Office
hours:
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- 1-3-5: 9-11:30 A.M.
and by appointment. I am often in my office beyond my office hours, so
check by at other times. You may also contact me by leaving a message on
my voice mail (2394) or sending me an email
message mthamert@csbsju.edu
. German
version of syllabus.
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Texts:
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Scope:
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- Intensive work on conversational situations for
travel and study aborad situations.
- A thorough study of German word order, sentence
negations, verbs in all the tenses, the imperative, adjective endings,
prepositional phrases, prepositional objects of verbs, modal auxuliaries,
time expressions and sentence conjunctions.
- Practical readings and frequent sustained speaking
practice for daily situations.
- Introduction to works by Goethe, Eichendorff,
Rilke, Bachmann, Novak and others.
- Intensive vocabulary building based on course
readings and our textbook, German in Review.
- Introduction to the musical traditions of German
Lieder, folksongs and dance.
- Gramamtical and stylistic analyses of pratical and
literary German texts.
- Preparation for future studies in German and other
modern languages.
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Aims:
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- In speaking you will be able to ask and
answer questions, initiate and respond to simple statements, and maintain
face-to-face conversation.
You will be able to perform such tasks as introducing self,
ordering a meal, asking directions, and making purchases.
- You will be able to read simple, connected
texts dealing with a variety of basic and social needs.
- You will be able to write creatively by
recombining learned vocabulary and structures
into simple sentences on familiar topics.
- You will be able to describe significant
differences and similarities between US and German/Austrian/Swiss cultural
settings in writing and in conversation.
- You will be able to explain German word order,
sentence negations, verbs in all the tenses, the imperative, adjective
endings, prepositional phrases, prepositional objects of verbs, modal
auxuliaries, time expressions, sentence conjunctions and uses of the
subjunctive mood..
- You will understand the basic literary and
artisitic expressions of German Romanticism.
- You will understand the importance of grammar for
excellent writing, speaking and thinking in English as well as German and
other modern languages.
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Assignments:
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- Speaking, reading, listening and writing exercises
from Learn German Now, Version 8, CD Rom Program from Transparent
Language.
- Speaking, reading, listening and writing exercises
from German in Review.
- Preparation of skits based on dialogues and
vocabulary from course readings.
- Preparation for frequent dictation and vocabulary
quizzes and for the Midterm Overview.
- Learning, writing and reciting German poems by
heart.
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Semester grade
based upon:
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- Daily quizzes
70%
- Class attendance and participation in class and
skits 15%
- Midterm Overview
15%
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