Two New Language Courses: Protocall And SPIK

Claudia Hallikainen, Tampere Polytechnic

Protocall multimedia course for technical English, Swedish and German

SPIK = Sprachhandeln in Konfliktsituationen

Language use in conflict situationscourse for German as a foreign language

Contents and structure of the courseStructure of a chapter / moduleTarget group - User’s feedback

Protocall Courses

Project Partners And Their RolesFinland• Tampere Polytechnic project co-ordination

writing the material (3 authors)recording the material, testing

• Promentor Solutions programming, testing• Insinööriliitto testing

UK• Richard Lewis Communications writing the English grammar,

testingSweden• Skeria Utveckling AB writing the Swedish grammar,

testingGermany• Leipziger Sprach- und Kommunikationsberatung writing the German grammar,

testingSpain• Gobalia Formacíon testing

More Information:

www.protocallnet.com

claudia.hallikainen@tamk.fi

Manage Cultural Conflicts in Germany

Partners And Their RolesFinland• Tampere Polytechnic: project co-ordination

writing the material (2 authors)recording and editing of videos and sound materialtesting

Germany• Leipziger Sprach- und

Kommunikationsberatung writing the material, testing• HINTERWAELTgraphic design• InPunkto Software programming

Belgium• Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst, Campus Honim writing the material, testing

Subcontractors And Their Roles

Finland• Ulrike Eichstädt (Goethe Institut, Helsinki) evaluator

• Hans-Joachim Schulze (Helsinki School of Economics) evaluator, tester (student groups)

• Reima Hallikainen translator, co-author

Germany• theater-spiel-laden (amateur theatre group) actors in videos, speakers

• berliner schule für schauspiel (actors school) speakers for sound recordings

Basis of Our Project Idea

Acts of Speaking

• request information on the telephone• express irritations due to lack of information• complain about things in the restaurant• insist on correction of the bill in the hotel• present oneself in a job interview• rise to speak at a meeting• avert accusations during a ticket control• respond to the criticism of a reproachful caretaker• gather information at the health insurance company • as a customer enforce a claim on a cost free repair • respond to scoldings in an accident• avoid putting one’s foot in it

Structure of a Module

• Einstiegsdiskussion (introductory discussion)• Video A• Arbeit an Video A (exercises)• Video B• Arbeit an Video B (exercises)• Sprachliche Mittel (phrases)• Grammatik- und Wortschatzübungen (exercises: grammar +

vocabulary)• Arbeit am Text (working with the text)• Hörübungen (listening comprehension)• Sprechübungen(oral exercises)• Rollenspiele (play-acting)• Zusatztexte (extra reading)

More Information:

http://www.spik-projekt.com

claudia.hallikainen@tamk.fi