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GER 0001 - Elementary German - Level I

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Catalog Description DESCRIPTION IS HERE: Hours: 72 lecture Description: Introduction to German language and culture, including speaking, listening, linguistic and grammatical structure, reading, pronunciation and intonation patterns. Corresponds to two years of high school study. (CSU, UC) Units 4 Lecture-Discussion 72 Laboratory By Arrangement Contact Hours 72 Outside of Class Hours Course Student Learning Outcomes Recognize and paraphrase elementary German that is spoken in simple present tense at moderate conversational speed. Formulate and pronounce intelligible grammatically correct sentences in present tense conversations with native or non-native speakers of German. Recognize and explain what is read in present tense from any elementary reading passage. Formulate and write short sentences and paragraphs in present tense using correct syntax. Compare and contrast cultural perspectives based on reading, discussions and videos. Course Content Outline I. Describing Personal Information, German Alphabet and German Spelling, Pronunciation, Describing a Classroom and Clothing, Talking about the Calendar, Weather, and Time, Hochdeutsch and the Germanic Languages A. Asking for Basic Personal Information, German Alphabet, Spelling, and Phonetics, Formal and Informal Language, Pronunciation of [a, e, er, i, o, u] B. Noun Gender, Nominative Definite Articles, Types of Pluralization, Colors, Common Classroom Objects, Pronunciation of [e, ä, ö, ü, eu, au, ai, ei, ie] C. Ordinal Numbers 1 - 1000000, Common Clothing Items, Introductory Shopping Phrases, Adjectives for Describing Clothing, Pronunciation of [l, s, st, sp, sch, f, v, z] D. Verbs and Adjectives for Describing the Weather, Seasons, Days of the Week, Months, Describing Time in Terms of Weekdays, Months, and Seasons, Celsius vs Fahrenheit, Pronunciation of [r, p, t, k, j, h, final b, d and g], German climate E. Describing Clock Time, Pronunciation of [ch, ig, ck, ng, gn, kn, qu, pf, ps, w], German-Americans II. Family, Geographical Terms, Country Names, Nationalities, Languages, Present Tense of Verbs, Nominative Case, Sentence Structure, Compound Nouns A. Family members, European countries, European nationalities, Natural Landmarks, Verbs and Adjectives for Describing Geographic Location, Pronunciation of [i, a, u], The Goethe Institute B. Nominative Personal Pronouns, Present Tense Conjugation of Regular Verbs C. Nominative Forms of Definite Articles, Indefinite Articles, Negative Articles, Use of Pronouns for Inanimate Objects, German in Europe D. Subjects and Predicates, Verb-Second Word Order, Verb Complements in Final Position E. Compound Nouns, Frankfurt am Main, Germany and the European Union, German Throughout the World III. Food and Grocery Shopping, Present Tense of SEIN and HABEN, Accusative Case, Sentence Structure (Cont’d) A. Common Grocery Items, Shopping Locales, Verbs, Adjectives and Phrases for Shopping, Shopping and Store Hours, Weights and Measurements, Breads, Sausages, and Cheese, Pronunciation of [e, o] B. Present Tense of SEIN and HABEN, The Euro C. Accusative Forms of Definite Articles, Indefinite Articles, and Negative Articles, EIN-grammar and the Possessive Articles, N-Stem Nouns, ES GIBT, Common Transitive Verbs, Accusative Prepositions, Infinitive Verbal Complements in Clause Final Position, Negation with KEIN- and NICHT, JA, NEIN and DOCH, Coordinating Conjunctions, Pedestrian Areas, Regensburg IV. Food (Cont’d) and Restaurants, Verbs with Vowel Changes, Dative Case A. Verbs, Nouns and Phrases for Ordering in a Restaurant, Mealtimes and Elements of a Meal, Deciding Where to Eat, Pronunciation of [ü] B. Verbs with Vowel Changes C. Indirect Objects, Dative Forms of Definite Articles, Indefinite Articles, Negative Articles, and Possessive Articles, Dative Plural Ending –n, Dative Verbs, Dative Prepositions, Cafes and Coffee Houses, Regional Specialties, Wines from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Table Manners V. Ordinal Numbers, Dates, Holidays, Congratulations, Present Perfect, Subordinating Conjunctions A. Phrases for Talking about Dates, Ordinal Numbers, Congratulations, The Christmas Season, Deutsche Bundesländer, Pronunciation of [ch, ck], Diversity in Religious Traditions B. Present Perfect with HABEN, Tourist Destinations C. Present Perfect wth SEIN D. Subordinating Conjunctions and Subordinating Clauses, Traditional Folk Celebrations VI. Viennese Landmarks and Asking for Directions Personal Pronouns, Modal Auxiliary Verbs, Sondern vs Aber A. Building and Landmarks around Town, Phrases for Describing Location, Phrases for Requesting Directions, Vienna and Viennese Landmarks, Pronunciation of [ö], Personal Pronouns in Accusative and Dative B. Modal Auxiliary Verbs C. Sondern vs Aber, the Sezessionsstil Movement, The Gateway City, Heurigen Wine   Course Objectives Course Objectives Through oral and written exercises, activities, and assignments, students will: I. a. Pronounce and spell German words correctly b. Ask for basic personal information with both polite and informal language strategies c. Identify the historical linguistic relationships between English and German d. Make simple descriptive sentences of common classroom objects and clothing e. Count to 1000000 f. Identify what constitutes a grammatical subject f. Describe the weather g. Recognize the various types of plural noun formation rules h. Express the time of an occurrence in terms of weekday, month, season, or traditional clock time i. Describe the relationship between High German and the other Germanic Languages j. Describe the German climate k. Describe the timeline of German immigration to the United States II. a. Describe the geographic location of natural features and cities within a country b. Describe the geographic location of a country within a continent as well as relative to other countries c. Describe people in terms of (European) nationalities and languages d. Identify family members and give personal information about them e. Command a basic vocabulary of intransitive and transitive verbs f. Produce simple verbal statements using nominative pronouns and correct verbal conjugation in the present tense g. Switch between referencing third-person subjects with nominative pronouns, nominative definite noun phrases, nominative indefinite noun phrases, and proper names h. Produce both declarative sentences with subjects in first position as well as declarative sentences with adverbial or objective elements in first position in accordance with the German syntactic verb-second principle. i. Produce declarative sentences with verb complements in final position in accordance with the German syntactic verb-last principle j. Identify the gender of compound nouns k. Describe the role of The Goethe Institute in promoting the German language abroad l. Describe the prominence of the German language in Europe m. Describe features of the city Frankfurt am Main n. Describe Germany’s role within the European Union o. Describe the position of the German language in the world outside of Europe III. a. Identify common grocery items b. Identify common stores for various types of goods c. Inquire into the availability, quality, and price of items in a store and purchase the items in the desired quantity d. Conjugate the verbs SEIN and HABEN in the present tense e. Identify what constitutes a grammatical direct object f. Decline nouns in both nominative and accusative cases using the correct definite article, indefinite article, negative article, and possessive articles g. Produce the nominative and accusative forms of the animate and inanimate interrogative pronouns h. Produce n-stem nouns in nominative and accusative forms i. Command a vocabulary of common transitive verbs j. Use the phrase “ES GIBT” to inquire about or describe the availability of goods k. Use common accusative prepositions l. Produce declarative sentences with infinitive complements of verbs in final position in accordance with the German syntactic verb-last principle m. Negate indefinite noun phrases using KEIN- n. Negate definite noun phrases using NICHT o. Produce multi-clause sentence using coordinating conjunctions p. Identify differences and similarities between German and American shopping establishments q. Use the metric systems to describe weights and volumes r. Identify types of bread, sausage, and cheese common in Germany s. Identify common denominations in the Euro currency system t. Identify differences and similarities between German and American pedestrian spaces u. Describe features of the German city of Regensburg IV. a. Discuss likes and dislikes with regard to food and drink b. Inquire into the availability and quality of a food or drink item in a restaurant, place an order for the given items, and pay the waiter c. Identify mealtimes, common utensils and dishes, and common dishes in a restaurant d. Identify the most common vowel-changing verbs and conjugate them e. Identify what constitutes a grammatical indirect object f. Decline nouns in the dative case using the correct definite article, indefinite article, negative article, and possessive articles f. Produce the dative form of the animate interrogative pronouns g. Identify the most common dative verbs h. Use common dative prepositions i. Describe features of German Cafes and Coffee Houses j. Describe some regional culinary specialties of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland k. Describe the general locations where wine grapes are cultivated in Germany, Austria and Switzerland l. Describe differences and similarities between German and American table manners V. a. Name common German holidays and festivals b. Produce ordinal numbers c. Express dates for holidays, planned social events, and birthdays d. Identify the location of the German Bundesländer relative to each other e. Produce the past participles of weak verbs as well as common strong verbs f. Employ either HABEN or SEIN as the perfect tense auxiliary verbs according to the semantic nature of the verb g. Produce main clauses in the perfect tense with the auxiliary in second position and the past participle in final position h. Identify common subordinate conjunction i. Produce subordinate clauses with the finite verb in final position j. Produce subordinate clauses with past participles in penultimate position and the finite perfect tense auxiliary verb in final position k. Produce sentences with subordinate clauses in initial position l. Describe some of the common customs in Germany during the Christmas season m. Identify the 16 German Bundesländer and their relative geographic positions within Germany n. Describe basic facts about religious diversity in German o. Identify the most important traditional folk celebrations in Germany VI. a. Identify common buildings and landmarks within towns and cities b. Ask for the relative location of, distance to, and directions to buildings and landmarks within towns and cities c. Produce common adverbs and prepositions relevant to describing locations and giving directions d. Produce personal pronouns in nominative, accusative, and dative cases. e. Conjugate modal auxiliary verbs f. Produce main clauses with finite modal auxiliaries in second position and infinitive complements in final position g. Identify the usage difference between GERN and the verb MÖCHTEN h. Produce subordinate clauses with the infinitive complement in penultimate position and the finite modal verb in final position i. Identify the usage difference between ABER and SONDERN j. Give basic facts about the Austrian city of Vienna and name several major Viennese landmarks k. Describe basic features of the Art Nouveau (Sezessionsstil Movement) in Austria l. Describe what Austrian “Heurigen Wine” is. Methods of Evaluation Classroom Discussions Essay Examinations Objective Examinations Problem Solving Examinations Skill Demonstrations Reading Assignments 1. Students will be asked to read short stories at home, render a translation of it into English, and answer basic questions about the story. Example: Friedrich der Große, König von Preußen 1740 bis 1786, hat eine berühmte Armee. In dieser Armee ist ein besonderes Regiment. Nur sehr große Soldaten findet man in diesem Regiment. Sie kommen aus Rußland, England, Frankreich und Spanien, denn sie bekommen in Preußen gutes Essen und guten Lohn. Friedrich liebt dieses Regiment besonders und besucht es oft. Er fragt dann immer dasselbe: „Wie lange sind Sie hier? Wie alt sind Sie? Sind Verpflegung und Lohn gut?“ der große: “the great” König (m): king Preußen: Prussia berühmt: famous Armee (f): army in dieser Armee: in this army Regiment (nt): soldier regiment besonder: special nur: only sehr: very Soldat (m., pl.-en): soldier man findet: one finds in diesem Regiment: in this regiment denn: because bekommen: receive Essen (n): food Lohn (m): wage, money lieben: loves dieses (nt): this besuchen: visit es: it oft: often fragen: ask dann: then immer: always dasselbe: the same thing wie lange: how long? “wie lange sind Sie hier?” / “wie lange bist du hier?”: how long have you been here? Verpflegung (f): accommodation … 1) Woher kommt der junge Solat? ____________________ 2) Was bekommen die Soldaten in Preußen? ____________________ ...etc… 2. Students will be asked to read a section from the textbook on Mozart, render a translation of it into English, and answer basic questions about the story. Example: Mozart hat eine große Liebe zum Klavier, zur Musik und zur Kunst. Mozart besucht oft seine Freunde und spielt Musik vor dem Abendessen. Er grüßt die Gäste freundlich, geht sogleich ins Musikzimmer und setzt sich ans Klavier. Dann spielt er stundenlang seine schönsten Lieder und Konzerte. Die Gäste kommen ins Musikzimmer und hören die Musik zu. Klavier (n): piano Liebe zu-: love for Kunst (f): art Abendessen (n): diner besuchen: to visit oft: often vor: before Gäste (< Gast (m): guest grüßen: to greet sogleich: immediately sich setzen an: to sit down at studenlang: for hours schönst-: most beautiful Lieder (< Lied (n)): song Konzert (m): concerto zu.hören: to listen to 1) Wofür hat Mozart eine große Liebe? ____________________ 2) Wer hört Mozarts Musik zu? __________________________ Writing, Problem Solving or Performance Example A: Short Story writing Students will write a short story in German according to the given prompt. Students satisfy the requirements of the essay by including certain grammatical, lexical, and pragmatic features in their essay, as specified in the essay directions. After submitting a first draft, students will receive detailed feedback on grammatical and lexical usage mistakes. Students are to submit a second, corrected draft using this feedback from the instructor. Example of Short Story prompt: “You are in Salzburg Austria on Dec 6th (St. Nikolaus’ Day), buying Xmas presents for your family and friends, when a Krampus appears! What do you do?” Requirements: 1) Buy gifts for at least 2 people, using Dative grammar (Ie: I buy my mom some perfume, I buy my friend a tshirt), 2) Use at least 2 of the “stem-changing verbs” (semi-irregular verbs) (ie, verbs like laufen, sprechen, fahren…), 3) Use at least 4 prepositions (or MORE!) words like mit, zu, durch, für, aus… 4) Describe somethings you see in town by saying “es gibt (+Acc)” (there are…), 5) describe the weather Example B: Grammar Drill worksheets Students will regularly receive worksheets focused on producing German articles and verbs in their correct forms. These will include “fill-in-the-blank”, “translate into English”, and “translate into German” drills. Examples of Grammar Drill worksheet problems A) Fill in the article as directed _________ Mann (m) gibt __________ Frau (f) ______ Buch (nt) the (Nom.) the (Dat.) a (Acc.) B) Translate into English “Am Wochende möchte ich mit meinem Vater ins Kino gehen” _________________________________ C) Translate into German “For Christmas I would like to buy my mother some perfume” ______________________________________ Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.