Original scientific paper
COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Vesna Bagarić Medve
orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-9295
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Silvija Berkec
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The focus of this article is on the anlysis of communicative language competence (CLC) of first-year students who study German language and literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. The aim of the analysis is to examine if the CLC of students of German is at the level needed to fulfill the requirements as presented in the German language and literature study program. The CLC is examined using the following instruments: the state high school-leaving exam for German at a higher level, the ECL exam and a diagnostic test. Additional variables in the study are: the students self-assessment of German language proficiency, their grades in German obtained from the state high school-leaving exam and their high school class evaluation. The collected data are analyzed using procedures of descriptive and inferential statistics. The results point to the conclusion that some students do not possess a satisfactory level of CLC, especially regarding grammatical competence, which is needed to fulfill the study program requirements. In this article, the solutions to this problem which has a negative impact on both students and the implementation of the current German language and literature study program are discussed.
Keywords
comunicative language competence; German; university students
Hrčak ID:
183659
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Publication date:
19.4.2017.
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