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GER 0002 - Elementary German - Level II

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Catalog Description DESCRIPTION IS HERE: Prerequisite: Completion of GER 1 or two years of high school German with grade(s) of "C" or better Hours: 72 lecture Description: Designed for those who have had previous training in the German language. Continuation of GER 1. Emphasis on speaking, listening, linguistic and grammatical structure, reading, writing. Further study of learning pronunciation and intonation patterns, together with continued discussion of unique cultural characteristics of the German-speaking peoples. Students continue to memorize dialogues, become knowledgeable of utilizing a substantial vocabulary, and conduct translations of culturally meaningful reading selections. (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 present perfect and/or simple past tense at moderate conversational speed. Formulate and create intelligible pronunciation with grammatically correct sentences in present perfect and/or simple past tense conversations with native or non-native speakers of German. Recognize and explain what is read in present perfect and/or simple past tense from any elementary reading passage. Formulate and write short sentences and paragraphs using appropriate syntax in the construction of sentences in simple perfect and/or simple past tense. Compare and contrast cultural perspectives based on reading, discussions and videos. Course Content Outline I. Homes and Home Furnishings, Two-way Prepositions, Imperatives, “WISSEN” vs “KENNEN” A. Asking about Housing, Locating Objects within the Home, Common Furnishings, Pronunciation of [ei, au, eu, äu], Homes and Houses in Germany B. Two-way Locational Prepositions, Friedensreich Hundertwasser C. Imperative Grammar D. “WISSEN” vs “KENNEN”, Public Transportation and City Life E. High German and Dialects II. Official Time, Banking, Hotels, DER- and EIN-words, Separable Prefix Verbs, Flavoring Particles, History of German Currency A. Conducting Business in the Bank, Reserving a Room in a Hotel, Official (24-hour) Time, Pronunciation of [ei, ie] B. DER- and EIN-words, Hotel Names C. Separable-Prefix Verbs D. Flavoring Particles, Youth Hostels III. Postal Service, Telephones, Train Travel, Genitive Case, Time Expressions, Sentence Structure, Switzerland A. Conducting Business at the Post Office, Buying a Train Ticket, Phoning and Postal Services, Train Travel, Car Travel, Pronunciation of [e, er] B. Genitive Case C. Time Expressions D. Order of Adverbs E. Switzerland and Its Languages F. Wilhelm Tell IV. Hobbies, Leisure Activities, Physical Fitness, Endings of Preceded Adjectives, Infinitives with “ZU” A. Discussing Health, Body Parts, Telephone Etiquette, Pronunciation of [l, z], Some Idiomatic Expressions B. Endings of Adjectives Preceded by DER- and EIN-Words C. Reflexive Verbs D. Infinitives with “ZU” V. Entertainment, Media, Verbs with Prepositional Objects, DA- and WO-Compounds, Endings of Unpreceded Adjectives A. Discussing Entertainment Options, Pronunciation of [r, er], Classical Music Yesterday and Today B. Verbs with Prepositional Objects, The Art Scene C. DA- and WO-Compounds, German Television Productions D. Endings of Unpreceded Adjectives, German Television VI. Relationships, Friendship, Personal Characteristics, Pets, Simple Past, Conjunctions: ALS, WANN, WENN, The Past Perfect A. Discussing Relationships, Physical and Personality Descriptions, Love and Marriage, Beloved Pets, Pronunciation of [f, v, ph, w] B. Simple Past, Liechtenstein C. Conjunctions: ALS, WENN, WANN D. Past Perfect, the Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales. Course Objectives Course Objectives Through oral and written exercises, activities, and assignments, students will: I. a. Identify spaces within a house, common furniture items, and types of dwellings b. Inquire into the availability, quality and price of apartments and dorm spaces c. Employ the two-way spatial prepositions to describe both the static of the location of an item using dative case and the directional goal of a moving item using the accusative case d. Use common prepositional contractions e. Distinguish between “WO” and “WOHIN” f. Use positional “N-verbs” (“HÄNGEN, LIEGEN, SITZEN, STEHEN”) and placement “T-verbs” (“HÄNGEN, LEGEN, SETZEN, STELLEN”) g. Produce imperative statements h. Distinguish between the knowledge verbs “WISSEN” and “KENNEN” i. Discuss common architectural styles of German houses and distinguish between English “1st-floor” vs German “ground-floor” descriptions of building stories j. Identify characteristics of the works of Austrian painter Friedrich Hundertwasser k. Discuss the differences and similarities between American and German public transportation systems l. Identify the difference between standard Hochdeutsch and the various German dialects II. a. Identify common vocabulary used in banks and hotels b. Conduct basic banking business and exchange currencies c. Inquire into the availability and price of hotel rooms. d. Identify and decline the DER-word determiners (ALLE, DER/DIE/DAS, DIES-, JED-, MANCH-, SOLCH-, WELCH-) e. Identify and decline the EIN-word determiners (EIN-, KEIN-, and the possessive articles) f. Name common separable prefix verbs g. Identify the core meaning of separable verbal prefixes h. Produce declarative sentences with the finite verb in second-position and the verbal prefix in final position i. Identify and use pragmatic flavoring particles j. Identify the differences between American and German banking establishments k. Discuss the common conventions in German hotel names l. Discuss features of the German youth hostel system m. Discuss basic facts about Luxembourg III. a. Identify common vocabulary used in post offices and train stations b. Conduct common business at the post office c. Inquire about the price of train tickets, departure and arrival times of trains, and purchase tickets d. Decline nouns in the genitive case using the correct definite article, indefinite article, negative article, and possessive articles e. Decline masculine, neuter, n-stem nouns, and proper names for genitive case using the appropriate endings f. Use common genitive prepositions g. Command a vocabulary of common time expressions h. Express definite points in time using accusative noun phrases i. Express indefinite points in time using dative noun phrases j. Produce complex clauses with adverbs arranged in the Time-Manner-Place sequence k. Discuss differences and similarities between phoning and postal services available in the United States and Germany l. Discuss differences and similarities between train travel options in the United States and Germany m. Discuss differences and similarities between car travel in the United States and Germany n. Discuss famous mountains and alpine cities in Switzerland o. Discuss the various languages in Switzerland including Schwyzerdüütsch, French, Italian, and Romansh IV. a. Describe common maladies, injuries, and medical emergencies b. Identify body parts c. Command a vocabulary of common sports and leisure activities d. Inflect adjectives preceded by DER-words and adjectives preceded by EIN-words e. Identify the reflexive and reciprocal use of reflexive pronouns f. Produce accusative and dative reflexive pronouns g. Identify common verbs that are always reflexive h. Command a vocabulary of verbs used in grooming i. Command a vocabulary of verbs used to describe medical conditions j. Use reflexive verbs with dative reflexive pronouns to describe actions involving body parts and clothing items k. Identify syntactic situations which require the usage of an infinitive with “ZU” l. Use the “UM…ZU” infinitive construction to express the purpose of an action m. Discuss differences and similarities between American and German attitudes towards vacationing n. Produce common polite phrases used for talking on the phone o. Identify several common idiomatic expressions in German V. a. Command a vocabulary of nouns and adjectives relevant to discussing film, theater, and music b. Command a vocabulary of common verbs which are accompanied by prepositional objects c. Contract prepositional expressions using “DA-compounds” and “WO-compounds” d. Inflect unpreceded adjectives e Discuss the importance of theater in German cultural life f. Discuss the importance of classical music in German cultural life g. Discuss elements of the historical and modern German art scene VI. a. Command a vocabulary of nouns and adjectives relevant to discussing personality traits, relationships, marriage, and divorce b. Command a vocabulary of common pets c. Conjugate weak and strong verbs in the simple past tense d. Identify the usage difference between the simple past tense and the perfect tense in German e. Use the conjunction “ALS” to head a subordinate clause in the past tense to describe a single event in the past f. Use the conjunction “WENN” to head a subordinate clause in the past tense to describe habitual actions in the past g. Conjugate weak and strong verbs in the past perfect tense h. Use the conjunctions “NACHDEM” and “BEVOR” in past perfect sentences i. Discuss differences and similarities between American and German wedding customs j. Discuss the history and linguistic makeup of Liechtenstein k. Discuss the cultural importance of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Methods of Evaluation Classroom Discussions Skill Demonstrations Reading Assignments A. Reading Assignments: Students will be asked to read short stories at home, render a translation of it into English, and answer basic questions about the story Ex A: Zwei Freunde gehen durch einen Wald. Auf einmal kommt ein Bär. Der erste fürchtet sich sehr, läuft fort und steigt auf einen Baum. Der zweite kann den Bären nicht allein töten. Er legt sich schnell wie tot auf die Erde, denn man hat ihm gesagt, daß ein Bär keinen toten Menschen frißt. durch (+acc): through Wald (m): forest auf einmal: all the sudden Bär (m): bear der erste: the first (friend) “sich fürchten”: “to take fright” “fort.laufen”: “to run away” “steigen”: “to ascend, climb” der zweite: the second (friend) allein: alone “töten”: “to kill” “sich legen”: “to lay down” wie tot: as if dead Erde (f): ground, earth hat…gesagt: has said Mensch (m): human, man “frißt” < “fressen”: “to gobble” daß ein Bär keinen toten Mensche frißt: that a bear doesn’t eat a dead man … 1) Worauf steigt der erste Freund? ____________________ 2) Warum legt sich der zweite auf die Erde? ____________________ ...etc… Students will be asked to read a short story from the textbook, render a translation of it into English, and answer basic questions about the story Ex B: Ein König reitet auf die Jagd. Auf der Jagd verliert sein Pferd ein Huseisen. Der König reitet langsam durch Wald und Feld, bis er in ein kleines Dorf kommt. Er sucht einen Schmied und findet endlich einen. „Ich wünsche ein neues Hufeisen für mein Pferd,“ sagt er zu dem Schmied. König (m): king reiten: to ride Jagd (f): hunt verlieren: „to lose“ sein: his Pferd (n): horse Huseisen (n): horse shoe langsam: slowly durch+acc: through Wald (m): forest Feld (n): field bis: until... Dorf (n): village bis er in ein kleines Dorf kommt: until he comes into a small village suchen: „to seek, look for“ Schmied (m): smith einen (m.acc): (one, ie. A smith) wünschen: „to wish“ neu: new für: for sagen: „to say“ zu dem Schmied: to the smith 1) Was verliert der König auf der Jagd? ______________________________ 2) Was wünscht sich der König vom Schmied? ______________________________ ...etc... 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 own a massive castle in the Black Forest. Describe 2 different rooms and what is located in those rooms using two-way spatial prepositions and positional (N-) verbs.” 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 _________ Name (m) __________ Vater__ (m) war Wilhelm the (Nom.) my (Gen.) B) Translate into English “Vor zwei Jahren bin ich mit meiner Familie nach Österreich gereist” ____________________________________________________________ C) Translate into German “I studied German at university because I want to travel to Germany” ______________________________________ Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Select a city from a given list where German is the primary language. Using the internet and/or library, research at least the following, write a report (may be in English) including at least the following information: 1 Year the city was established 2 Population 3 Commerce and trade 4 Transportation 5 Attractions 6 Holidays and cultural festivals 7 Historical facts 8 Famous authors, artists, composers, etc. that may have had an impact on the city 9 Why or why not would you recommend the city as worthwhile place to visit B. After you have completed your paper, write a brief summary in German covering the highlights and present it to the class. Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.