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Language Course I (LC I) is the first of four language courses offered in the department, all of which are designed to improve your English, and to help you prepare for the two Modulklausuren, Language and Use Intermediate and Language and Use Advanced.
LC I is designed to help you bridge the gap between school-level English (CEFR B2+) and the higher levels (C1 for BA students; C2 for Lehramtsstudierende) that you are expected to achieve by the end of your studies. You will quickly notice that these expectations place high demands on your language development: this course will help you become familiar with the requirements. The course is taught by different instructors in the department, all of whom bring with them their own teaching styles, approaches, and methods. It does not matter which instructor you choose, and indeed many students take the course more than once and with different instructors.
Alongside the weekly sessions with your instructor, LC I also includes a Moodle course (MLC I) on relevant aspects of grammar and vocabulary that you are expected to complete before taking the Language and Use Intermediate exam. This course runs independently of the weekly sessions and is fully self-contained, which means that you can work on it anywhere and in your own time. It consists of a short entry test, an end-of-course test, and a number of learning units, each of which addresses one area of grammar and vocabulary that you are expected to be familiar with at C1-level. Your instructor will tell you more about this at the beginning of the semester. You are, of course, more than welcome to ask your instructor any questions you may have about any of the topics in MLC I. (Keep in mind that, in addition to this MLC I course, your LC I course instructor will probably run their own LC I Moodle course with the associated materials for your in-class sessions.)
While it is possible to take LCs I and II at the same time, we do not recommend doing so as much of what is taught in LC II builds on content covered in LC I. You will benefit more if you take the two courses in subsequent semesters. As you might imagine, there is also a MLC II course in the pipeline, and this course will of course only be available to those who have successfully completed MLC I.
Enjoy the course!
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