GERM 1020-001 German First Year II (Brandt)

 GERM 1020-001
German First Year II
Spring 2015
Instructor: Anja Brandt
Email:
[email protected]
Office Hour: by appointment
Office:
Phone:
Website:
GEOL 421
(435) 797-2686
Canvas
MTRF 3:00 - 3:50 pm
LIBR 164
Required Book
Vorsprung: A Communicative Introduction to German Language and Culture (2014),
Enhanced Edition or the 3rd edition by Thomas A. Lovik, J. Douglas Guy, and Monika
Chavez
Course description and objectives
GERM 1020 will provide students with the continued opportunity to improve their German
speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills while learning about German-speaking culture.
The class is based on the communicative approach. This means that class time is devoted to
communicative activities (from the book or otherwise designed by the instructor) that develop
and practice language skills, especially speaking skills.
In GERM 1020, we will cover chapters 7 to 12 of the textbook Vorsprung. The book allows
students to practice what they have learned in class. Supplementary material such as videos,
current topical excerpts from newspapers, poems, music, etc. will support the learning
process.
General rules and regulations (* to be added)
§ Assignments must be handed in on time. Please let me know beforehand if you think you
cannot make a deadline. Never miss a class because you have not finished an
assignment; this will not enhance your German language skills.
§ Come to class on time. If you are late you will not only miss information but also distract
your fellow students. If you are late, sneak in unnoticed.
§ Try your best to speak German when you enter the classroom. Learning a new language
is hard, and you will make mistakes as they are part of the learning process.
§ In this class, you will participate in active games, songs, dances, etc. Activities like these
make learning a language and memorizing vocabulary and grammar not only more fun,
but also more successful. Do not be afraid to participate! Everybody will be doing goofy
stuff.
§ Absolutely NO discriminatory remarks about or behavior directed towards a person’s
race, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex, or disability will be tolerated in the
classroom.
Grading
attendance/participation:
chapter tests:
homework:
written assignments:
midterm/final exam:
quizzes:
+ extra credit
25 %
20 %
15 %
15 %
15 %
10 %
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Course requirements
attendance/participation (25 %)
Attendance in class is an essential aspect of learning a language. Therefore, you should try
to be present for all class meetings to obtain the best results for your studies. Failure to
attend may have a negative influence on your grade, and will certainly reduce the quality of
your educational experience.
Class discussions are very important. Articulating ideas in class gives you an opportunity to
develop your powers of expression in German. You should make every effort to participate in
class.
Try to speak German as much as possible! Don’t be afraid of making mistakes!
chapter tests (20 %)
We will have six chapter tests, at two-week to three-week intervals. You will not be allowed to
access your notes or files during these tests. But if you are present and attentive during class
and if you do your homework thoroughly, you will do well on the tests and they will help
solidify your language skills.
homework (15 %)
Homework packages are due each Saturday at noon. Please email me your work as a word
document so that I can give you feedback within the document. It is recommended that you
work on your homework package throughout the week, it will help you to review the material
and be prepared for classes. Moreover, you will not reduce your workload to digestible steps
if you do your homework in little packages rather than one big.
The announced packages may be added by additional tasks distributed in class or on
Canvas.
written assignments (15 %)
One written assignment is due for each chapter. You will be given the chance to write a first
draft and revise it on the basis of the instructor’s feedback.
midterm/final exam (15 %)
Midterm: You will have an oral exam. You will know the possible topics in advance, so that
you can prepare. The midterm exams are between Mar 2 and 6.
Final Exam: Your final exam will be a written exam that will include material from the whole
semester. It might be a good idea to keep your notes. You will also have an oral exam in the
same fashion as in the midterm exam. The date for the final exam is: Wed, Apr 29, 1:30pm.
quizzes (10 %)
Infrequent quizzes will cover new vocabulary or an aspect of grammar. These quizzes are to
help you retain information that you learned in class. If you attend class and do the assigned
work, you will do well on these quizzes. We will write quizzes on Canvas. You are allowed to
consult your notes.
extra credit
For extra credit, you may meet with a German tutor (in the Talk Language Laboratory, OM
004, schedule will be made available) and talk in German with them or discuss aspects of
German grammar or culture. Please have the tutor send me an email and confirm the
meeting. You may also attend the German Club, watch a German movie, or read a German
book and write a little essay about the particular movie/book. You can also play a German
song or recite a German poem that is appropriate in class and give a brief introduction to its
theme and central vocabulary. Be creative!
Moreover, you can give a presentation in German of no more than 3-5 minutes about one of
the “Brennpunkt Kultur“ texts in our book. In your presentation, you should summarize the
text and may provide further information that you have researched. I will distribute a list with
the possible themes in the first days of our class and you can sign up.
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Semester Outline (subject to change)
Spring term 2015 has 71 instructional days. So there are between two to three weeks time
for each chapter.
* AB = Arbeitsbogen
* format: page, task, e.g. 244, 2 = page 244, task 2
à If tasks are supposed to be pair work, please do them without a partner.
Dates
Week
1
Chapter
-
1/12, 1/13, 1/15, 1/16
2
ch. 7
1/19: NO CLASSES
(MLK day)
1/20, 1/22, 1/23
3
ch. 7
1/26, 1/27, 1/29, 1/30
4
ch. 8
1/8, 1/9
Packages
Revision
PACKAGE 1, due 1/10:
ABs distributed in class
PACKAGE 2, due 1/17:
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
244, 2; 248, 5 und 6; 252, 7; 255, 8; 257, 10; 258,
11 und 13
Lesen und lernen Sie:
245, Text „Brennpunkt Kultur”; 250-253,
„Strukturen I. Expressing Location and
Destination.“ „A. Two-case prepositions“ und „B.
More about an, auf, and in“; 253, „Brennpunkt
Kultur“; 254, „Wissenswerte Vokabeln“; 256-257,
„Wo macht man das in der Stadt“
PACKAGE 3, due 1/24:
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
261, 15; 262, 17; 279, 38 und 39
Lesen und lernen Sie:
261, „Strukturen II. Giving directions“ „A.
Prepositional phrases indicating location“; 262, „B.
The prefixes hin and her“; 262-263, „C. Verbs
commonly used with two-case prepositions“; 265,
„Brennunkt Kultur“; 268-270, „Lesestrategien“ (2426); 274, „Strukturen III. Talking about when
events happen“ „A. Time expressions in the dative
case“, „B. Time expressions in the accusative
case“; 275, „Sprache im Alltag: Expressing
regularity“; 276, „Strukturen IV. Talking about
means of transportation“; 277, „Wissenswerte
Vokabeln: Wie kommt man dahin?“; 280,
„Strukturen VI. Expressing the purpose for an
action“
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT chapter 7:
281, 43: Meine Biografie/Autobiografie
PACKAGE 4, due 1/31:
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
289, 2 und 3; 292, 6; 293, 7; 297, 10; 298, 11; 299,
13 und 14; 301, 16 und 18; 302, 20 und 21
Lesen und lernen Sie:
295, „Brennpunkt Kultur: Universitätskurse“; 296297, „Strukturen 1. Talking about activities we do
for ourselves“, A., B. und C.; 298, „Wissenswerte
Vokabeln: die tägliche Routine“; 299, „Im
Badezimmer“; 300-301, „Strukturen II. Talking
about daily hygiene routines“
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2/2, 2/3, 2/5, 2/6
5
ch. 8
2/9, 2/10, 2/12, 2/13
6
ch. 8
2/16: NO CLASSES
(Presidents‘ Day)
2/17, 2/19, 2/20
7
ch. 9
2/23, 2/24, 2/26, 2/27
8
ch. 9
3/2, 3/3, 3/5, 3/6
9
ch. 9
PACKAGE 5, due 2/7
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
304, 23; 306, 29; 307, 30, 31 und 32; 309, 34; 313,
38; 324, 52 und 53; 325, 54
Lesen und lernen Sie:
303, „Wissenswerte Vokabeln: krank sein“; 306,
„Die beste Uni für mich“; 308-309, 33; 314,
„Brennpunkt Kultur: Das deutsche
Universitätssystem“; 317, „Brennpunkt Kultur: Wie
Studierende ihr Studium finanzieren“; 322-325,
„Strukturen V. Specifying additional information
about actions“, A. und B.; 327, „Brennpunkt Kultur:
Das deutsche Schulsystem“
PACKAGE 6, due 2/14
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
321, 47
Lesen und lernen Sie:
318-319, „Strukturen III. Talking about future
events“, A. und B.; 321, „Strukturen IV. Expressing
probability“
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT chapter 8:
305, 28: Eine Entschuldigung, OR 326, 58:
Interviews mit Prominenten
PACKAGE 7, due 2/21
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
335, 3; 338, 5; 339, 6; 341, 8 und 9; 344, 12; 345,
13; 346, 14
Lesen und lernen Sie:
340-344, „Strukturen I. Providing additional
information
about
topics“.
A.-D.;
342,
„Wissenswerte
Vokabeln:
Berufe“;
346,
„Brennpunkt
Kultur:
Berufswahl
und
Berufsausbildung in deutschsprachigen Ländern“
PACKAGE 8, due 2/28
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
347, 15; 348, 16; 349, 18 und 19; 350, 20; 356, 24
und 25
Lesen und lernen Sie:
347, „Strukturen II. Proposing activities, making
suggestions“, A. und B.; 351-352, 21, 22 und 23;
353, „Brennpunkt Kultur: Wien“; 365, „Brennpunkt
Kultur: Österreich“; 366, „Wissenswerte Vokabeln:
Österreichs Leute und Länder“
MIDTERM EXAMS between 3/2 and 3/6
PACKAGE 9, due 3/7
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
358, 29; 359, 30; 361, 33; 363, 36; 364, 37; 367,
40; 370, 43; 371, 44
Lesen und lernen Sie:
358-361, „Strukturen III. Describing people and
things (I)“, A. und B.; 360, „Wissenswerte
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3/9, 3/10, 3/12, 3/13:
NO CLASSES
(Spring Break)
3/16, 3/17, 3/19, 3/20
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-
11
ch. 10
3/23, 3/24, 3/26, 3/27
12
ch. 10
3/30, 3/31, 4/2, 4/3
13
ch. 10
4/6, 4/7, 4/9, 4/10
14
ch. 11
Vokabeln: Eigenschaften von guten Bewerbern“;
362-364, „Strukturen IV. Describing people and
things (II)“, A. und B.; 367-370, „Strukturen V.
Comparing people and things“, A. und B.
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT chapter 9:
374, (50 as prestep) und 51: Rat geben
PACKAGE 10, due 3/21
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
381, 1; 383, 4 und 5; 386, 7; 387, 9 und 11; 389,
12 und 13; 392, 14 und 15; 394, 17; 395, 18
Lesen und lernen Sie:
381, „Brennpunkt Kultur: Die Brüder Grimm und
ihre Kinder- und Hausmärchen“; 388-395,
„Strukturen I. Narrating past events“, A.-D.
PACKAGE 11, due 3/28
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
401, 27; 402, 28; 404, 29; 406, 32; 409, 36; 416417, 45 und 46
Lesen und lernen Sie:
390, „Brennpunkt Kultur: Karneval, Fasching,
Fastnacht“; 402, „Sprache im Alltag: Diminutives“;
403, „Brennpunkt Kultur: Die Schweiz“; 404,
„Wissenswerte Vokabeln: die Schweiz –
geografische Daten“; 405, „Brennpunkt Kultur:
Fest- und Feiertage“; 406, „Strukturen II. Talking
about consecutive events in the past“, A. und B.;
407, „Strukturen III. Talking about concurrent
events in the past“: 408, „Strukturen IV. Saying
when events occur“
PACKAGE 12, due 4/4
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
411, 38; 412, 39; 414, 43 und 44
Lesen und lernen Sie:
409-411, „Strukturen V. Expressing ownership“; A.
bis G.
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT chapter 10:
418, 48: Anekdoten aus dem Urlaub
PACKAGE 13, due 4/11
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
424, 2 und 3; 427, 4 und 5; 428-429, 7; 432, 10
und 11; 433, 12; 435, 15; 437, 17
Lesen und lernen Sie:
427, „Sprache im Alltag: Confirming what someone
said“; 430-437, „Strukturen I. Speculating about
activities, making suggestions“, A.-E.; 434, 444,
455, „Brennpunkt Kultur: von der Monarchie zur
Demokratie“ (I)-(III)
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4/13, 4/14, 4/16, 4/17
15
ch. 11
4/20, 4/21, 4/23
4/24: LAST DAY OF
CLASSES
16
ch.
11/12
4/29: FINAL EXAM
17
ch. 7-12
PACKAGE 14, due 4/18
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
439, 18; 440, 19; 442, 22 und 23; 443, 24 und 25;
445, 26; 449, 29
Lesen und lernen Sie:
437-440, „Strukturen II. Talking about unreal
situations“, A. und B.
PACKAGE 15, due 4/25
Buch:
Schreiben Sie:
451, 30; 452, 32; 454, 35; 463, 3; 474, 16
Lesen und lernen Sie:
450-454, „Strukturen III. Talking about actions as a
process“; A.-C.; 468, „Der Einfluss der englischen
und der deutschen Sprache aufeinander“; 472473, „Absprungtext: Warum Deutsch lernen?“; 475,
„Brennpunkt
Kultur:
Amerikaner
und
amerikanische Kultur im deutschsprachigen
Mitteleuropa“; 479, „Brennpunkt Kultur: Deutsche
und österreichische Einflüsse auf Amerikas Kultur“
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT chapter 11 und 12:
456, 38: Ein intimes Gespräch mit einem
Freund, OR 481, 23: Ihre Biografie schreiben
Revision
FINAL EXAM 4/29
Academic Calendar:
Jan 19
Monday
Feb 16
Monday
Feb 17
Tuesday
Mar 9-13
Monday-Friday
Apr 24
Friday
Apr 29
Wednesday
Martin Luther King Day
Presidents’ Day
Monday Class Schedule
Spring Break
Classes End
Final Examination
Academic Integrity/Honor Code Policy
As stated in The Student Code, “Each student has the right and duty to pursue his or her
academic experience free of dishonesty. The Honor System is designed to re-enforce the
higher level of conduct expected and required of all Utah State University students”.
Complete academic honesty is expected in this course. Cheating on exams or plagiarism on
written assignments will result in a failing grade and may result in further action according to
university policy.
USU Students with Disabilities Policy
“Reasonable accommodations will be provided for all persons with disabilities in order to
ensure equal participation within the program. If a student has a disability that will likely
require some accommodations by the instructor, the student must contact the instructor and
document the disability through the Disability Resource Center (797-2444), preferably during
the first week of the course. Any request for special consideration relating to attendance,
pedagogy, taking of examinations, etc., must be discussed with and approved by the
instructor. In cooperation with the Disability Resource Center, course materials can be
provided in alternative format, large print, audio, diskette, or Braille.”
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Plagiarism
Plagiarism includes knowingly “representing, by paraphrase or direct quotation, the published
or unpublished work of another person as one’s own in any academic exercise or activity
without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged used of
materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or
other academic materials.” The penalties for plagiarism are severe. They include warning or
reprimand, grade adjustment, probation, suspension, expulsion, withholding of transcripts,
denial or revocation of degrees, and referral to psychological counseling.
Viel Erfolg und Spaß beim Deutschlernen!
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