TARGET GROUP

Graduate students, scholars, and doctoral students (with DSH or equivalent language exam)

Language requirements: Level C1 (in accordance with the Common European Framework of References for Languages)

CONTENT

  • Academic vocabulary building
  • Study-specific issues in German grammar
  • Linguistic exercises in academic genres (report, assignments, thesis, presentation)
  • Central linguistic functions in academic communication (e.g., summarising, paraphrasing, referencing, argumentation)

Please note: This course is based on the textbook: Graefen/Moll (2011), Wissenschaftssprache Deutsch, ISBN: 978-3-631-60948-4
All participants should buy the textbook before the course begins. The book is not included in the course fee.

Summer semester 2023:

Total: 15 sessions of two lessons (a total of 30 lessons)
Start: 17 April 2023
End: 12 June 2023
Time: Monday, 18:00 to 20:00 and Wednesday, 18:00 to 20:00
Location: online
Payment of Course Fee: 06 April 2023

Winter semester 2023/24:

Total: 15 sessions of two lessons (a total of 30 lessons)
Start: 16 October 2023
End: 06 December 2023
Time: Monday, 18:00 to 20:00 and Wednesday, 18:00 to 20:00
Location: online
Payment of Course Fee: 05 October 2023

You can register online (under "German during Your Studies") or in person during our office hours.

 You can find information on cost, application and ECTS credits here: German during your studies: general information