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FLE 371 Comparative Grammar: German- Turkish I (3-0)3
FLE 372 Comparative Grammar: German- Turkish II (3-0)3
FLE 373 Translation from German (3-0)3
FLE 374 Readings in German Contributions to Humanities (3-0)3
FLE 375 History of German Culture (3-0)3
FLE 377 Practice Teaching in German (3-0)3
FLE 378 German Scientific Texts (3-0)3
FLE 478 German in Business and Administration (3-0)3
FLE 479 Logic and Methodology of Sciences (3-0)3
FLE 471 A Survey of German Literature (3-0)3
FLE 472 Introduction to German Linguistics (3-0)3
FLE 473 Translation into German (3-0)3
FLE 474 Advanced Literary Texts in German (3-0)3
FLE 475 Methods of German Language Teaching (3-0)3

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES IN THE MINOR PROGRAM IN GERMAN LANGUAGE

FLE        371   Comparative Grammar: German -Turkish I                                                          (3-0)3

Comparison of the categories of finite verb, subject and predicate, verb tenses  modality, gender of verb, declination of nouns, article, pronoun, adverb, relative clauses, adjectival, nominal phrases, and related grammatical topics in the two languages under consideration.

FLE        372   Comparative Grammar: German -Turkish II                                                         (3-0)3

Comparison of the categories of subject, direct and indirect object, case, subject-and object-sentences, modal auxiliary verbs, sentence connectives, questions, indirect questions, temporal clauses, conditional clauses, infinitives, and related grammatical topics in the two languages under consideration.

FLE        373   Translation from German           (3-0)3

Translations from German into Turkish and/or English. Special problems in translating literary, philosophical, scientific, and commercial texts, lexical and structural problems in the translation process.

FLE        374   Readings in German Contributions  to Humanities                             (3-0)3

Readings texts of a high intellectual level from representative writers of philosophy, humanities, and social sciences in different centuries.

FLE        375   History of German Culture        (3-0)3

German Civilization in the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment, Classical and Romantic epochs., during the Second German Empire, between 1919-1945, after World War II, between 1965-1990 and after reunification.

FLE        377   Practice Teaching in German               (3-0)3

Audits and practice teaching sessions in German classes of schools of secondary education.

FLE        378   German Scientific Texts              (3-0)3

Developing reading and writing skills in German for special purposes in the different scientific fields and in the theory of science.

FLE        471   A Survey of German Literature                 (3-0)3

German literature in the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment, Classical, Romantic epochs, Realism, Naturalism, Expressionism, Impressionism, and  the 20^th  century.

FLE        472   Introduction to German  Linguistics        (3-0)3

German and Germanic. The German dialects. The standardization of German. The influence of foreign languages. Language reform. 'New-High-German'. Language and nationalism. German as a scientific  language. Language development and urbanization. Contemporary normative linguistics. Language problems of foreigners.

FLE        473   Translation into German (3-0)3

Translations into German from Turkish and/or English. Special problems in translating literary, philosophical, scientific, and commercial texts. Lexical and structural problems in the translation process.

FLE        474   Advanced Literary Texts in                         German (3-0)
Reading literary texts of a high level from representative writers in different centuries. FLE 471 is recommended.

FLE        475   Methods of German Language                                  Teaching                (3-0)3

Theories of language acquisition and language teaching methods. Bilingualism. German as a second foreign language. A comparative sociology of English and German as foreign and second languages. Curriculum planning. Computer-aided language learning. Teacher training: theory and application.

FLE        478   German in Business and

                       Administration               (3-0)3

Developing reading and writing skills in German for special purposes in the fields of business and administration.

FLE        479   Logic and Methodology of

                       Sciences                          (3-0)3

Developing reading and writing skillls in German for special purposes in the field of logic, theory of grammar, and cognitive sciences.