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