I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Beginning German II

2. Course Prefix & Number:
GERM 1402

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 4

Lecture Hours: 4

4. Course Description:

This course is a continuation of the listening, speaking, reading and writing competencies developed in German 1401. Students further explore cultural differences helping them develop a deeper understanding of the world and a greater cultural perspective.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

7. Other Prerequisites
Recommended: 1 semester of college German instruction OR 1 year of high school German instruction, or the equivalent

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Normandale Community College - GERM 1200-Beginning German 2, 4 credits

Anoka-Ramsey Community College - GERM 1102-Beginning German Language and Culture II, 5 credits

3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:

• Advanced Placement (AP)
• Specialty Schools
• CLEP
• Oral
• Demonstration

III. Course Purpose

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 8 – Global Perspective

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate written communication skills	Write short compositions on familiar topics.
Demonstrate reading and listening skills	Read and discuss level-appropriate, authentic materials, and understand the spoken language according to the student’s level of proficiency.
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills	Participate in paired and group activities to practice self-expression on personal, cultural, and current topics within limits of linguistic ability.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Talk about people, activities, events and experiences (e.g., describing their school or workplace, describing other people’s personality and appearance, describing what they did last weekend, etc.);
• Express their preferences on topics of interest;
• Write briefly about most familiar topics and present information using a series of simple sentences;
• Demonstrate and understanding of the main idea of short and simple texts when the topic is familiar (e.g., family and friends, shopping, food and drink, personal interests, school and work, schedules and routines, health appearance and clothes, getting around town, important services, etc.).;
• Demonstrate an understanding of the main idea in short, simple spoken messages and in presentations on familiar topics, such as when and where an event will take place, teacher announcements about when an assignment is due, etc.;
• Demonstrate an understanding of questions and simple statements on everyday topics when they are part of the conversation;
• Demonstrate an understanding of personal questions about their work or class schedule, their likes and dislikes, etc.;
• Participate in conversations on everyday topics using simple sentences (e.g., on family, hobbies and interests, school, work, future plans, health and routines, etc.)
• Use the language to meet basic needs in familiar situations, such as asking for and giving simple directions, ordering a meal, making plans with others, exchanging personal information, asking for help, etc.;
• Demonstrate knowledge of social, linguistic and religious differences among German-speaking nations and peoples (MnTC Goal 8);
• Compare and contrast cultural behaviors in everyday situations (MnTC Goal 8); and
• Use the language beyond the classroom setting in order to acquire skills to enhance lifelong learning and to participate in the global community (MnTC Goal 8).

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Listening
• Instructor
• Classmates
• Native speakers
• Authentic dialogues
• Contemporary music
• Movie excerpts
2. Speaking
• Discussion of self and own life
• Attitudes and values in contrast to their counterparts in the target culture
3. Reading
• Short primary texts
  • Newspaper articles
  • Television commercials
  • Poems
4. Writing
• Short compositions
• Letters
• Postcards
• Journal entries
• Notes
• Messages
• Short descriptions
5. Grammar topics
• Perfect tense of regular and irregular verbs
• Ordinal numbers and dates
• Hin and her
• Position of auxiliary verb and past participle in dependent and independent clauses
• Position of nicht in the perfect
• Dative case
• Personal pronoun changes in the dative
• Dative verbs
• Adjective endings in the dative
• Dative case in idioms
• Dative prepositions
• Da- and wo-compounds
• Sequence of objects
• Review of wo and wohin
• Two-case prepositions
• Genitive case
• Adjective endings in the genitive case
• Infinitive phrases with and without um
• Relative clauses and relative pronouns
• N-nouns
• Reflexive pronouns in the accusative and dative cases
• Reflexive pronouns used to express “each other”
• Reflexive verbs
• Simple past tense of regular, irregular, mixed and separable-prefix verbs
• Summary of verb tenses and principal parts
• Wann, als and wenn
• Relative pronouns as the objects of prepositions
6. Vocabulary topics
• Describing past events in conversational situations and personal narratives
• Talking about one’s ancestors and education/job qualifications
• Describing someone’s appearance
• Birthdays and holidays
• Purchasing and returning merchandise
• Expressing congratulations, best wishes and thanks
• Talking about how and where you live
• Destination and location
• Possessions and relationships
• Finding a place to live
• Talking about cultural differences, grocery shopping and personal grooming
• Food and restaurant vocabulary
• Telling stories
• Contradicting negative statements or questions
• Giving opinions, ongoing addition of vocabulary to describe people, places and things
7. Culture. Students acquire cultural information for the purpose of understanding and appreciating the products, practices, and perspectives of other cultures. Topics include:
• Immigration to North America from the German-speaking countries
• The German language in North America
• Vocational training and school systems in the German-speaking countries
• Berlin
• Holidays and celebrations in the German-speaking countries
• Mitbringsel
• Student housing
• Owning a home in the German-speaking countries
• Schrebergärten
• In a restaurant and a fast food kiosk
• Shopping customs
• Luxemburg
• The beginning of the information age and Guttenberg’s printing press
• Newspapers and magazines
• The Brothers Grimm