GERMAN 101 SYLLABUS
Goals for German 1011. Pronunciation: Mastery of sound-letter correspondence in German for all material covered.
2. Proficiency: Ability to speak, write, and understand simple German statements, commands, and questions in everyday situations, present tense. A repertoire of important German idioms.
3. Grammar: Understanding of the concept of case and correct usage in writing of nominative, accusative, and dative concerning subjects, direct objects,indirect objects, and objects of prepositions. Understanding of the Germanverb system including principal parts, verb position, and verb-subject agreement.
4. Culture: Knowledge of many features of German, Austrian, and Swiss life today and how it contrast with those in American life.
Required Materials: Deutsch Heute, textbook and lab/ workbook.
Tapes for the lab listening assignments (available in the Language Resource Center for students to copy; could also be purchased at the bookstore).
A blank cassette tape to record your pronunciation of assigned textsGerman Tutors: Cathy Tracy and Genna Munson. Their hours are posted in the Language Resource Center. Evening hours are included.
Grading 1. Written tests...... 40%; 2. Quizzes plus Zum Schreiben.......... 15%; 3. Daily Grades (performance in class and homework besides Zum Sch.) .....15%; 4. Oral Exams .....10%; 5. Final (Written)..... 20%.
93 - 100 A; 90 - 92 A-; 87 - 89 B+; 83 - 86.94 B; 80 - 82 B-;
77 - 79 C+; 73 - 76 C; 70 - 72 C-; 69 and below F.Note: A grade in the 60% range is not considered sufficient to guarantee passing performance in German 102; therefore a student needs a grade of 70% or above to pass this course.
Attendance, Make-ups, Late Homework Regular attendance is necessary for skills development. For every undocumented excuse exceeding 2, 2% will be deducted from your final grade average. A documented excuse is a written excuse that the professor receives from the Health Service or from the Dean of Students (for absence unrelated to the Health Service or from the Dean of Students (for absence unrelated to illness). Do not bring written excuses directly to the professor; have your parents or physician's office call the Health Service or Dean.
There will be no make-up quizzes, but if you have a documented excuse,this will not count against you. Make-up tests can only be given if you have provided a documented excuse. Homework is due when you come to class, not later in the day. Late homework cannot be accepted unless your absence was excused.1. Written Tests: Although these are given at the end of each chapter covered, the material on them is not limited to what was in that chapter alone. Language learning is cumulative; you will always be required to recall and use things you have learned in previous chapters. For this reason, it is wise to devote some portion of your study time each week to reviewing material in chapters already covered (out of one hour of study time, about 10 minutes should be spent on this kind of review). Tests must be corrected and resubmitted within a week of being returned (for grades below B-, students need the signiture of the tutor). Failure to do so will result in a lowering of the grade one notch.
2. Quizzes, Zum Schreiben: Quizzes will usually focus on a limited list of new vocabulary. Zum Schreiben exercises are freer than many of the others, thus are a good measure of overall progress. They involve a synthesis of language skills, including points from previous chapters. Students who do not receive an A grade are expected to resubmit a corrected version of Zum Schreiben within a week after it was returned. If corrections are done well (consult the tutor to be sure), the grade will be raised up to 10%. If corrections are not submitted, the grade will be lowered 10%.
3. Daily Grades: Grades will be given for oral responses in class on assigned exercises. In some cases, we will go over written homework in class and students will correct as they go along and keep this. In other cases, written homework will be collected and graded (lab work will always be collected).
Written Homework: All written homework must be done in blue or black ink; or typed. All homework must include Umlauts (ö,ü,ä; attendants in the computer labs in Buck can show you how to get these letters when typed). Spelling is important, and a letter missing an Umlaut is misspelled. Homework we correct in class should be corrected on your version, as we go along, and kept for review purposes. Always put your last name on workbook assignments. For written work that is not in the workbook, please put in the upper right hand corner your first and last name, the chapter the assignment is from and the page number(s). Points will be subtracted if you do not follow the correct format.
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Seite 24Lab Assignments: The tapes have listening material for the Bausteine section, the Lesestück section, and from Grammatik und Übungen in addition to exercises to write up in the Lab Manual and pronunciation exercises. Thus you will be listening to the tape for almost every day's assignment, and not just when the lab exercises are due. Some exercises give you time to repeat each sentence; you should do this aloud at least twice for practice.
4. Orals Exams: There will be an oral midterm and an oral final. You will be required to bring a tape that has recorded your reading of assigned exercises or texts to the exam (it will be counted as a portion of the oral exam grade). Make sure that the tape is ready to play without the instructor having to rewind it.
5. Final Exam: Remember that the final exam is scheduled at a specific time for "Elementary Foreign Language" classes; it is not according the time our class meets.
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