DEPARTMENT OF
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND ANTHROPOLOGY
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DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Spring Semester 2007
I. Title:
German Language & Culture II (GN l20)
Instructor:
Gabriele Eckart
Phone: 986
6185 Office: AB 309,
e-mail:
geckart@semo.edu
Office
Hours: MW 9:00-10.00 A.M., F 4:00-5.00 p.m. and by appointment
II. Catalog
Description:
Acquisition
of an appreciation of the cultures of the Ger-
man-speaking peoples and study of speaking, understanding,
reading,
and writing German. (3 credits)
III. Purpose:
The primary purpose of this course is to provide
students
with a basic knowledge of and competency in oral and written German.
IV. Course
Objectives:
First-year German language study has the following goals:
1. To
increase and refine students' awareness of and appreciation for
German-speaking peoples and their cultures.
2. To
improve interpersonal communication skills, whether in German
or English.
3. To
understand basic expressions and simple to more complex sentences
in German.
4. To seek
out information by asking questions in German and understanding the
responses given.
5. To read
simple to more complex passages in German.
6. To write
in German passages ranging from basic sentences and expressions
to brief compositions on topics of pertinent or individual
interest.
7. Be able
to evaluate cultural differences and their
implications on daily events.
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V. Content Outline: GN 120 is a University Studies course
and as such will incorporate the 9 University Study Objectives in
our daily work and assignments: 1. LOCATE & GATHER INFORMATION; 2. &
3. DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING AND COM- MUNICATION SKILLS; 4. & 5.
UNDERSTAND HUMAN EXPERIENCES &
VARIOUS CULTURES, 6. INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE &
EXPERIENCES;
7. & 8. MAKE INFORMED VALUE DECISIONS AND
AESTHETIC RESPONSES; and 9. FUNCTION RESPONSIBLY IN ONE'S SOCIAL
AND
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
In our GN l20 textbook, Wie geht’s? (Thomsom,
Heinle:7th Edition, 2003) we will cover chapters 8-15:
The chapters will be accompanied by cultural materials (TV, papers,
films, slides, video tapes) to explain contemporary culture of the
German-speaking countries. The main points to be emphasized in grammar
are:
a) All tenses of verbs; b) Passive and
subjunctives;
c) Relative pronouns; d) Extended
sentences.
VI. Instructional Activities:
Your instructor views language and culture as
one. The
conversational and grammar exercises will be
based on
the text; the films/lectures offered by the
Department will help you better understand Germany and its people.
Role Play Activities: This is an "oral
expression" course which involves a great amount of speaking. You will
be required to help one another.
VII. Field and Clinical Experiences:
The following field experiences are expected
of all students:
a. FL Lab: Complete Workbook
assignment chapters in Lab.
b. Web Sites: Use the FL Lab to visit
one web site each week (see below!) Journal must be in German!
and write your Journal every two weeks
about 1 web site.
c. Films: German FILMS are part of
this course. A list of the films that will be shown this semester
(approx. one every four weeks) will be distributed within the
first
week or two. You may choose any two
films. The reports are due within a week of the showing. Reports
must be
written in German!
d. Online Focus: Visit German
web-sites and write in
Journals about the visits; one per
Journal. See below!
(Work 1 week late receives half credit!)
http://www.cvb-heidelberg.de/index_eng.html.
http://www.dhm.de/links.html,
www.dw-World.de
http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/fakten/geschichte.php
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/d_mauer.html
www.hamburg.de
http://www.dresden.de/
http://www.hannover.de/deutsch/index.htm
www.muenchen.de
http://www.koeln.de/
http://www.luebeck.de/
www.kempten.de
http://www.goettingen.de/
http://www.jena.de/
VIII. Resources:
CD-Rom discs accompany the Lab Workbook;
You are
required to use the FL Lab one hour per
week.
IX. Grading Procedures: Your grade
consists of the following:
10% Active class participation
10% 7 Journals: One every two
weeks.
10% 2 film reports
10% Vocabulary Quizzes
10% 7 chapters in Lab Manual
30% 3 exams (each over 2 chapters - 100
pts each)
20% Final Exam (cumulative exam, chapters
1-7)
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= l00%
Course Grade: Course grade will
be calculated as follows:
90% - A; 80% - B; 70% - C; 60% - D; 50% &
below - F.
X. Class Participation Grades: You are
expected to
attend regularly; there are no make-up
quizzes.
XI. Text and References:
Wie geht’s?, 7th Edition, 2003 by
Sevin et al.
LAB- & WORKBOOK w. CD, 7th Edition, 2003 by
Sevin.
Optional: Any German/English,
English/German Dictionary
XII. Prerequisites: GN 100 or equivalent
XIII. Tutoring: The department provides
free tutor services.
CALENDAR
Week 1-2:
Kapitel 8 Review and Chapter 8
Vocab. Quiz, Kap. 8
Lab Manual Kap. 8, Journal 1
Visit Web-Sites “Heidelberg” and “dhm”
Week 3-4:
Kap. 9 Lab. Manual, Kap. 9
Voc. Quiz Kap. 9
Journal 2
& Lab Kap. 9
Exam 1
(chapters 8-9)
Visit next two web-sites
Week 5-6: Kap. 10 Journal 3
Voc. Quiz 3, Lab. Kap. 10
Visit next two web-sites
Week 7-8: Kap. 11 Lab. 11 (due), visit two
web-sites,
Journal 4, Voc.
Quiz 4 & Exam 2 (10-11)
Week 9-10: Kap. 12 Journal 5 , Lab.
Manual 12, Voc. Quiz 5, visit 2
web-sites
Week 11-12: Kap. 13 Journal 6, Lab.
Manual 13
Voc. Quiz 6, Exam 3, visit
2 web-sites
Week 13-14: Kap. 14 Voc. Quiz 7, Journal 6,
visit 2
web-sites, Final Review,
Lab Kap. 14.
Week 13-14: Review
Final Exam: TBA
Note:
All Journals will be kept in German and should deal
with what you learned from the German web-sites.
