Restructuring Final-Year General Language
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Instit. 1 |
Institution 2 |
Institution 3 |
Institution 4 |
Institution 5 |
Institution 6 |
Institut. 7 |
Institution 8 |
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Contact hours per week |
1 Prose 1 Translation 1 Oral |
1 Prose 1 Essay 1 Translation |
3 written language papers: 1) Prose/Transl. (all) 2 out of: 2) Essay 3) German Structure and Style 4) Techn. Transl. |
1 grammar/translation 1 Sprachpraxis (for oral and essay) 1/2 Comprehension (SH only) |
1 Prose 1 Translation |
1 Prose 1/2 Translation |
1 translation into and out of German, on stylistics, precis work, mistake spotting extension of vocabulary etc. 1 Essay and oral work |
Generally 1 Prose, 1 Translation (depending on Degree scheme; could be 2 Prose or 2 Trans. only) |
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Credits |
20 (weighted: Band A) |
10 credits each |
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1/6 of degree, 1/12 of JH |
20 |
(not modular) |
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Continuous Assessment |
10 pieces doesn't count |
Doesn't count. |
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Doesn't count. |
Is done, but doesn't count. |
Counts as 40% (marks for 8 proses and 4 translations (no Klausuren, all done at home with help of dictionaries |
Yes, but doesn't count. |
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Exam |
3 hours (1 translation, 1 prose) [together 67%, Oral 33%] |
Exam at end of year. |
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a) 3 hours (1 Prose, 1 Transl.) b) 3 hours (SH), 2 hours (JH): Essay c) 15-min oral with External d) 25-min oral (Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at E:\listplex\SYSTEM\SCRIPTS\filearea.cgi line 455, e) written and aural compreh. (SH only) |
2 x 2 hours (1 in each direction) [50%/50%] |
Counts as 60% 2 x 2 hours (1 in each direction) [50%/50%] |
3 hours (1 translation, 1 prose) [33%] 3 hour essay [33%] Oral [33%] |
3 hours (1 translation, 1 prose) [100%] |
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Oral as separate module |
No |
Yes, 10 credits. Assessed at end of Semester 1. [as of 2000: 3 modules: prose/essay, translation/interpreting and oral.] |
Yes. All students:2-part oral exam: a) reading passage and discussion, b) aural compr. based on an audio or video recording. |
(see above) |
Yes: oral communication + Textarbeit [guided composition and commentary in German]. oral exams: at the end of Semester 1 and last 20-25 mins. Textarbeit: 2 hour written exam at the end of the year. [50%/50%] |
Yes, 10 credits [Exam 80%, c/a 20%] |
Yes (20-mins exam) |
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Specials |
3-hour essay compulsory for SH |
General Point: Teaching in semesters.1st semester, all 2nd and final year modules are assessed by one essay chosen from up to five titles and submitted in January (2000 words). [broad-ranging essay titles] 2nd semester, all 2nd and final year modules are assessed by one exam of one and a half hours in which 2 questions are chosen from 6. In the first year the exams are done at the end of S1 and the essays at the end of S2. Incidentally, a 10-credit module here can consist of as little as 16 hours teaching, though some are around 20. |
In language modules: exam marks only. In 'content' modules: extended essays only. |
In process of moving to: one 30-credit language module, covering a range of oral and written skills (written component 60% and the oral for 40%.) Reasons: Students find pr/tr difficult, poor performance in exams (no Dict.); teach wide range of skills: report-writing, written compr., precis-writing. |
3-hour essay compulsory for SH. Final-year language papers set by the Language Centre for students doing a European Studies degree: comprehension, precis-writing etc rather than direct translation. They've recently been commended as imaginative by Externals, so we might move that way ourselves. |