Course Topics
The course aims to improve students' receptive and productive skills. The overall aim of the course is to develop students ‘German language skills for academic and professional purposes. Given the holistic nature of language, activities will integrate the four macro skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. However, emphasis will be placed on language skills to follow lectures and do written and oral examination.

Teaching format
Student participation is actively encouraged in lectures. Teaching methodology emphasizes student co-operation and participation in the classroom through individual, pair and group work.

Educational objectives
Knowledge and understanding Reading / listening and comprehending authentic texts taken from a university environment and concerning other more general topics in German; Understanding clearly the appropriate register and style for the context; Organizing and giving a short presentation on a topic connected to the world of design and art. Applying knowledge and understanding Communicating clearly; Producing texts about design-related but also general topics; Describing design projects in short written and oral presentations. Making judgments Communicating experiences in the field of design and art and arguing the reasons for the choices made; Integrating knowledge and understanding acquired in the course with knowledge and understanding from other courses. Communication skills Communicating (in both speaking and writing) with a degree of fluency; Adapting language style to show awareness of register. Learning skills Developing learning capabilities to pursue further studies with a degree of autonomy based on lectures and feedback received.

Assessment
The written exam is the same for all student and tests competence in reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar A monolingual dictionary is permitted. The portfolio contains the written work that students are given to do outside the classroom with a focus on central aspects of the program. The portfolio must be submitted within a set deadline (one week before the respective examination date). The oral examination is divided into three parts: • Personal presentation • Presentation of a project or a topic • Discussion of the contents of the portfolio

Evaluation criteria
Final examination 50% written exam 10% portfolio 40% oral examination Evaluation criteria are: • clarity of answers; • mastery and correctness of language; • ability to summarize, evaluate, • and establish relationships between topics.