Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHAL1212 - German: Grammar in Practice


USL-B


Credits : 5

Lecturers :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first and second term, 60 hours of theory.

Language of instruction :
German

Learning activities :
MHAL1212A - German : grammar practice I [1 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 30] Manon Delcour, Françoise Gallez
MHAL1212B - German : grammar practice II [2 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 70] Nathalie Gillain

Learning outcomes :
With reference to the Course Description (Learning Activities) of the Degree in Translation and Inter-pretation, students following this Course Unit de-velop and acquire the following skills (learning outcomes) :

On completing this Unit students should be able to:

- Correctly use the rules of grammar learnt in class in both oral and written contexts
- Conjugate German verbs both in drill exercises and in context
- Decline German nouns, adjectives, determiners and pronouns both in drill exercises and in context
- Correctly use lexical and grammatical spelling rules
- Correctly manipulate and alternate various simple and complex German sentence structures
- Translate sentences from texts discussed in class into C language, using grammatical, lexical, syntactical, phraseological and punctuation rules

French Grammar for German-speaking students :
At the end of the course, the student will be able
- to use the grammar rules and syntactic structures covered in the course correctly in writing.
- Translate a text with or without tools into the C language in a limited time, respecting grammatical, lexical, syntactic, phraseological and punctuation rules.



Prerequisites :
For the Bachelor in translation and interpreting :


Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
German grammar:
The aim of this course is to review the essential notions for mastering the basics of German (conjugation, declension, spelling, syntactic structures, etc.) and to complete them for a mastery of German at an intermediate level. The course provides students with tools to improve their oral and written expression.
The practical work proposed in the course is complemented by tasks to be carried out at home.

French grammar for German-speaking students:
This course aims at revising the basic notions of French grammar and written expression (complex sentences, use of modes, concordance of tenses, etc.) in various contexts.



Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Individual and group exercises (practical work, tutorials, simulation, etc.) / Lecture
Personalized progress monitoring and support
Translation from A to C with lexical and grammatical clarifications


Assessment methods and criteria :
Formative assessment + written certifying evaluation

Weighting:
- MHAL1212A (first semester) 30% of the final grade of the course
- MHAL1211B (second semester) 70% of the final grade of the course

German Grammar :
MHAL1212A
- oral presentation during the semester (15% of the grade)
- written test covering different varieties of questions (in-session examination, 85% of the grade)
- Second semester: oral exam (15% of grade) + written test covering different varieties of questions (in-session exam, 85% of grade)


MHAL1212B
- written work during the semester (formative evaluation)
- translation from A to C (in-session exam, 50% of final grade) + written assessment covering different varieties of questions in session (in-session exam, 50% of final grade)
- Second session: The test procedures remain the same for the second session

French Grammar for German-speaking students :
MHAL1212A
- Single written exam covering different types of questions (incomplete sentences, essays, short texts to be corrected, etc.)
- Second session: The test modalities remain the same for the second session

MHAL1212B
- Single written exam covering different varieties of questions (incomplete sentences, essays, short texts to be corrected, etc.) (50% of the final grade) + written exam of translation of a text from A to C (50% of the final grade)
- Second session: The modalities of the test remain the same for the second session

Students resitting the exams for this course in 2022-2023 will be assessed on the course material of the current year, i.e. 2022-2023.



Recommended or required reading :
German Grammar:
Liebaug-Dartmann - Grammatik für die Mittelstufe - Kurzfassung
Liebaug-Dartmann - Grammatik für die Mittelstufe - erweiterte Fassung
http://www.duden.de
http://www.begegnungen-deutsch.de http://www.deutschunddeutlich.de/

French Grammar for German-speaking students:
BAYOL Marie-Claire et BAVENCOFFE Marie-Josée, La grammaire française, Paris, Nathan, 1998.
BLAMPAIN Daniel et HANSE Joseph (éds), Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2000.
BLED Edouard et BLED Odette, Bled orthographe, Paris, Hachette, 1998.
BOUDOU Bénédicte et DÉCOTE Georges, L'accord du participe passé, Paris, Hatier, 2008.
BRIET Henri, Savoir accorder l'adjectif: règles, exercices et corrigés, Paris, Duculot, 1992 (L'esprit des mots).
BRIET Henri, Savoir accorder le verbe: règles, exercices et corrigés, Paris, Duculot, 1986.
CHERDON Christian, Guide de grammaire française, Bruxelles, De Boeck et Larcier, 1996 (Accès français).
DE MAREZ Christian, DESMARCHELIER Francis et GONIFEI Danièle, L'orthographe, Paris, Nathan, 2005.
DIDIER Jean-Jacques, Syllabus Grammaire du français moderne. Orthographe grammaticale, 2014.
DIDIER Jean-Jacques et SERON Michel, Manuel d'orthographe: mise à niveau, Louvain-la-Neuve, De Boeck-Duculot, 2014 (Entre guillemets).
GREVISSE Maurice, Exercices de grammaire française, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2009.
GREVISSE Maurice et GOOSSE André, Le bon usage: grammaire française, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2007.
GREVISSE Maurice et GOOSSE André, Nouvelle grammaire française, Bruxelles, De Boeck - Duculot, 1995.
MORIAMÉ Marc-Albert, Outils d'orthographe: une méthode simple à l'usage de tous, Namur, Ed. namuroises, 2003.
NARJOUX Cécile, La ponctuation. Règles, exercices, corrigés, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2014.
PELLAT Jean-Christophe, FONVIELLE Stéphanie, Le Grevisse de l'enseignant, Paris, Magnard, 2016.
PELLAT Jean-Christophe, FONVIELLE Stéphanie, Le Grevisse de l'enseignant. 1000 exercices de grammaire, Paris, Magnard, 2018.
THIMONNIER René et MATORÉ Georges, Code orthographique et grammatical, Paris, Hatier, 1974.
THIRY Paul et al., Vocabulaire français?: trouver et choisir le mot juste?: 550 exercices pour enrichir son vocabulaire et améliorer son style, Bruxelles, De Boeck - Duculot, 2009.
WILMET Marc, Grammaire critique du français, Bruxelles, De Boeck - Duculot, 2003.
Les exercices de français du CCDMD : http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/fr/



Other information :
German Grammar:
Course materials:
1. Course notes and documents available on Moodle
Recommended materials (2. or 3., to be determined in September 2022)
2. Clamer, Friedrich; Heilmann, Ehrard G.(2007): Übungsgrammatik für die Grundstufe 4. überarbeitete Auflage. ISBN 978-3-922989-70-7
3. Clamer, Friedrich; Heilmann, Erhard G.; Röller, Helmut (2007): Übungsgrammatik für die Mittelstufe Erweiterte Fassung (Zweite, korrigierte Auflage). Meckenheim: Liebaug-Dartmann. ISBN 978-3-922989-51-6


French Grammar for German-speaking students:
Course materials:
- Syllabus of French grammar MHFR1131 and MHFR1132
- Documents available on Moodle
- THIRY Paul et al, Vocabulaire français : trouver et choisir le mot juste : 550 exercices pour enrichir son vocabulaire et améliorer son style, Bruxelles, De Boeck - Duculot, 2009.
Recommended materials: GREVISSE Maurice and GOOSSE André, Nouvelle grammaire française, Brussels, De Boeck - Duculot, 1995.