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German for Social Sciences I - JLB033
Title: Němčina pro sociální vědy I
Czech title: Němčina pro sociální vědy I
Guaranteed by: Centre for Language Learning and Pedagogical Training (23-KJP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2025
Semester: both
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: 0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / 75 (69)
summer:unknown / unknown (69)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: German
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Ing. Regina Faltýnová
Mgr. Dagmar Křenková, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Ing. Regina Faltýnová
Mgr. Dagmar Křenková, Ph.D.
Class: Courses for incoming students
Is pre-requisite for: JLB034
Annotation -
Level B1+.
The course is designed for BA and MA students. The objective of the course is to expand students´ general vocabulary, improve their communication skills and to systematically explain and revise grammar.
Last update: FALTYNOVA (04.09.2025)
Aim of the course -

The course focuses on improving the knowledge of general German, mostly developing the speaking, writing, listening and reading skills, improving grammar and vocabulary at academic level and broadening the knowledge of topics related to German speaking countries. Students should reach the B2 level.

Last update: FALTYNOVA (04.09.2025)
Literature -

Teachers use own materials.

 

Additional workbooks:

Koithan, U.: Kontext B1+. Klett Stuttgart 2024.

Schmohl, S.: Akademie Deutsch B1+. Hueber Ismaning 2024.

Buscha, A./Szita, S.: Begegnungen B1+. Schubert Verlag 2021.

Braun, B. a kol.: Kompass DaF B2. Klett Stuttgart 2022.

Grammar books:

Hering, A. und andere: Übungsgrammatik für die Mittelstufe aktuell. Hueber 2024.

Jin, V./Voß U.: Grammatik aktiv B1+. Cornelsen2 2024. 

Grammar books to revise the levels A1 to B1:

Jin, V./Voß U.: Grammatik aktiv A1-B1. Cornelsen 2023. 

https://deutschkurse-passau.de/JM/images/stories/SKRIPTEN/a1_skript_gr.pdf (A1)

https://www.deutschkurse-passau.de/JM/images/stories/SKRIPTEN/a2_skript_gr.pdf (A2)

https://www.deutschkurse-passau.de/JM/images/stories/SKRIPTEN/b1_skript_gr.pdf (B1)

Last update: Křenková Dagmar, Mgr., Ph.D. (25.09.2025)
Teaching methods -

Lessons take a form of a seminar using a co-operative method - pairwork, groupwork, discussions, brainstorming.

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. (25.09.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

Credit requirements:
- 20% active participation in lessons 
- 80% test (grammar, vocabulary based on the texts and topics discussed in the lessons, reading or listening), length - 60 min. To pass a test, students need to reach at least 65% of total points. Students can receive bonus points for handing in their homework on time.

In addition must be reached 65% of both.

Last update: FALTYNOVA (04.09.2025)
Syllabus -

Topics:


1.Studium

2.Wohnen

3.Auswanderung - Leben im fremden Land


Grammar:

Verbs in all tenses
Word order and conjunctions
Prepositions



Last update: FALTYNOVA (04.09.2025)
Entry requirements -

Students will take an entrance test during the first lesson on 2.10. ve 14.00 h. (rooms C322 and C423), 14.45 h. (rooms C322 and C423), 15.30 h. (rooms C322 and B230) and 16.15 h. (rooms C322 and B230). They are expected to have reached a A2+/B1- level.

The entrance test for the summer course: 16.2.2026,  at 2 and 2.40 p.m., room H 110. 

 

Last update: FALTYNOVA (30.09.2025)
 
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