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General Focus:

  • Reinforcing understanding of grammatical structures and expanding upon existing knowledge to include more complex concepts
  • Systematically expanding vocabulary
  • Improving reading and listening skills
  • Improving writing skills through self-correction exercises
  • Practicing students’ ability to express themselves orally through presentations, mediation exercises, and discussions
  • Reinforcing techniques for independent language learning and carrying out academic work (researching, structuring and refining information)
  • Work on cultural topics and aspects of intercultural knowledge

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, students are able to

  • understand the main concept, detailed information, and various points of view presented across a broad range of (popular) scientific texts;
  • understand long speeches and follow complex lines of reasoning;
  • clearly express their thoughts and opinions, argue a point convincingly, and react to the complex arguments of others during a discussion;
  • carry out a clear, well-organized presentation, highlight important points, and deal with questions asked by the audience;
  • summarize in a structured manner the content of texts that deal with a range of topics, objectively and convincingly present their own point of view, and clarify their opinion using examples;
  • actively put listening and reading strategies into practice and utilize appropriate resources (dictionaries, grammar knowledge).

Course Topics:

Course 1:
Current affairs (Berlin as a reflection of the times; current affairs in the media; dealing with time; protest movements)

Course 2:
Language and society (language, cognition, and culture; minority languages; inclusive language; youth language; advertising language; language used in conspiracy theories; language and AI; pop music language)