COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LANGUAGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YAÖ 3008 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LANGUAGE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR KUTHAN KAHRAMANTÜRK

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire the changes and tendency of development in the grammar structures of German language in the decades respectively in morphology, syntax, vocabulary and in different fields of grammar.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to comprehend the factors that cause the changes in the language.
2   Ability to comprehend the changes and tendency of development in the grammar structures of German language.
3   Ability to comprehend the terms "Neudeutsch". "Anglizismen" "Denglisch" and To indicate criteria for the determination of article of new foreign words in German language.
4   Ability to comprehend the building and the use of expressions for gender difference and gender-free in current German.
5   Ability to analyse the building and the use of euphemism in modern German.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The factors that cause the changes in the language and the term "Neudeutsch"
2 Influence of English on the current German: "Anglizismen"
3 The building and the use of expressions for gender difference and gender-free in current German
4 The topic "Denglisch"
5 The changes and tendency of development in the morphology of German
6 The changes and tendency of development in the conjugation and case of German
7 The changes and tendency of development in the use of conjunctive mood of German
8 Midterm Exam
9 The building and the use of euphemism in modern German
10 The changes and tendency of development in the word formation of noun, verb, adjective
11 The changes and tendency of development in functional verbs and compound words
12 The changes and tendency of development in syntax of current German
13 Nominalisation in current German/ The use of continuous form in current German: "Verlaufsform"
14 The building and the use of expressions for gender difference and gender-free in current German
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kahramantürk, Kuthan: Teaching materials for Developments in the Contemporary German Language. (is updated every year)
Braun, Peter: 1987. Tendenzen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache: Sprachvarietäten. 2., veränd. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart; Berlin; Köln; Mainz: Kohlhammer. (Urban Taschenbücher; Bd. 297.)
Debus, Friedhelm (1999): Entwicklungen der deutschen Sprache in der Gegenwart und in der Zukunft. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse 1999/2. Mainz/Stuttgart (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur / Steiner).
Sick, Bastian: 2005. Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod. Ein Wegweiser durch den Irrgarten der deutschen Sprache. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln und Spiegel Online, Hamburg.
Admoni, Wladimir: 1973. Die Entwicklungstendenzen des deutschen Satzbaus von heute. München.
Eggers, Hans: 1983. "Wandlungen im deutschen Satzbau". In: Muttersprache. S. 131-141.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Multimedia Explanation, question and response, discussion, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kuthan.kturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 15.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 1 9 9
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Research Presentation 1 12 12
Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
Final Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
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LO.23423124355
LO.33423124255
LO.41423124255
LO.51423124255

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