4/24/2024 11:06:07 PM	GERM 2 Course Outline as of Fall 1981	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  GERM 2	Title:  ELEM GERMAN-II
Full Title:  Elementary German-Part II
Last Reviewed:10/14/2019

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	2.00			Contact DHR	35.00
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  140.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 245.00

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:

Continuation of German 1; supplementary readings with oral and written essays to illustrate control of linguistic and cultural principles.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Two years of high school German or GERM 1 or equivalent.

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100A or ENGL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Continuation of German 1. Supplementary readings with oral & written essays to illustrate control of linguistic & cultural principles.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Two years of high school German or GERM 1 or equivalent.
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100A or ENGL 100.
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 1990
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1992
	6A	Language Other Than English
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

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

SPEAKING:

1.  The students should be able to sustain a logical dialogue with one

   another or with a native speaker for 1-3 minutes of more on topics

   dealing with the most practical aspects of every day experience.

2.  In addition, they should achieve a clear pronunciation, proper

   intonation and correct grammatical perspective so they may be able

   to summarize in general terms the meanging they with to convey.

LISTENING:

1.  The student should develop this skill so he can understand, apply,

   analyze, synthesize, and evaluate what is said to him, as well as

   the assignments, and most of the materials read aloud at normal

   speed (such as newspaper articles, magazine features, letters,

   etc.)

READING:

1.  Students should be able to read with some ease and understand and

   judge selections from topics of genral interest, with only

   occasional reference to a dictionary.

WRITING:

1.  The students should be encouraged to apply their active German

   vocabulary and over-all critical thinking skills of the language

   to produce short compostions and descriptive paragraphs consisting

   of biographical sketches, travel accounts, job interviews, and

   the like.

MINIMUM MATERIAL TO BE STUDIED:

Particular attention is given to increase the acquisition of vocabulary

in order to provide material for communication. Idiomatic expressions

of cultural traits of German speaking countries shall be presented and

discussed in order to enhance the student's linguistic and cultural

awareness. Of major concern is the presentation of the basic grammatical

aspects of the language through the active usage and assimilation of

structural patterns in situations as similar to normal speaking

situations as possible.

Topics and Scope

SCOPE: Scope is what is covered in German 2 is at a significantly

accelerated pace to a course teaching the same materials as in high

school. This course covers in a semester what is covered  in four

semesters at the high school level. This range also corresponds to

completing our college level representative text.

LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, & COMPOSITION:

1.  Social situations such as greetings, introductions, invitations

   and appointments, polite formulaic expressions.

2.  Everyday topics such as: personal information, restaurants and

   foods, lodging, transportation, custom agents and travel, telephone

   conversations, directions, instructions correspondence, leisure,

   hobbies, customs, sports, monetary matters, banking, health,

   shopping, numbers (ordinal and cardinal), urban and rural life,

   cars and maintenance, office equipment and use, social and civil

   responsibilities, social and political problems in the two Germanys,

   Switzerland and Austria.

3.  Adapted readings, occasional unadapted readings of academic relevance

   or on cross-cultural and current issues, short stories and poetry,

   simple letters and postcards, TV and radio program schedules, bank,

   travel, and postal forms, menus, messages, and memos, ads and labels,

   simple instructions, newspaper headlines, maps, table of contents.

GRAMMAR:

1.  In addition to reviewing and expanding to  beginning grammar points,

   students will be expected to recognize and use: present, past,

   present perfect, past perfect.

2.  Reflexive pronouns.

3.  Modal auxiliaries, present perfect, past perfect.

4.  Frequency, time, manner, place, cause and sequence.

5.  Quantifiers.

6.  Indirect and direct objects.

7.  Separable and non-separable verbs.

8.  Noun clauses, adjective clauses.

9.  Reflexive and relative pronouns.

10. Formal and informal commands.

11. Past participle used as an adjective.

Assignments:

In preparation for 50 minute lecture class, student is expected to

have:

1.  Intensively studied from 5-10 pages from class text.

2.  Completed from 5-10 pages from workbook, and prepared 5-10 pages

   or written tasks from class text, and reviewed 5-20 pages of class

   text for projected exams.

3.  Listened and completed 30-50 minutes of language lab material.

4.  Spent 25-50 minutes practicing and memorizing vocabulary and phrases.

5.  Written required short essay illustrating control of linguistical

   and cultural principles.

In preparation for 50 minute lecture class students are recommended

to have:

1.  Worked 10-15 minutes cooperatively with a fellow German student.

2.  Worked 10-15 minutes with a German tutor or other German language

þ    specialist.                                                    

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 30 - 50%
Written homework, Reading reports, Lab reports, Essay exams
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 20 - 30%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 10%
COMPLETION OF SEMESTER'S LANGUAGE LAB HOURS

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

KONTAKTE by Terrel et. al.

Recommended: German-English Dictionary.

These are college level texts where material is covered about twice

as much as High School.

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