Focus Writing (205-0-1)

Instructors

Ingrid Zeller
847/491-8290
1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Rm 3319

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-335: Mon, Wed, Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM

Overview of class

This content-based course is designed for students who wish to improve their linguistic skills with a focus on writing and a review of grammar in order to become independent, confident, and proficient writers and communicators in German. The thematic basis for the course is the city of Berlin and the personalities, places, historical events, cultural and artistic trends, and visions that have shaped this unique, diverse, dynamic, and fascinating city during the twentieth and are shaping it during the twenty-first century. Course materials will include materials from a variety of sources, fictional works by German-speaking authors, current news features, cultural reports, feature films, excerpts from a television series, and short films. We will also plan an excursion to Chicago to explore connections between Chicago and Berlin with a focus on architecture and on German heritage. You will have many chances to express yourselves creatively in formal as well as informal contexts, including a course-based student magazine.

Registration Requirements

German 102-3 or instructor's consent

Teaching Method

Seminar

Evaluation Method

Attendance
Class participation
Exams
Group work
Homework
Papers
Peer assessment
Presentations
Project, final
Quizzes
Readings
Writing assignments

Class Materials (Required)

Course Packet: Berlin (Hi)stories and the Faces of the Metropolis (2023 by Ingrid Zeller); avaiable online and at Quartet Copies