Students in this course will focus on special advanced topics in grammar and stylistics to develop proficient language intended for professional and academic purposes, leading to B2+/ C1-level proficiency in all four modalities. Students should be able to express themselves in German fluently and spontaneously, using idiomatic phrases and colloquialisms. They will continue to develop a broad lexical repertoire and hone stylistic discourse skills that allow them to produce clear, well-structured and sophisticated speech. (M. Meyer)