Professional Languages and Terminology (German Language)

Course: German philology and translation, English language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Professional Languages and Terminology (German Language)
Code
ВБ.2.6.1
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. Communicate freely on professional issues with experts and non- experts in Ukrainian, German and English, in oral and in written form, use these languages to organize effective cross-cultural communication. PLO 10. Know the rules of standard language and be able to apply them in practice. PLO 14. Use German and English in oral and written form, in different genre-stylistic varieties and registers of communication (official, unofficial, neutral), to solve communicative tasks in everyday, social, educational, professional, scientific spheres of life. PLO 23.2. Perform industry-specific and professionally oriented oral translation using notation techniques (German language). PLO 24.2. Know and understand the general stylistic features and functions of professional languages. PLO 25.2. To use specialized terminology in the field of language didactics and specialized translation.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful completion of the course "Second Foreign Language and Translation" and proficiency in German language at the B1+ level.
Course content
The academic discipline "Professional Languages and Terminology" is an integral part of the educational-professional program for training specialists in the educational program "Professional Languages and Terminology (German language)". This discipline is taught in the 5th semester of the 3rd year with a total volume of 90 hours (3 ECTS credits), including 14 hours of lectures, 28 hours of practical sessions, and 48 hours of independent work. The course includes 7 lectures, which are divided into 2 substantive modules, followed by 2 module-based assessments. At the end of the study of the discipline, an exam is conducted.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Möhn, Dieter / Pelka, Roland: Fachsprachen. Eine Einführung (= Germanistische Arbeitshefte 30). Niemeier Verlag, Tübingen 1994. 2. Fluck, Hans Rüdiger: Fachsprachen. Einführung und Bibliographie. Franke Verlag, Tübingen, Basel, 1996. 3. Alex Hering, Magdalena Mabussek. Geschäftskommunikation. – Max Hueber Verlag, 1996. – 326 S. 4. Fritz Clemens Werner: Wortelemente lateinisch-griechischer Fachausdrücke in den biologischen Wissenschaften. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1997. 5. Thorsten Rölcke: Fachsprachen. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2005. 6. Sauer J. Praxishandbuch. Korrespondenz. Mit Musterbriefen von A bis Z. – 3. Auflage. – Wiesbaden: GWV Fachverlage GmbH, 2008. – 209 S. 7. Wilfried Apfalter: Griechische Terminologie. Einführung und Grundwissen für das Philosophiestudium. Alber, Freiburg / München 2019 – 955 S.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Current assessment: oral and written translation of professional texts, translation analysis; completion of lexical-grammatical exercises, compilation of terminological glossaries; module-based assessments (writing module-based assessment papers). Final assessment - exam. Evaluation criteria for each form of assessment are provided in the course syllabus.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, German

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena Ivanivna Opanasenko
Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Studies
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Studies
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology