Case study
07. EU - Project MIG-KOMM-EU. Intercultural communication
The source was tested with the students of the Faculty of Applied Languages.
Number of students: 21
Level: B2 self-study exercises
From the 4 units the following part was tested:
Unit 4 - Exercise 1: Body Language Unit 4 - Exercise 2: Contract Negotiation Unit 4 - Exercise 3: Taboo Topics and Number Symbolism Unit 4 - Exercise 4: Humor.
Students were asked to complete Unit 4 independently. In advance, they were told which language skills they should pay attention to. Students were then asked to rate the unit in terms of its comprehensibility and usefulness. Students were asked to comment on whether they found the presented learning materials motivating and useful, and whether they thought they contributed to the development of their German language skills and the individual language skills.
The exercises in this unit focused mainly on the application of prior knowledge, but in some cases the students lacked this knowledge, which is why they were unable to solve exercise 4:2 a, for example. The grammatical exercises, on the other hand, they found very easy. They described the assignment exercises as beneficial. The students had the greatest problems with the reconstruction exercises.
The listening text was highlighted as a positive by the students. The native speaker spoke very clearly and at an appropriate pace, and the students also found the content interesting. They also found the structuring of the lesson satisfactory.
In summary, it can be stated that the presented teaching units are satisfactory, the students were able to work well with it and evaluated it as conducive to the development of language skills. Since the students are studying in the foreign languages and intercultural communication program, this topic was very close to them. For this reason, they found the presented teaching materials interesting and they solved the tasks much easier.
07 EU - Project MIG-KOMM-EU. Multilingual business communication/ management
The source was tested with the students of the Faculty of Applied Languages of the University of Economics in Bratislava.
Number of students: 13
Level: B2
From the 4 units the following parts were tested:
Unit 3 - Competitive strategy
Unit 4 - Corporate management/corporate communication
The students' task was to complete all the assignments resulting from each exercise. They were then asked to rate the learning materials in terms of their clarity and usefulness. The students were asked to comment on whether they found the learning materials presented motivating and useful, and whether they thought they contributed to the development of their German language skills.
The students rated the exercises quite positively and found them interesting and motivating. The exercises focused mainly on the development of communicative competence, vocabulary development and the students' ability to apply the acquired knowledge in further communication.
In Exercise 3.2, students lacked an introductory theoretical text that would have introduced them to the cost problem. Without such a text, students could not complete the task at the required level.
In Exercise 4.1, which they otherwise found very useful, students lacked a sample text for each style level; this would have helped them better complete the required task.
One of the negatives of this instructional material that needs to be pointed out is the inaccurate linking to the attached videos. When the link is opened, the whole page opens and the desired video has to be searched for laboriously.
Overall, it can be stated that the presented teaching material is satisfactory, the students worked well with it and evaluated it as beneficial for the development of language skills.
07 EU - Project MIG-KOMM-EU. Multilingual business communication/ management
The source was tested with the students of the Faculty of Applied Languages of the University of Economics in Bratislava.
Number of students: 13
Level: B2
From the 4 units the following parts were tested:
Unit 3 - Competitive strategy
Unit 4 - Corporate management/corporate communication
The students' task was to complete all the assignments resulting from each exercise. They were then asked to rate the learning materials in terms of their clarity and usefulness. The students were asked to comment on whether they found the learning materials presented motivating and useful, and whether they thought they contributed to the development of their German language skills.
The students rated the exercises quite positively and found them interesting and motivating. The exercises focused mainly on the development of communicative competence, vocabulary development and the students' ability to apply the acquired knowledge in further communication.
In Exercise 3.2, students lacked an introductory theoretical text that would have introduced them to the cost problem. Without such a text, students could not complete the task at the required level.
In Exercise 4.1, which they otherwise found very useful, students lacked a sample text for each style level; this would have helped them better complete the required task.
One of the negatives of this instructional material that needs to be pointed out is the inaccurate linking to the attached videos. When the link is opened, the whole page opens and the desired video has to be searched for laboriously.
Overall, it can be stated that the presented teaching material is satisfactory, the students worked well with it and evaluated it as beneficial for the development of language skills.
07 EU - Project MIG-KOMM-EU. Multilingual business communication/ management
The source was tested with the students of the Faculty of Applied Languages of the University of Economics in Bratislava.
Number of students: 13
Level: B2
From the 4 units the following parts were tested:
Unit 3 - Competitive strategy
Unit 4 - Corporate management/corporate communication
The students' task was to complete all the assignments resulting from each exercise. They were then asked to rate the learning materials in terms of their clarity and usefulness. The students were asked to comment on whether they found the learning materials presented motivating and useful, and whether they thought they contributed to the development of their German language skills.
The students rated the exercises quite positively and found them interesting and motivating. The exercises focused mainly on the development of communicative competence, vocabulary development and the students' ability to apply the acquired knowledge in further communication.
In Exercise 3.2, students lacked an introductory theoretical text that would have introduced them to the cost problem. Without such a text, students could not complete the task at the required level.
In Exercise 4.1, which they otherwise found very useful, students lacked a sample text for each style level; this would have helped them better complete the required task.
One of the negatives of this instructional material that needs to be pointed out is the inaccurate linking to the attached videos. When the link is opened, the whole page opens and the desired video has to be searched for laboriously.
Overall, it can be stated that the presented teaching material is satisfactory, the students worked well with it and evaluated it as beneficial for the development of language skills.
07. EU - Project MIG-KOMM-EU. Multilingual business communication/ management
The source was tested with the students of the Faculty of Applied Languages of the University of Economics in Bratislava.
Number of students: 13
Level: B2
From the 4 units the following parts were tested:
Unit 3 - Competitive strategy
Unit 4 - Corporate management/corporate communication
The students' task was to complete all the assignments resulting from each exercise. They were then asked to rate the learning materials in terms of their clarity and usefulness. The students were asked to comment on whether they found the learning materials presented motivating and useful, and whether they thought they contributed to the development of their German language skills.
The students rated the exercises quite positively and found them interesting and motivating. The exercises focused mainly on the development of communicative competence, vocabulary development and the students' ability to apply the acquired knowledge in further communication.
In Exercise 3.2, students lacked an introductory theoretical text that would have introduced them to the cost problem. Without such a text, students could not complete the task at the required level.
In Exercise 4.1, which they otherwise found very useful, students lacked a sample text for each style level; this would have helped them better complete the required task.
One of the negatives of this instructional material that needs to be pointed out is the inaccurate linking to the attached videos. When the link is opened, the whole page opens and the desired video has to be searched for laboriously.
Overall, it can be stated that the presented teaching material is satisfactory, the students worked well with it and evaluated it as beneficial for the development of language skills.
07. EU - Project MIG-KOMM-EU. Multilingual business communication/ marketing
The source was tested with the students of the Faculty of Applied Languages.
Number of students: 24
Level: B2 self-study exercises
Of the 4 units, the following part was tested:
Unit 4 - Exercise 1: Language in marketing Unit 4 - Exercise 2: Advertising language quiz Unit 4 - Exercise 3: The languages on company websites Unit 4 - Exercise 4: Body language in negotiations.
Students were asked to complete Unit 4 independently. In advance, they were told which language skills they should pay attention to. Then, students were asked to evaluate the learning unit in terms of its comprehensibility and usefulness. Students were asked to comment on whether they found the presented learning materials motivating and useful, and whether they thought they contributed to the development of their German language skills and the individual language skills.
The exercises in this unit focused mainly on the development of communicative competence, vocabulary development and the students' ability to apply the acquired knowledge in further communication. Basically, the students evaluated the course unit positively and found it motivating. They were particularly interested in the new lexis and the mapping exercises.
As a negative, the students evaluated the reconstruction exercise, they found it particularly difficult and some were even unable to solve it.
Exercises 4:2 c and 4:2 d are methodologically not well prepared, in the first one several answers could be considered, in the second one again several answers could/must be clicked to get the positive evaluation. But in the introduction to the exercise this hint was missing, therefore these exercises were demotivating for the students.
Overall, it can be stated that the presented teaching material is satisfactory, the students worked well with it and evaluated it as conducive to the development of language skills.
07. EU - Project MIG-KOMM-EU. Service / Distribution / Office
The source was tested with the students of the Faculty of Applied Languages.
Number of students: 24
Level: B2
Self-learning exercises
Of the 4 units, the following part was tested:
Unit 1 - Exercise 1: Fundamentals of Service
Unit 1 - Exercise 2: Service quality
Unit 2 - Exercise 1: Customer orientation
Unit 2 - Exercise 2: The Service Toad
Students were asked to complete Units 1 and 2 independently. In advance, they were told which language skills to pay attention to. Then, students were asked to rate the learning unit in terms of its comprehensibility and usefulness. Students were asked to comment on whether they found the presented learning materials motivating and useful, and whether they thought they contributed to the development of their German language skills and the individual language skills.
The exercises in this learning unit focused mainly on the development of listening comprehension, vocabulary development, and the students' ability to apply the acquired knowledge in further communication. A significant part of this course unit is devoted to grammar. In general, the students evaluated the course unit positively and found it motivating. They were especially interested in the new lexis.
The listening text was highlighted by the students as a positive aspect. The native speaker spoke very clearly and at an appropriate pace, and the students also found the content interesting. They also found the structuring of the lesson satisfactory.
As a negative, the students found the varying degree of difficulty of the individual exercises. The content of the exercises, on the other hand, have evaluated as very positive, because in all exercises the same text was used, therefore the students could remember the content well.
In unit 2, exercise 1 b, the required answers were not clear, therefore the students did not find this exercise motivating.
In summary, it can be stated that the presented teaching units are satisfactory, the students were able to work well with them and evaluated it as conducive to the development of language skills.
