Beginning German language and culture taught using a communicative approach. Through the use of drama and themes, this course focuses on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and the culture of the German-speaking world.
Quarters Offered
Fall,
Winter,
Spring
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
- Speak basic German with standard pronunciation of simple words.
- Use third-person present tense verbs in conversations and in writing
- Students will recognize past and past perfect verb tenses
- Write grammatically correct sentence structures for simple sentences and questions
- Read elementary texts and instructions in German
- Read, write and aurally comprehend vocabulary pertaining to family members
- Write comprehensible compositions in German of gradually increasing length throughout the class
- Articulate an understanding of the value to themselves of learning about other cultures.
Institutional Outcomes
IO1 Communication: Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively.
Course Content Outline
- Students will read stories in German of differing lengths to introduce vocabulary and grammar; the stories will be acted out or simply translated
- Students will further discuss the stories as a class by answering discussion questions in German
- Students will read a novel in German and discuss the content through answering questions in German
- Students will create comic strip summaries with illustrations and captions in German
- Students will translate various of the stories into English
- Students will write compositions of their own in German of gradually increasing length
- Students will create a 3-generation Family Tree in German
Department Guidelines
PO4 should be assessed: Students will be able to recognize or articulate personal/interpersonal aspects of, or connections between, diverse cultural, social, or political contexts.