A key theme running through the module will be ‘encounters’ of different types – for example with unfamiliar people and places, with new sensations and emotions, or with memories that have been repressed. Through these encounters our texts explore the major issues in modern German culture and society: questions of personal and national identity; trauma and memory of war and the Holocaust; the experience of migration and integration; and the problematic inheritance of ‘guilt’ that continues to be relevant to Germany today.
Assessment:
GM1601 written exam in term 3 - 100%.
Please note that this exam will take place on campus.
GM1602 oral exam in term 3 - 100%
Please note that this exam will take place on campus.
Assessment:
GM1601 written exam in term 3 - 100 %
Please note this exam will take place on campus.
GM1602 oral exam in term 3 - 100 %
Please note this exam will take place on campus.
GM1701
GM1701 is a compulsory Year 1 Language Course. Students have to attend 3 weekly lessons + a fortnightly grammar lecture (Intermediate):
- Grammar
- Comprehension
- Oral Practice
- Grammar Lecture (fortnightly, please refer to "Language Skills" site on MOODLE)
ASSESSMENT:
3-hour Written Exam (100%):
- Grammar
- Composition
- Comprehension
All written language exams will be in-person, invigilated exams on campus. Dictionaries will not be allowed.
The oral exam will also take place in person on campus.
Oral exam in term 3 - weighting 100%.
Please note that this exam will take place on campus.
In your oral exam for GM1702 you will have to talk about and discuss ONE of two themes studied in the Comprehension/Practical component of GM1701. These two themes are:
1. Deutschsprachige Regionen
2. Jugend in deutschsprachigen Ländern
Your exact presentation title needs to kindly be discussed with Michael Hofer-Robinson, course convenor of GM1701. Thank you.
GM2009
GM2009 (Full Unit) is a compulsory Year 2 Language Course. Students have to attend 3 weekly lessons + a fortnightly grammar lecture (Intermediate)
- Grammar/Business German
- Comprehension
- Oral Practice
- Grammar Lecture (fortnightly, please refer to "Language Skills" site on MOODLE)
3-hour Written Examination (50%) :
- Business German letter
- Comprehension
- Commentary
The oral exam will also take place in person on campus.
Oral Examination (50%)
You will be expected to deliver a presentation about one of the two main topics studied in the 'comprehension' component of GM2009.
The two topics are:
1. Heimat & kulturelle Identität
2. Soziale Gerechtigkeit in Deutschland
Please note: you need to kindly discuss your specific presentation topic for the oral exam with the course convenor, Dr Michael Hofer-Robinson.
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Marking and Return of Work
Your submission will be returned 20 working days after the deadline (see the Turnitin ’post date’).
10-percentage-mark penalty for late submission within 24 hours of deadline.
See Marking criteria for grade-band requirements
Extensions
Extensions without evidence before deadline for TWO x TWO working-day extensions and TWO x FIVE working-day extensions (total per student per year).
Extenuating Circumstances
Extenuating Circumstances (ECs) for unforeseeable circumstances beyond your control (see list of types of applicable circumstances). Evidence required; apply as soon as you can, by the deadlines below:
Queries and Support
Info Hub (Quick Links: including CeDAS, Student Services, Wellbeing, Disability and Neurodiversity, RH Be Heard, Getting Help in an Emergency, Careers, IT, Library, Study Abroad and Hall Life). Humanities-school@rhul.ac.uk.
5.5 hours / week
(five weekly sessions with Ms Barbara Rassi, one fortnightly grammar lecture with Dr Michael Hofer-Robinson. Please refer to timetable.)
ASSESSMENT:
written examination (50%) in term 3
(in person on campus; no dictionaries allowed)
oral examination (50%) in term 3
(in person on campus; no dictionaries allowed)
PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO PASS THE CORE LANGUAGE UNIT YOU MUST OBTAIN AN OVERALL PASS MARK (AVERAGE OF THE WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAM MARKS) AND PASS THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
Marking and Return of Work
Your submission will be returned 20 working days after the deadline (see the Turnitin ’post date’).
10-percentage-mark penalty for late submission within 24 hours of deadline.
See Marking criteria for grade-band requirements
Extensions
Extensions without evidence before deadline for TWO x TWO working-day extensions and TWO x FIVE working-day extensions (total per student per year).
Extenuating Circumstances
Extenuating Circumstances (ECs) for unforeseeable circumstances beyond your control (see list of types of applicable circumstances). Evidence required; apply as soon as you can, by the deadlines below:
Queries and Support
Info Hub (Quick Links: including CeDAS, Student Services, Wellbeing, Disability and Neurodiversity, RH Be Heard, Getting Help in an Emergency, Careers, IT, Library, Study Abroad and Hall Life). Humanities-school@rhul.ac.uk.
GM3009 (Full Unit) is a compulsory core language course at final year level.
The course will be taught with 3 hours / week + a fortnightly grammar lecture (Advanced)- Essay
- Germany - past and present
- Oral Practice
- Grammar Lecture (fortnightly, please refer to "Language Skills" site on MOODLE)
ASSESSMENT:
3-Hour Written Examination (50%)- Erörterung (German essay)
- comprehension and Stellungnahme (gestern&heute module/Germany past and present)
- All written language exams will be in person invigilated exams on campus. Dictionaries will not be allowed.
Oral Examination (50%)
In term 3 (Thursday, 27 April 2023) you are required to kindly deliver a presentation (approx. 7-10 minutes long) on a topic of your choice. Your presentation will be followed by a discussion with your examiners (approx. 5-7 minutes long). Your presentation topic has to be related to a German-speaking country. You choose the topic, however, it needs to be approved of by your Oral Practice tutor. For this purpose you will have to fill out and submit a so-called 'Themenblatt' (by 28 of February, 2023, 4:00pm). Note that you will be penalised if, in the exam, you read your presentation.
FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL STUDENTS OF LANGUAGE:
PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO PASS THE FINAL YEAR CORE LANGUAGE UNIT
YOU MUST PASS BOTH THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION AND THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
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Marking and Return of Work
Your submission will be returned 20 working days after the deadline (see the Turnitin ’post date’).
10-percentage-mark penalty for late submission within 24 hours of deadline.
See Marking criteria for grade-band requirements
Extensions
Extensions without evidence before deadline for TWO x TWO working-day extensions and TWO x FIVE working-day extensions (total per student per year).
Extenuating Circumstances
Extenuating Circumstances (ECs) for unforeseeable circumstances beyond your control (see list of types of applicable circumstances). Evidence required; apply as soon as you can, by the deadlines below:
Autumn Term 2022(for assessments/submission deadlines from 19 September 2022 - 8 January 2023) DEADLINE: Midday 13 January 2023
Interim outcomes sent w/c 13 February 2023; Final outcomes sent 27 June 2023
Spring Term 2023 (for assessments/submission deadlines from 9 January 2023 - 21 April 2023) DEADLINE: Midday Friday 21 April 2023
Interim outcomes sent w/c 1 May 2023; Final outcomes sent 27 June 2023
Summer Term 2023 (for assessments/submission deadlines from 22 April 2023 - 19 May 2023) DEADLINE: Midday Friday 26 May 2023; Final outcomes sent 27 June 2023
Summer Term 2023 (Exceptional for late set assessments) ONLY for assessments from 20 May 2023 - 9 June 2023 DEADLINE: Midday Tuesday 13 June 2023
Final outcomes sent 27 June 2023
Queries and Support
Info Hub (Quick Links: including CeDAS, Student Services, Wellbeing, Disability and Neurodiversity, RH Be Heard, Getting Help in an Emergency, Careers, IT, Library, Study Abroad and Hall Life). Humanities-school@rhul.ac.uk.