21-22 GM1120: Introduction to German Studies
A key theme running through the module will be ‘encounters’ of different types – for example with unfamiliar people and places, with new sensations and emotions, or with memories that have been repressed. Through these encounters our texts explore the major issues in modern German culture and society: questions of personal and national identity; trauma and memory of war and the Holocaust; the experience of migration and integration; and the problematic inheritance of ‘guilt’ that continues to be relevant to Germany today.
21-22 GM1601: German Ab Initio Written I
Assessment:
GM1601 written exam: OBE = Open Book Exam in term 3 (Monday, 9 May 2022) - 100%
GM1602 oral exam: a presentation and a dialogue (approx. five minutes in total) in term 3 (Friday, 27 May 2022) - 100%
Two different tasks:
Task 1: talking about yourself - you as a person, your studies, other aspects of your life (e.g. family, hobbies, etc.) approx. three minutes.
Task 2: dialogue: you'll engage in a dialogue with your examiners on ONE of four pre-prepared topics (shopping for groceries/arranging to meet with friends/clothes shopping/at the doctor's) - approx. two minutes.
21-22 GM1602: German Ab Initio Oral I
Assessment:
GM1601 written exam: OBE = Open Book Exam in term 3 (exact date tba)
GM1602 oral exam: a presentation and a dialogue (approx. five minutes in total) in term 3 (Friday, 27 May 2022)
Two different tasks:
Task 1: talking about yourself - you as a person, your studies, other aspects of your life (e.g. family, hobbies, etc.) approx. three minutes.
Task 2: dialogue: you'll engage in a dialogue with your examiner on ONE of four pre-prepared topics (shopping for groceries/arranging to meet with friends/clothes shopping/at the doctor's) - approx. two minutes.
21-22 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 assessment (100%):
- Grammar
- Composition
- Comprehension
21-22 GM1702: German Advanced Oral I
Oral exam - weighting 100%:
Term 3 (Wednesday 25 May, 2022)
You are required to give a presentation (live via MS Teams) that relates to ONE of two themes studied in the Comprehension/Practical component of GM1701. These two themes are:
1. Deutsche Regionen
2. Jugend in Deutschland
After the delivery of your presentation you will have a discussion about your chosen topic with your two examiners. This will also be done on MS Teams. Please read the Word document attached above the orange arrow. Danke.
21-22 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)
3-hour Written Open Book Examination (50%) :
- Business German letter
- Comprehension
- Commentary
Oral Examination (50%)
You will be expected to deliver a presentation (Thursday, 26 May 2022) about one of the two main topics studied in the 'comprehension' component of GM2009. The two topics are:
1. Heimat & kulturelle Identität
2. Soziale Gerechtigkeit in Deutschland
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Extensions and Extenuating Circumstances
· Extensions without evidence before deadline for TWO x TWO working-day extensions and TWO x FIVE working-day extensions (total per student per year).
· Extenuating Circumstances (ECs) for unforeseeable circumstances beyond your control). Evidence required; apply as soon as you can; outcome after Exam Boards.
Support
Consult your Personal Tutor, course tutors and the Humanities Office and Help Desk (Humanities-school@royalholloway.ac.uk) for advice, and access support from:
· Student Advisory and Wellbeing services
· Support for disabilities and neurodiversity
· Online support for your academic studies
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.21-22 GM2010: Intensive German for Beginners II
5.5 hours / week
(five weekly sessions with Ms Barbara Rassi, one fortnightly grammar lecture with Ms Dorothee Fowkes. Please refer to timetable.)
ASSESSMENT:
written examination (50%) = OBE, Open Book Exam in term 3 (Monday, 16 May 2022)
one oral examination (50%) in term 3 (Thursday, 26 May 2022)
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.
21-22 GM2124: Representations of Childhood and Youth in Modern German Culture
21-22 GM2501: Pra Oral In German
21-22 GM2502: Pra Oral In German
21-22 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)
Oral Examination (50%)
In term 3 (Thursday, 28 April 2022) you are required to kindly deliver a presentation (approx. 7-10 minutes long) on a topic of your choice. Your presentation will be followed by a discussion with your examiners (approx. 5-7 minutes long). Your presentation topic has to be related to a German-speaking country. You choose the topic, however, it needs to be approved of by your Oral Practice tutor. For this purpose you will have to fill out and submit a so-called 'Themenblatt' (by 28 of February, 2022, 4:00pm). Note that you will be penalised if, in the exam, you read your presentation.
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.
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Extensions and Extenuating Circumstances
Extensions without evidence before deadline for TWO x TWO working-day extensions and TWO x FIVE working-day extensions (total per student per year).
Extenuating Circumstances (ECs) for unforeseeable circumstances beyond your control). Evidence required; apply as soon as you can; outcome after Exam Boards.
Support
Consult your Personal Tutor, course tutors and the Humanities Office and Help Desk (Humanities-school@royalholloway.ac.uk) for advice, and access support from:
· Student Advisory and Wellbeing services
· Support for disabilities and neurodiversity
· Online support for your academic studies
21-22 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.