop Recorder instructions) and 'Uploading video
assessments to RePlay' (for uploading a video captured with a personal device).
If you need more detailed help with panopto please click here
Assessment with Panopto - https://moodle.royalholloway.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4223
Click to expand the topics 'Recording & uploading videos with the
Panopto app' (for Panopto Desktop Recorder instructions) and 'Uploading video
assessments to RePlay' (for uploading a video captured with a personal device).
If you need more detailed help with panopto please click here
FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL STUDENTS OF LANGUAGE:
PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO PASS THE FINAL YEAR CORE LANGUAGE UNIT YOU MUST PASS BOTH THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION AND THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
20-21 GM3131: Narrative and Identity
20-21 GM3133: Dark Tales. E.T.A. Hoffmann and German Romanticsm
E.T.A. Hoffmann is widely regarded as the undisputed master of dark, frightening and often bizarre tales whose protagonists experience their worlds as inexplicable and frightening places that drive them to the brink of insanity. The human psyche here appears to be unstable and easily influenced by factors beyond the individual's conscious control. The self is perceived as divided into "day" and "night" sides and notions of a unified stable identity become questionable. In our analyses of Hoffmann's texts we will explore themes and motifs such as the doppelgänger, the signifiance of dreams, the blurring of boundaries between sanity and insanity, the artist's role in society and the uncanny. Furthermore, we will discuss the author's specific mode of writing and select critical approaches to Hoffmann. While focusing on Hoffmann we will also consider a range of poems/excerpts from other Romantic authors in order to gain a better understanding of the period.