Teaching and assessment
Support from your tutor
You’ll have a tutor who will help you with the study material and mark and comment on your written and spoken tutor-marked assignments (TMAs). You can also ask your tutor for advice and guidance.
This module usually includes a mix of face-to-face and online tutorials. Some tutorials are offered online only, and others are offered face-to-face and online. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we may replace face-to-face events with an online alternative.
Please note that the locations of face-to-face tutorials are partly determined by student numbers on the module, and where tutors are based. We cannot guarantee that these will be hosted in specific locations, or locations that have been used previously. While you’re not obliged to attend tutorials, you are strongly encouraged to do so as they will provide you with the opportunity to speak and listen to German and meet other students and tutors, whether online or face-to-face. Note that you can attend as many tutorials as you like, offered by any of the tutors.
Module tutors also run online tutorials throughout the module and will provide plenty of opportunities to speak and listen to German. Where possible, recordings of online tutorials will be made available to students. While these tutorials won’t be compulsory for you to complete the module, you’re strongly encouraged to take part.
The online tutorials will give you practice in using the conferencing tool used for the end-of-module speaking test.
Contact us if you want to know more about study with The Open University before you register.
Assessment
The assessment details for this module can be found in the facts box above.
You must use the online eTMA system to submit your tutor-marked assignments (TMAs).
The iCMAs test your reading and listening skills. The TMAs test your writing and speaking skills. The final TMA is an interactive speaking assignment which will be conducted online by your tutor. You will be given more detailed information when you begin the module.
Future availability
German studies 1 (intermediate) starts once a year – in October.
This page describes the module that will start in October 2023. We expect it to start for the last time in October 2026.
Regulations
As a student of The Open University, you should be aware of the content of the academic regulations which are available on our
Student Policies and Regulations website.