The course will develop your skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking and develop translation and essay writing skills through a wide range of topics.
First Year:
Family relationships, youth culture, festivals and traditions, art and architecture, the history of Berlin and Berlin as a multicultural city
Cultural topic (film): Wolfgang Becker, “Good-bye, Lenin!”
Second Year:
Immigration and integration, young people and politics, Germany and the EU, German reunification
Cultural topic (book/play): Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Besuch der alten Dame
Examinations at the end of Year 2:
Paper 1 Listening, Reading and Translation (50%)
Paper 2 Writing – two cultural essays, one on the film and one of the play (20%)
Paper 3 Speaking: Part 1 discussion of a sub-theme based on a stimulus card; Part 2: presentation and discussion of an Independent Research Project (30%)