German Language for Social Workers I - Seminar

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleGerman Language for Social Workers I - Seminar
Chair of Foreign Languages and Sociology
Number of ECTS credits3
Associateprof.dr.sc. Ljubica Kordić
Office AddressRadićeva 13 K2 75
Telephone+385 91 1266 287
e-mailkordic.ljubica@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the language register in the field of social work and to train them to independently use professional literature in German. Within the course, students adopt and apply professional terminology in speech and writing and master the specifics of German grammar and syntax in the social profession. Course content: - Diplomsozialarbeiter/Sozialpädagoge – Berufsbild und Karrierechancen; - Das Studium der Sozialen Arbeit in Deutschland und in Kroatien - Bildung und Gleichberechtigung, Soziale Funktionen des Bildungssystems - Politik in der Demokratie; Strukturprinzipien des deutschen Staates - Die Verfassungsordnung der Republik Kroatien; The Croatian Parliament - Was sind Menschenrechte?; Europäische Konvention zum Schutz der Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten; - Europäische Sozialcharta; - Kinderarmut in Deutschland.

Course learning outcomes

To adopt basic professional terminology from the field of social work, especially from the field of democratic rights and freedoms, fundamental human rights, and the rights of the child., To recognize and know how to apply in written and oral expression complex grammatical structures common in the language of the social work profession., To apply the adopted professional terminology in the independent preparation and presentation of the seminar paper on the selected professional topic., Independently use professional literature and sources on the Internet in the German language in the preparation of seminar papers., To use modern technology and electronic media (PowerPoint) in presenting professional topics in the German language.,

TEACHING METHODS
☑ Lectures
☑ Seminars and workshops
☐ Exercises
☑ Independent tasks
☑ Multimedia and internet
☑ Distance education
☑ Office hours
☐ Laboratory
☐ Field work
☑ Mentoring work
☑ Knowledge test
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
☑ Oral exam
☐ Written exam
☐ Colloquium
Other: -
ADDITIONAL FACTS
The general goals of the course are to expand the acquired knowledge and skills in oral and written communication in the German language and to familiarize themselves with professional terminology in the field of social work. Special goals are to train students to use the professional register, to independently use professional literature in German, and to give an independent oral presentation on a given topic with the use of professional terminology, while acquiring presentation skills in a foreign language.
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Husinec, Snježana: . Deutsch für Sozialarbeiter - Njemački za socijalne radnike. . 2011. Zagreb: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu,
Kordić , Ljubica - Marušić, Borislav: . Priručnik iz gramatike njemačkoga jezika pravne i ekonomske struke. . 2014. Vukovar, Veleučilišta Lavoslav Ružička u Vukovaru.
Optional reading
Dreyer-Schmitt: . Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik, . 1996. Verlag für Deutsch, Ismaning,