Course: Reading of Academic Texts in German 2

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Course title Reading of Academic Texts in German 2
Course code KFI/ČTN2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English, German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vokoun Jaroslav, prof. PhDr. Th.D.
Course content
1) Straight and commented reading of a scholarly German text. 2) An introduction into scholarly vocabulary. 3) specialities of a scholarly style. 4) Basic techniques of translators.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce the students to reading of foreign-language scholarly text.
Each student will be able to translate independently an easier scholarly text.
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of German.

Assessment methods and criteria
Systematic student observation

An active partcipation on lessons - the reading and translating of text, according to linguistic facilities of a discussion. The successful mastering of this course does not depend on a level of the language of students but on an active participation on lessons.
Recommended literature
  • Mounin, G. Teoretické problémy překladu. Praha, 1999.
  • Siebenschein, H. Německo-český slovník, 1. díl. Praha, 1988.
  • Siebenschein, H. Německo-český slovník, 2. díl. Praha, 1988.


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