German for Political Sciences and International Studies I - JLB013
Title: Němčina pro polit. a IMS I
Guaranteed by: Centre for Language Learning and Pedagogical Training (23-KJP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2007 to 2007
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/3, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)Schedule is not published yet, this information might be misleading.
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Alena Vaněčková
Class: Courses for incoming students
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Annotation -
Level B2/C1.
The course is designed for BA and MA students. The objective of the course is to expand students´ vocabulary necessary for understanding academic texts related to the above mentioned disciplines. Emphasis is also put on the revision of grammatical structures and the ability of students to express their ideas in cultivated German, both oral and written.
Seminar on mondays 11 am is only for students of CNS.
Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.05.2026)
Aim of the course -
To develop students' language skills as well as their professional growth.
Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.05.2026)
Literature -
see Czech version
Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.05.2026)
Teaching methods -

The course takes the form of a seminar. It focuses on the development of all language skills. The teacher chooses the texts together with the students and these texts are then used in the lessons as the base for discussions in which grammatical and lexical structures are practised.

There are situations and contexts within this course where you will be encouraged to use AI tools to explore how they can be used. This will only be done on a voluntary basis. Outside of those circumstances, you are asked not to use AI tools to generate content (text, video, audio, images) that will end up in any student work (assignments, activities, responses, etc) that is part of your evaluation in this course.

 When practising your language skills, it is ok to use AI to support your language development. You can use it for brainstorming, creating outlines, even when training written production. Remember it is not ok, however, to use AI to think for us or to do the hard work of figuring out how to express our ideas in our writing. WRITING = THINKING.

 As with all sources that are used in writing, your own words and thoughts should provide the bulk of your writing. If we wanted to know how Gen AI would write for example an essay, we would ask it. In our class, we are interested in how YOU write an essay and we want to hear your unique voice.

 Any student  work submitted using AI tools should clearly indicate what work is the student’s work, what part is generated by the AI, which prompts have been used and how you worked with the generated content.  In such cases, no more than 25% of the student work should be generated by AI. Academically honest use of Gen AI includes providing a full transcript of any Gen AI generated content between you and the Gen AI as part of your working document using the correct citing format.

 As far as teachers’ work with AI is concerned, any use of artificial intelligence tools will be carried out in a way that protects students' personal data. Student work will not be used to train AI models.

More information about AI use can be found in the guidelines set by FSV UK and ethical recommendations provided by Charles University

 

Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.05.2026)
Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme -

Credit requirements:

1. end-of-term credit test (60% must be reached)
2. summary of news (500 words)

3. active participation (3 nonattandances are allowed)



The students who do not attend the seminars need to submit an essay (about 400 words) and need to take a credit test at the end of a semester.

Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (18.06.2026)
Syllabus -

Planed topics:

-   Ereignisse des Jahres

-   Europäische Union und 40 Jahre Schengener Raum

-   Migration und 10 Jahre Wir schaffen das

-   Politisches System und aktuelles Geschehen in Österreich

-   Umwelt

The change of topics or other topics depend on students interests.

 

Grammar B2-C1

- Konnektoren und Infinitivkonstruktionen mit zu

- Präpositionen (vor allem mit Genitiv)

- Passiv

- Redewiedergabemittel bestimmen

Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (30.05.2026)
Course registration requirements -

The students who decide to attend this course should be on B2 level or at least B1 level according to the Common European Framework. This means they should be able to understand longer articles and speeches. They need to know how to state their opinion and be able to join in the discussion about general topics. They should also be able to write a coherent text without major gramatical and lexical mistakes.

Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (22.08.2011)