GRMN201 Intermediate German I

Department of Language & Literature: German

  1. Course Number and Title

    GRMN201 Intermediate German I

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    GRMN111 (C or better) or equivalent

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    Students spend between six and nine hours per week outside of class in activities such as learning vocabulary, reading, completing written exercises, working on pronunciation, preparing oral presentations, and working with the multimedia files that accompany the text.

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This course reviews basic essentials of vocabulary and grammatical constructions and presents constructions not studied in the Elementary sequence. It provides material for a solid foundation in conversation and composition. This course continues to place emphasis on knowledge and appreciation of the culture of German-speaking countries.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will:
        1. acquire and demonstrate increasing competence in the four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing;
        2. recognize and respond appropriately and with increasing detail to the most common spoken situations;
        3. demonstrate ability to write increasingly complex sentences in German; and
        4. explain an increasing number of aspects of life in the German-speaking countries.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. Category I
        Cultural Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices.

        Category III
        International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      Grammatical topics

      Two-case prepositions
      Verbs: stellen, legen, and hängen
      Genitive case: interrogative pronoun wessen and adjective endings
      Relative clauses and relative pronouns
      Reflexive pronouns
      Reflexive verbs
      Simple past
      Passive voice
      Special verb-preposition combinations

      Vocabulary and social contexts

      Finding a place to live and discussing the pros and cons of locations
      Ordering meals in restaurants
      Telling stories
      Expressing feelings and emotions
      Describing people, places, and things

      Cultural contexts

      Housing
      Eating out
      Luxemburg
      Newspapers and magazines
      The Grimm brothers
      The Berlin Wall
      The European Union

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students
        1. take quizzes and tests;
        2. complete assignments, such as short compositions and grammatical exercises;
        3. perform listening comprehension exercises; and
        4. participate in oral interviews and/or presentations that assess proficiency levels.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        1. Cultural Perspectives: Students take quizzes/tests or complete sections of quizzes/tests which examine the cultural topics presented in the course and in which they compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices of some German-speaking people.
        2. International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives: Students take quizzes/tests or complete sections of quizzes/tests in which they articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      Students use text, workbook, and multimedia resources of second-year proficiency-based German program. See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date - 3/98; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2011