| Target group: | For students who want to expand their English skills as a supplement, or as preparation for the consecutive language training B1 or B2 |
| Contents: | - Simple texts and audio texts on everyday situations, especially in the university environment, - Elementary oral and written text production and interaction on this topic, - Development of relevant reading and listening strategies, - Development of grammatical structures and an extended vocabulary as well - Exercises on automation in different forms of work and with different media. |
| Prerequisite: | A2 or proof of knowledge by placement test |
| European Framework of Reference/CEFR: | A2+ |
| Type of teaching/duration: | 1 semester language learning seminar/language course | 2 SWS |
| Frequency of the course: | WiSe + SoSe |
| Workload: | The total workload is 75 hours. Of these, 30 hours are accounted for by attendance and 45 hours by self-study, including preparation for the exam and completion of the exam. |
| Examinations: | - Written exam (90 minutes) |
| Credit points and grades: | (Graded) participation certificate |
| Qualification goals: | The students have elementary communicative language skills in English at level A2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The students can grasp clearly articulated concrete information on topics from everyday life, understand syntactically, semantically, lexically and morphologically simple texts with reference to everyday and professional experiences when reading, if the vocabulary is limited to frequently occurring and internationally understandable words, recognize different types of text, communicate with relative ease in simple, routine situations, using connectors appropriately, describing their environment using simple phrases and sentences, both orally and in writing, while responding to a limited number of simple questions. |
| Usability: | General language requirement level A2+ taking into account the respective study regulations / prerequisite for level B1 |
| Teaching material: | Fairway Refresher A2, Klett-Verlag (ISBN: 978-3-12-501470-1) plus additional material at GER B1 level |