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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
GERM 4 | Title:
INTERMED GERMAN-2 |
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| 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 | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 4.00 | | Contact Total | 70.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 140.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00 | |
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:
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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:
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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
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
| | 6A | Language Other Than English | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Converse with near-native proficiency in German at moderate speed
2. Comprehend German spoken by native speakers on a broad range of cultural topics
3. Express personal opinions in German on a wide variety of topics
4. Interpret orally and in writing the contents of news items and pieces of literature
Objectives:
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Students will be able to:
1. Compose German essays 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 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
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I. 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
II. 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
III. 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
IV. German Spoken at a Natural Speed by Native Speakers
V. Cultural Issues of the Main German-Speaking Countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Liechtenstein)
VI. Critical Thinking Skills:
A. Simple argumentation in German
B. Contrasting and comparing
C. Persuasion
D. Reaching conclusions and agreement
Assignments:
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1. Read and study one or two lessons from the textbook
2. Memorize vocabulary and verb conjugations
3. Complete exercises in textbook/workbook
4. Essays in German
5. Chapter tests (1-3), quizzes (5-8), and final exam covering reading, writing and speaking in
German
6. Reading short fiction and articles of cultural interest in German
7. Reading responses
8. Active participation in class discussions and group work
9. Communicative activities (online activities, in class discussion, and/or 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 | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Active participation in class discussions and group work | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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STATIONEN: Ein Kursbuch für die Mittelstufe. 3rd ed. Augustyn, Prisca and Euba, Nikolaus. Cengage. 2015 (classic)
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