| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to the course: Guidelines, Syllabus, and Materials |
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| 2) |
Occupation and everyday life
*Talk about professions, daily routine and activities
*Daily routine
*Telling time an
Modal verbs können, müssen in present tense |
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| 3) |
Express possibilities, abilities and obligations
Possessive pronouns in accusative case |
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| 4) |
Business card; professional portrait
Possessivartikel in accusative |
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| 5) |
Location plan, directions
Ask and describe directions
Ask for help about location
Prepositions: in, durch, über + Akkusativ
Prepositions: zu, an…vorbei + Dative
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| 6) |
Plan a journey, tourism, sightseeing, means of transport
*Dative / Verbs of location
*Modal Verb: wollen
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| 7) |
*Talk about vacation
*Describe holiday experiences
*Describe an accident
*Present perfect tense: Perfekt
*Perfekt with haben and sein
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| 8) |
Midterm Week |
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| 9) |
Talk about the past
*Regular and irregular verbs in Perfekt
*Months – Prepositions im, am
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| 10) |
*Grocery shopping; eating habits
*Ask for the price and answer
*Comparative adjektives: viel, gut, gern |
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| 11) |
*Express likes and dislikes
*Food, measures and weights
*Question: Welch-
*Comparative adjektives: viel, gut, gern
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| 12) |
*Talk about fashion, clothes, colors
*Modalverb: mögen
*Demonstrative pronouns: dies- and der, das, die |
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| 13) |
*Sports, body parts
*Talk about illness
*Give advice
*Imperativ
*Modal verb: dürfen
*Personalpronoun in accusative
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| 14) |
General review and exam preparation |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Develop close interest in human mind and behavior, and attain critical thinking skills (in particular the ability to evaluate psychological theories using empirical evidence), as well as appreciating psychology as an evidence based science. |
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| 2) |
Gain a biopsychosocial understanding of human behavior, namely, the biological, psychological, social determinants of behavior. |
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| 3) |
Acquire theoretical and applied knowledge and learn about basic psychological concepts and perspectives |
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| 4) |
Familiarize with methodology and data evaluation techniques by being aware of scientific research methods (i.e. correlational, experimental, longitudinal, case study). |
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| 5) |
Employ ethical sensitivity while doing assessment, research or working with groups. |
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| 6) |
Familiarize with the essential perspectives of psychology (cognitive, developmental, clinical, social, behavioral, and biological). |
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| 7) |
Get the opportunity and skills to evaluate qualitative and quantitative data, write reports, and present them. |
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| 8) |
Attain preliminary knowledge for psychological measurement and evaluation. |
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| 9) |
To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (e.g. sociology, history, political science, communication studies, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc) that can contribute to psychology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in understanding and interpreting of psychological process. |
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