University Institute of Liberal

Arts and Humanities

OPEN ELECTIVE
COURSE NAME -GERMAN LANGUAGE - I
COURSE CODE -LGO-443
COURSE INSTRUCTOR -SAKSHI BHARTI

INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE DISCOVER . LEARN . EMPOWER

 COURSE OBJECTIVES

The Course aims to:

Understand the Significance of Language study by focusing on

1 Speaking and Thinking, Reading and writing , Self – discovery,
Regular Communication and Language Competence.

Build Language interactivity by making contacts, giving

2 information ,arranging things ,showing attitudes and expressing
feelings .

Creating a capacity to understand basic applications of the

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OUTCOMES
On completion, the students are expected to
CO Title Level
Number

CO1 To understand the importance of foreign Understand

language acquisition  

CO2 With this Complete German Course for

Beginners students will learn German  Apply
pronunciation, German conjugation, German
word order, how to tell time in German and
much more.

CO3 This German for Beginners course includes Analyze

various lessons on a variety of topics aimed
at the A1 level of German learning
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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

What is foreign language

acquisition ?
What are differences in
Foreign language learning
and second language
learning ?
Methodology to be
adopted while learning a
brand new language .

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 What is Foreign language education ?
A language is viewed as foreign if it is being learned and
practiced to a great extent in the classroom set up and isn't
spoken in the general public where the educating happens. The
study of new language permits the language learner as an
individual to communicate in an effective manner and to
partake, all things considered, circumstances through the
language of the valid culture itself.
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Learning another language opens up new roads and
provides access into a point of view other than one's
own and advances an interdisciplinary viewpoint while
picking up intercultural understandings.

Language learning furnishes the student with the

chance to increase linguistic and social information and
to know when, how, and for what reason to express
what to whom.

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What are differences in Foreign language and
second language learning ?
From Foreign language learning we gather that it is all about
listening, speaking, reading and writing a non-native language
outside of the language habitat where it is usually spoken.
Demarcations are often drawn between 'foreign ' and 'second'
language learning. A second language suggests that the learner
dwells in a situation where the acquired language is spoken and
practiced like the first language.
In terms of linguistic research, the term second language
acquisition (SLA) is a general term that embraces foreign language
learning and explores the human ability to learn different languages
other than the primary or first language once it has been acquired.
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Methodology to be adopted while learning a
brand new language-
Stage 1: Pre-Production
During this stage, the student is silent and attends to listening to
new words and gaining an understanding of the language.

Stage 2: Early Production

This stage is about the students practice to pronounce new
words, and typically learn at least 1,000 new words and their
meanings. They use their new words to speak in short phrases.

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Stage 3: Speech Emergence
Vocabulary cloud of the students continues to expand, and
students will know a minimum of 3,000 words by the end of this
stage. They start to speak in longer phrases and sentences,
and start to ask questions.
Stage 4: Intermediate Fluency
Students start to think and form responses in the new language.
By the end of this stage, most people have learned over 6,000
different words and their meanings. They start speaking more
fluently and continuing to improve upon their reading and
writing abilities.
Stage 5: Advance Fluency
People who reach this stage continue to improve upon and
expand their vocabulary and abilities in their second language.
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 THE ALPHABET
Now let us read and practice the German Alphabets.
German language alphabet consists of 26 letters,
3 umlauts (Ä,Ö,Ü) and one ligature (ß).
Some letters are notably different when compared
to English Alphabet.
On the other hand some of them are similar in
structure and in phonology too.

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The German Alphabet–Anatomy and Phones
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THE GERMAN UMLAUT
One interesting feature that the German language bears is its
letters. Significantly, the three additional letters of its alphabet
make it quite extraordinary. These additional letters are called
umlauts and this slide will explain what they are and how to
pronounce them.
Umlauts are assimilations or vowel harmonies. This means that
one of the sounds was changed to make another similar sound
that is easier to say. For example, if we say two vowels with one
in the front part of the mouth and the other in far back of the
mouth, it will require us to put more effort than if we pronounced
them closer together.
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There are three German umlauts in addition to the 26 letters of
the alphabet. These umlauts are:

Ä ,Ö and Ü
Umlauts are characterized by the two dots on top of the letter
and they are very useful for learning German. They are crucial
in being grammatically correct and pronouncing the words
right.
To make matters more complicated, each of these umlauts has
two variations.
The variations are for “short” umlauts and “long umlauts” This
is to distinguish between different words and it makes a
difference in pronunciation.

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Basic Greetings for beginners vocabulary
 Hallo! -Hello!
 Gute nacht – Good night
 Guten Morgen!- Good morning!
 Guten Tag!- Good day!
 Guten Abend! - Good evening!
 Auf Wiedersehen! - Goodbye! (formal)
 Tschüss! - Goodbye! (informal)
 Es tut mir leid - I am Sorry
 Ich verstehe nicht- I don’t understand
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 Wie geht es dir?- How are you (Informal)
 Wie geht es Ihnen?-How are you (Formal)
 Es geht mir gut.-I am fine.
 Entschuldigung!-Excuse me!
 Wirklich- Really
 Gerne!- Gladly!
 Sehr erfreut.- Nice to meet you.
 Mach’s gut!- Take care!
 Viel Glueck -Best of luck

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More of them-
 Ja - yes
 Nein -no
 Vielleicht -maybe
 Bitte -Please
 Dankeschön -Thank you
 Danke - Thank you (this shortened version is much more
common)
 Schönen Tag- Have a great day
 Bis bald- See you soon

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HOMEWORK
• How many Umlaut do we have in German language alphabet a
system ? And what are their basic functions ?
• What would a man say in German if he needs to wish – “Good
afternoon” ?
• Ja _____
• Nein ____
• Gerne !_____

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 Assessment Pattern
Students are assessed on the basis of the following
parameters:
• Hourly Tests - 2
• Assignments
• Surprise Test
• Quiz
• Student Engagement
• End Semester Exam

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 Text Books for Reference
TEXT BOOKS
• The Natural Approach by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell
(1983)
• https://fac.ksu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/cambridge.the_.study_.o
f_.language.4th.edition.apr_.2010.ebook-elohim.pdf
• German: A Linguistic Introduction (Linguistic Introductions)
By Sarah M. B. Fagan(2009)

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 Web links

• https://www.thegermanproject.com/german-lessons/greetings-a
nd-essentials

• https://www.rocketlanguages.com/german/lessons/german-alph
abet

• https://www.goethe.de/en/spr/wdl.html

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THANK YOU

For queries
Email:
Sakshi.uila@cumail.in