Course Descriptions

GER 101 - Elementary German I [SUN# GER 1101]

1. Demonstrate German speaking skills through introductions, discussions about family, and respond to questions or familiar topics with comprehensible grammar and pronunciation.
2. Use German listening strategies to identify specific details, ask and respond to questions, and follow classroom instruction.
3. Use reading strategies to articulate main ideas, cognates, sequence of events, prefixes, and familiar words.
4. Demonstrate in German the ability to fill out registration forms, ask and respond to questions, write a narrative, and/or spell numbers.
5. Demonstrate cultural awareness through speaking and/or writing German to identify German-speaking regions and countries in the world, use of Sie and du.

1. Speaking
   1. Apply culturally appropriate formal and informal greetings and introductions
   2. Describe people and objects
   3. Discuss daily or routine activities and schedules (using simple present forms)
   4. State preferences
   5. Formulate simple invitations to a variety of activities
   6. Express plans and or desires
   7. Produce a short conversation with someone
   8. Discuss the days of the week, time and weather
   9. Produce responses to questions of familiar topics
   10. Produce intelligible pronunciation of German  words
2. Listening
   1. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend the description of persons, places, or things
   2. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend the telling of time
   3. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend short descriptions of events
3. Reading
   1. Identify people and objects
   2. Identify main topic of a passage
   3. Predicting content
   4. Identify correct usage of articles and subject pronouns
4. Writing Skills
   1. Apply correct usage of basic orthography
   2. Describe people and objects
   3. Describe personal characteristics
   4. Sequence daily actions
   5. Compose a short narrative
   6. Formulate simple questions
   7. Provide personal information
   8. Apply basic usage of gender and number for nouns
   9. Apply basic usage of subject pronouns
5. Cultural and Geographical Awareness
   1. Identify German speaking regions throughout the world
   2. Locate German speaking countries on a map
   3. Apply formal and informal forms in interactions
   4. Apply culturally appropriate formal and informal greetings and introductions

GER 102 - Elementary German II [SUN# GER 1102]

1. Demonstrate German speaking skills by expressing events in the past, future, and/or present tense with comprehensible grammar and pronunciation.
2. Use German listening strategies to identify specific details, and/or ask and respond to questions.
3. Use reading strategies to identify main ideas, cognates, sequence of events, and/or familiar words in German.
4. Demonstrate in written German the ability to narrate in the present, and/or past tense.
5. Demonstrate cultural awareness through speaking and/or writing in German to identify German-speaking regions and countries in the world, and/or explain cultural topics.

1. Speaking
   1. Use appropriate greetings and expressions in conversation
   2. Discuss personal and/or preferred experiences in different situations
   3. Produce a short conversation with someone
   4. Respond to questions of familiar topics
   5. Apply the present, present perfect, the imperfect for ‘sein’ and ‘haben’ , and/or the future, in conversation and/or speech
   6. Produce intelligible pronunciation of German words
2. Listening
   1. Identify the main idea and some detail when listening to a passage based largely on known material.
   2. Recognize the main idea and some detail of a simple authentic text or one not primarily based on known material.
   3. Demonstrate comprehension of simple questions based on known topics.
3. Reading
   1. Apply reading strategies to identify the main idea, recognize cognates and false cognates, and use verb tense recognition and previous knowledge to make intelligent guesses.
   2. Demonstrate understanding of both the main idea and some detail when reading a text based largely on known material and cognates.
   3. Recognize the main idea and some detail of a simple authentic text or one not primarily based on known material such as German publications (newspaper, magazines, books).
4. Writing Skills
   1. Apply reasonably accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation
   2. Formulate and/or answer simple questions based on known topics.
   3. Write a narration in the present perfect and/or present tense.
   4. Produce simple autobiographical information
   5. Describe events using the present, present perfect, the imperfect of verbs ‘haben’ and ‘sein’, and/or the future
   6. Discuss preferred activities in different situations
5. Cultural Awareness
   1. Identify German-speaking regions throughout the world
   2. Locate German-speaking countries on a map
   3. Recognize specific cultural practices, customs, and/or traditions

GER 201 - Intermediate German I [SUN# GER 2201]

1. Demonstrate German speaking skills by using comprehensible intermediate level structures, vocabulary and pronunciation.
2. Identify the main idea and some detail when listening to familiar material or authentic speech and/or answer questions and/or follow instructions in German.
3. Differentiate main ideas and facts of an intermediate-level written text in German based on familiar or authentic material.
4. Write and/or respond in writing to questions on familiar topics to express recommendations, wishes, commands, doubt, emotions, future plans and/or possibility.
5. Demonstrate cultural awareness through speaking and/or writing regarding current events and/or salient traditions in German speaking regions.

1. Speaking
   1. Ask and answer questions using subjunctive or indicative mood in the present tense
   2. Engage in simple conversations on a variety of topics
   3. Express conjecture, probability, future plans and activities
   4. Predict future occurrences
   5. Give advice and recommendations in the various tenses
   6. Produce and respond to suggestions
   7. Respond appropriately to oral and written questions posed in the course
   8. Produce intelligible pronunciation of German words
2. Listening
   1. Identify the main idea and specific details in oral speech and authentic selections (such as: interviews, video-clips, film and dialogue)
   2. Ask for clarification when listening to oral speech
   3. Anticipate and predict information when listening to oral speech
   4. Answer questions and follow instructions in response to oral speech
3. Reading
   1. Apply reading strategies to identify the main idea, recognize cognates and false cognates, and use verb tense recognition and previous knowledge to make intelligent guesses
   2. Indicate both the main idea and specific details when reading a text based largely on familiar, and/or authentic material
4. Writing Skills
   1. Apply appropriate spelling and grammar (such as present and past tenses in the indicative and/or subjunctive voice, compound perfect tenses, future and conditional tenses)
   2. Respond in writing to intermediate-level questions based on known topics
   3. Write organized short compositions on a variety of topics to express conjecture, probability, future plans and activities
5. Cultural Awareness
   1. Discuss current events in German speaking regions
   2. Compare and contrast salient traditions in German speaking regions to personal experiences

GER 202 - Intermediate German II [SUN# GER 2202]

1. Demonstrate German speaking skills by using comprehensible high intermediate level structures, vocabulary, inflection and pronunciation.
2. Differentiate main ideas and facts of a high intermediate-level written text in German based on familiar or authentic material.
3. Write and/or respond in writing to questions on familiar topics to express recommendations, wishes, commands, doubt, emotions, future plans, and/or possibility in present and/or past tenses
4. Demonstrate cultural awareness through speaking, reading and/or writing regarding current events or politics, and/or salient traditions in German speaking regions.

GER 296 - Independent Study in German