SPR06620 – Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)

Module
Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)
Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)
Module number
SPR06620
Version: 1
Faculty
Angewandte Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer and Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Ines Busch-Lauer
Ines.Busch.Lauer(at)fh-zwickau.de
Lecturer(s)

FG Sprachen

Course language(s)

German
in "Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)"
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (4.00 SCH Seminar)
Self-study time

90.00 hours
90.00 hours Selbststudium / Übungsaufgaben - Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)
Pre-examination(s)

Paper
in "Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)"
Examination(s)

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Presentation
Module examination | Examination time: 15 min | Weighting: 33.33%
in "Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)"

schriftliche Prüfungsleistung
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 66.67%
in "Developing your Technical German Skills (Focus: Road Traffic Engineering)"
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Overview of engineering sciences in Germany 
  • Studying in Germany (intercultural aspects, internships, applications, interviews)
  • Fundamentals of mathematics for engineers
  • Materials and material science
  • Vehicles, design and functionality
  • Road traffic engineering and management in Germany
  • Road safety and maintenance, environmental issues
  • Communicating in the workplace
  • Job search, applications, interviews 
  • Further topics on demand 
Qualification objectives

The students extend their general and domain-specific German-language skills both in speaking and writing in order to better cope with the communicative challenges in their professional settings. Major focus is on oral and written genres, on skills like socializing, presenting facts and projects, negotiating in business, writing diverse texts for professional needs (e.g. reports, e-mails). Students acquire terminology and grammar required to communicate properly. 
Special admission requirements

German language level at least A2 (CEFR) 
Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options

German language classes for international students on next higher level(s) (CEFR)
Literature

Reading list will be announced at the start of the sessions. 

Buhlmann/Fearns (2013): Technisches Deutsch für Ausbildung und Beruf. Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch. Goethe-Institut, Europa-Lehrmittel: Beck. (selected chapters) 

Steinmetz, M./Dintera, H. (2014): Deutsch für Ingenieure. Ein DaF-Lehrwerk für Studierende ingenieurwissenschaftlicher Fächer.(selected chapters) 

Current reader and technical journal articles, current websites and e-/m-learning materials with domain-specific content 
Notes
No information
Assignment to curriculum

100 Road Traffic Engineering - Master 2017 Vollzeit

100 Road Traffic Engineering - Master 2018 Vollzeit

100 Road Traffic Engineering - Master 2022 Vollzeit

100 Road Traffic Engineering - Master 2020 Vollzeit

290 Studienangebot der Fakultät Angewandte Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kommunikation (SPR) für Austauschstudierende für das Studienjahr 2023/2024 - Abschluss im Ausland 2023 Vollzeit

100 Road Traffic Engineering - Master 2023 Vollzeit

100 Road Traffic Engineering - Master 2024 Vollzeit

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