4/19/2024 6:47:09 AM	GERM 4 Course Outline as of Fall 2012	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  GERM 4	Title:  INTERMED GERMAN-2
Full Title:  Intermediate German-Part 2
Last Reviewed:11/25/2019

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	4.00	Lecture Scheduled	4.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	70.00
Minimum	4.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	1.00			Contact DHR	17.50
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  140.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 227.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Speaking, reading and writing in German with discussions and essays to develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge.  Review and expansion of German 1-3

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Four years of high school German or GERM 3

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Speaking, reading and writing in German with discussions and essays to develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge.  Review and expansion of German 1-3.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Four years of high school German or GERM 3
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1981
	6A	Language Other Than English
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1.  Compose a German essay on topics of general interest on a wide range of personal

      and societal issues

2.  Converse extemporaneously on a wide range of personal and everyday societal issues  

      with few grammatical errors

3.  Comprehend German spoken naturally on a wide range of cultural topics

4.  Summarize, analyze and interpret most German-language short fiction and non-technical

      non-fiction orally and in writing with minimal use of a dictionary

5.  Formulate utterances in German with the ability to employ all pronouns, prepositions

      and conjunctions, as well as the correct usage of all regular and irregular verbs in

     tenses and moods

6.  Produce and employ with relative ease all regular and irregular verb conjugations and

      nouns and pronouns in the nominative, genitive, dative and accusative cases

7.  Produce original interpretations of texts

Topics and Scope

1.  German vocabulary and idiomatic expressions on the following topics:

      a.  Travel and Tourism

      b.  Holidays, customs and traditions

      c.  German education system

      d.  Technology and Industry

      e.  Professions

      f.  Arts and entertainment

      g.  Politics

2.  Short fiction and non-fiction reading selections:

      a.  Cultural and literary pieces from the textbook

      b.  Selections from German-language magazines and newspapers

      c. Poetry and short stories

3.  Complex German sentences and other linguistic structures involving:

       a.  Tenses, moods and cases (present, past, present perfect, past perfect, future

            tense, present and past subjunctive, present and past passive voice, dependent

           and independent clauses, infinitive clauses, direct and indirect questions)

      b.  Conjunctions and prepositions associated with assigned cases, tenses and moods

4.  German spoken at a natural speed by native speakers

5.  Cultural issues of the main German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland,

      Liechtenstein)

6.  Critical thinking skills:

      a.  Simple argumentation in German

      b.  Contrasting and comparing

      c.  Persuasion

      d.  Reaching conclusions and agreement

Assignments:

1.  Read and study one or two lessons from the textbook (averaging 15 pages per week)

2.  Memorize vocabulary and verb conjugations (averaging 75 words per week)

3.  Complete exercises in textbook/workbook (averaging 10 exercises per week)

4.  Complete online activities and/or movies and text-integrated videos

     (averaging 2 hours per week)

5.  Reading short fiction and articles of cultural interest in German (averaging 7 pages per week)

6.  Chapter tests and final exam covering reading, writing and speaking in German

7.  Reading responses (15 minutes per week)

8.  Essays in German (300 - 500 words per week)

9.  Active participation in in-class discussions and group work

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 30%
Written homework, workbook exercises, essays
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 30 - 40%
Communicative activities
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 30 - 40%
Quizzes, Tests, and Final Exam: Multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 10%
Completion of language lab hours/online assignments

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

STATIONEN: Ein Kursbuch für die Mittelstufe, by Prisca Augustyn and Nikolaus Euba, copyright 2008, Thomson Heinle.

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