GERMAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION

Course objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: demonstrate a basic command of the German language system, from both a synchronic and a diachronic perspective; understand at least in general literary and informative texts, including those on sectoral topics, partially appreciating their style and linguistic registers. B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the students will communicate effectively using an elementary language, appropriate to the communication context; he/she will demonstrate command of the lexicon and syntactic structures of the German language in social and / or professional relationships; he/she will write texts with a clear and effective argumentative structure. C) Autonomy of judgment: the student will be able to recognize and interrogate texts of different types and belonging to various genres, with different degree of complexity: he/she will be able to express one's point of view on a varied range of topics, adopting a style appropriate to the recipient; he/she will know how to use the theoretical tools learned during the course for the analysis of textual macrostructure and microstructure; he/she will develop a non-mnemonic study-method based on full awareness of theoretical principles and critical analysis of texts. D) Communication skills: the students will be able to express oneself in written and spoken form, demonstrating to understand the speech of the interlocutors; he/she will present clear descriptions of simple topics, and explain the topics that will be discussed during the course, using the appropriate scientific terminology. E) Learning skills: the student will develop a study method suitable for the transmission of acquired knowledge, and be able to use the tools provided during the course with the utmost rigor, approach the scientific literature of the discipline.

Channel 1
SABINE ELISABETH KOESTERS Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The German Linguistics course taught by the lecturer (21 hours) aims to introduce the cultural, phonetic, phonological, morphological and lexical bases of the German language. In the first part of the course, a general overview of the German language and culture is given, and the inventory of German sounds (vocalism and consonantism), the main phonological rules, the rules for transcribing words, the relationship between spelling and pronunciation are presented, also in the form of practical exercises. The second part of the course deals with the morphological and lexical structure of German, in particular the classification of morphemes (by position and function), the description of the main morphological processes (inflection, composition, derivation, conversion) and the stratification of the lexicon. The linguistic topics will always be presented in a German-Italian contrastive key in order to start a metalinguistic reflection that helps the student to acquire the formal characteristics of the German language.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge of German is required. However, a good knowledge of Italian grammar and a certain level of proficiency in English are useful.
Books
Lettorato to define Linguistics: Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Fonetica e Fonologia del tedesco, Bari, Graphis. (As the text is no longer commercially available, it will be provided to students free of charge in digital format.) Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Le parole del tedesco, Roma, Carocci. For non-attendees: Two books of your choice, from among 1. Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Fonetica e Fonologia del tedesco, Bari, Graphis. (Dato che il testo non è più in commercio, esso sarà fornito agli studenti gratuitamente in formato digitale.) 2. Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Le parole del tedesco, Roma, Carocci. 3. Vanna Vannuccini; Francesca Predazzi, Piccolo viaggio nell'anima tedesca, Milano, Feltrinelli. 4. Di Meola, Claudio, La linguistica tedesca, Roma, Bulzoni, cap.0-3. 5. Paschke, Peter, Leggere il tedesco per gli studi umanistici. Principianti. Cafoscarina, 2007. 6. Di Meola, Claudio, La linguistica tedesca, Roma, Bulzoni, ch.0-3.
Teaching mode
The course combines lectures by the lecturer and tutorials by the native speaker. The teacher's German Linguistics lessons will take place through frontal lectures to facilitate the learning of the theoretical-formal knowledge necessary for the university study of the German language, while the tutorials carried out by the mother tongue readers, which aim at the learning of A2 level language skills, will be carried out through different didactic methods aimed at the acquisition and practice of language skills: classroom and laboratory exercises, guided self-study, individual and group work, role play, various use of telematic supports. Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended for both the lectures given by the teacher and the practical exercises given by the mother tongue readers.
Frequency
if possibile, in-person.
Exam mode
For attending students, there will be an exemption at the end of the winter semester. It is also possible for attending and non-attending students to take the written and/or oral exam at each exam session in each session (see infostud).
Lesson mode
The course combines lectures by the lecturer and tutorials by the native speaker. The teacher's German Linguistics lessons will take place through frontal lectures and group exercises to facilitate the learning of the theoretical-formal knowledge necessary for the university study of the German language, while the tutorials carried out by the mother tongue readers, which aim at the learning of A1 level language skills, will be carried out through different didactic methods aimed at the acquisition and practice of language skills: classroom and laboratory exercises, guided self-study, individual and group work, role play, various use of telematic supports. Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended for both the lectures given by the teacher and the practical exercises given by the mother tongue readers.
  • Lesson code1027037
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseCommunication and Interpretation in Italian Sign Language (LIS and LISt)
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDL-LIN/14
  • CFU6