GRMN111 Elementary German II

Department of Language & Literature: German

  1. Course Number and Title

    GRMN111 Elementary German II

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    GRMN110 (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 interactive course continues the work of GRMN110; students continue to acquire a basic knowledge of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing German. It continues to stress oral proficiency, listening, comprehension, and grammatical accuracy. German cultural background accompanies each chapter.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will:
        1. acquire and demonstrate an elementary, but growing, degree of competence in the four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing;
        2. recognize and respond appropriately to more common spoken situations;
        3. demonstrate ability to write basic sentences with some added detail in German; and
        4. explain more common 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

      Modal verbs
      Separable-prefix verbs, verb-noun, and verb-verb combinations
      Accusative prepositions and personal pronouns
      The comparative and superlative
      Simple past of sein, haben, and modal verbs
      Perfect tense: regular and irregular verbs
      Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes
      Ordinal numbers and dates
      Dative case: indirect object, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions
      Prepositions

      Vocabulary and social contexts

      Food and meals
      Purchasing and returning merchandise
      Buying and giving gifts
      Describing appearance and expressing personal tastes and opinions
      Talking about education and job qualifications

      Cultural contexts

      Switzerland
      Railways
      Soccer
      Munich and Berlin
      Vacations
      Immigration to North America from the German-speaking countries
      School systems in German-speaking countries
      Holidays and celebrations

    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. 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. (Cultural Perspectives)
        2. 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. (International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives)

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

      Students use text, audio program, workbook, and multimedia resources of first-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 - 5/07; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2011