First-year German II Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Course

GERM-1412-001 First-year German II

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: GERM 1411 or appropriate score on language placement test

Course Description

Continuation of GERM 1411.

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Hours

(4 sem hrs; 3 lec, 2 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Moeller and Liedloff, Deutsch Heute (6th ed., Houghton- Mifflin, Inc., 2000)
\ Moeller and Liedloff, Workbook, Laboratory Manual, Video Laboratory Manual for Deutsch Heute.

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Student Performance

After studying the material presented in this course of study, the student will be able to do the following as evaluated by the faculty in the Department of Modern Languages:

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1. Experiment more creatively with the spoken language, not limiting himself/herself to learned phrases. He will show improved ability to speak, though still limited in his ability to deal with native speakers.
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2. Actively participate in short conversations dealing with personal/autobiographical information.
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3. Ask and answer simple questions pertaining to everyday survival topics: asking/giving directions, ordering in a restaurant, talking on the phone, shopping and making purchases, talking about his/her physical and emotional state, hobbies, activities, and customs; make uncomplicated appointments in person or over the phone; proffer/accept/refuse invitations.
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4. Be able to speak one to two minutes on a prepared, familiar topic of the students own choosing.
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5. Can understand simple questions and answers, simple statements, and simple, face- to-face conversations.
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6. With authentic material, can understand the main ideas with some supporting detail.
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7. Can detect mood of message, determine to limited degree attitudes, feelings of speakers, urgency, etc.
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8. Utilizing passages and/or situations covering the following content areas: basic survival situations, courtesy/social situations, narratives on familiar topics, simple face to face conversations, radio/television broadcasts, announcements, and simple instructions.
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9. The student will be able to write short, simple messages, paragraphs, notes, letters, and very brief compositions in the present tense without excessive recourse to a dictionary.
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10. Write from dictation longer, more complicated sentences which may contain unfamiliar words.
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11. Demonstrate familiarity with the various indicative and subjunctive tenses commonly used by native speakers in speaking or writing of everyday topics such as: personal/biographical information, restaurants, foods, asking/giving directions, activities, hobbies, preferences, daily routine, lodging, health matters, travel, school, work experiences, and everyday events.
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12. The student will keep a simple diary of daily activities using vocabulary and tenses previously studied.
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13. The student can understand the main ideas, the principal, secondary ideas and some supporting detail of short, complicated narratives on familiar topics.
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The purposes of this course are:

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1. To familiarize the student with basic aspects of the German culture.
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2. To enable the student to understand simple spoken German in connected sentences dealing with everday situations.
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3. To enable the student to read and understand brief, authentic narratives in German.
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4. To allow the student to ask and answer (in either oral or written format) simple questions in the present, present perfect, past, and future tenses dealing with basic vocabulary and common daily activities.
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Expected Student Behavior

Food and beverages are not allowed in the Modern Languages Computer Lab. Except for emergency personnel, pagers and cell-phones must be turned off or set to vibrate prior to the beginning of class.

Grading Criteria

The standard ten-point spread is used to determine the letter grade received (90-100A; 80-89B; 70-79C; 60-69D; below 60F)

If you know in advance that you will be absent on a given occasion, check with the instructor ahead of time concerning the work you will miss and how you are to make it up. For unexpected absences, check with the instructor immediately upon returning to class. Makeup work (including makeup for missed labs) is to be completed within one week of your return to class; otherwise, it will impact your grade negatively.

75% of the OVERALL CLASS GRADE consists of the following: Vocabulary quizzes = 5%; Minor Tests = 20%; Major Tests = 25% ; Speaking = 10%; Listening = 15%; Reading Tests = 15%; Dictations = 10%.

Final Exam = 25% of the OVERALL CLASS GRADE.

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