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Module Content and Indicative Topics听
The module aims to strengthen the individual student鈥檚 awareness of different strategies and methods for language learning; be goal-oriented in the work with the language skills: speaking, understanding, writing and reading and with the basic elements pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; enable the students to express themselves about everyday topics in speech and writing, to understand everyday conversations, and to read texts of a reasonable level of difficulty. Class work is communicative and task-oriented, encouraging students to be active participants, to take responsibility for their own learning and to see work outside class as an integrated part of classroom teaching.听
Teaching Delivery听
2x2-hour seminar per week, consisting of tutor-led discussions, communicative exercises and student presentations. Moodle to be used as a repository for reading materials as well as for preparatory assignments and forum discussions.听
By the end of the module, you should be able to:听
1. Understand and communicate in Danish at A2-B1 level (reading, writing, speaking and listening)听
2. Understand processes involved in language acquisition听
3. Use strategies for consolidating vocabulary and linguistic structures听
4. Understand basic grammatical and syntactical rules in Danish听
5. Pronounce Danish sounds that do not exist in English听
Recommended Reading听
In preparation for the module, we advise that you acquire the following core texts.听
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Grammar: It is recommended that students have their own copy of R Allan, P Holmes & T Lundsk忙r-Nielsen, Danish. An Essential Grammar (Routledge 2011).听
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Dictionaries: Dansk-engelsk ordbog & Engelsk-dansk ordbog (Gyldendal) or similar. Make sure that the dictionary gives you the gender of nouns.听
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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