Beginning German (101-3-26)

Instructors

Robert Gary Ryder
847/491-8295
Kresge 3-327

Meeting Info

Technological Institute F280: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 4:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This is part one of an intensive 2-unit elementary German course that covers the material in German 101-2 and 101-3 during Spring Quarter. Many students in this course are continuing from the special course the department offered during Winter Quarter (German 101-1) and there are others who began learning German in high school or who finished the first quarter of the 101 sequence at Northwestern.

German 101-2 takes place from March 28 - April 26 and German 101-3 takes place from April 28 - May 30.

We will continue to focus on developing proficiency in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, while using the culture and history of the German speaking countries as basic source materials.

German 101-2 We will work more with texts this quarter and will be reading some poetry from Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Preparations during the quarter lead up to an interview with an invited guest from Germany (Mystery Guest).

Registration Requirements

Students need to have completed German 101-1 or have placed into the course after having taken the online German language placement exam. Please contact instructor with questions.

Learning Objectives

Students will have achieved the proficiency in German necessary to advance to German 102-1. They will be able to converse on basic topics and have the reading skills necessary to understand authentic texts and will also be able to write informative texts with demonstrated control of basic grammatical forms.

Teaching Method

Seminar

Evaluation Method

Class participation
Exams
Group work
Homework
Listening exercises
Project, final
Quizzes
Readings
Writing assignments

Class Materials (Required)

Kontakte, 9th ed. by Tschirner, Nikolai, Terrell. ISBN13: 9781260016062