| Target group: | Students of the TU Dresden |
| Contents: | - Basics of scientific language. - Development of reading and listening strategies. - Reception of subject and science-related texts. - Basics of business correspondence. - Additional media for independent work on and with texts and audio texts. - Intercultural communication. |
| Prerequisite: | B1+/B2 or proof of knowledge through a placement test. |
| European Framework of Reference/CEFR: | B2+ |
| Type of teaching/duration: | 1 semester language training 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 exam preparation and completion of the exam. |
| Examinations: | - Written exam (90 minutes) - The credit points are earned when the examination is passed. |
| Credit points and grades: | (graded) participation certificate |
| Qualification goals: | The students have the ability to independently study and work-related written and oral communication in French at level B2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The students can largely understand complex scientific and job-related written or oral technical texts, express them clearly and fluently in detail and using complex linguistic structures on selected topics in their field, use a variety of strategies to ensure understanding. The students have intercultural skills. |
| Usability: | General language requirement level B2+ taking into account the respective study regulations / prerequisite for level C1 and level UNIcert®- II. |
| Teaching material: | Script: "French - Introduction to the professional and scientific language EBW1". Recommended grammar: pons. Grammar in a nutshell, Klett Verlag 2005, ISBN: 3-12-561143-1. Bring study materials to the first lesson. |