GERMAN 1310  (DEUTSCH 1310)

Elementary German 1 (Grundstufe Deutsch 1)

 

Dwight E. Langston

Irby 207D

450-5646

 

Spring Semester, 2005 (aka 051)

 

Office Hours: MWF 8-8:50 a.m.; 10:00-11:50 a.m.;1-2:50 p.m.

TTh  8-9:15 a.m.; 10:50-12:00 p.m.

 

Course meeting times: MWF 9-9:50 a.m. in Irby 204.

 

TEXTS:         Wie geht’s ? An Introductory German Course,7th ed., by Dieter & Ingrid Sevin. Thomson & Heinle, 2003.

 

                     Workbook/Laboratory Manual to Wie geht’s?, by Sevin & Sevin, Thomson & Heinle, 2003.

***NOTE: Instructor will go over Workbook/Laboratory Manual assignments with you at the end of each chapter.

 

The complete syllabus and other materials are available at:  http://www.corndancer.com/homey.html

 

Just click on “Planet Vox”, then click on “Planet Deutsch”. There you will find the link to “GERM 1310” under “DR. LANGSTON”. The “Corndancer” site can also be accessed by going to the World Languages departmental page at www.uca.edu and clicking on my name in the faculty listing.

 

The official website for this textbook is at: http://wiegehts.heinle.com

You are more than welcome to avail yourself of any aid this site has to offer you.

 

GOALS OF THE COURSE

Practice in listening to, speaking, reading and writing German to help the student achieve a Novice Mid to Novice High level of proficiency in the language.

 

POLICIES

Attendance is essential if you hope to keep up and not fall hopelessly behind. After six unexcused absences, I reserve the right to drop your final grade average by five points for each subsequent absence. If you simply stop coming to class, but do not drop the class, then after twelve consecutive absences, I will drop you for non-attendance and assign you a grade of ,,WF".

 

FINAL GRADE

The four unit tests will count 15% each (60% total), the class participation evaluation will count 10%, the listening exercise evaluations will count 10%, and the two oral tests will count 10% each (20% total).

 

SOUND MEDIA WORK (LAB OR HOME)

All students are expected to work with the textbook CD and with the CD audio program at home or in the language lab. All students who do their work in the language lab are expected to maintain their attendance sheets in a notebook at the front desk of the lab. See the lab director or one of the student workers to get your sheet started.

 

SOME POINTS ON PREPARING EACH LESSON

Listen to the sounds and rhythms of the German on the videos and CD’s; just listen a few tirnes. Then, try repeating them yourself. Listen for general cornprehension of the German. Do not try to translate right offhand. Look up words at convenient breaks. Continuity of listening is important, especially the first time through.

 

!!COME SEE ME AS SOON AS A PROBLEM ARISES!! That’s why I have office hours.

 

GOOD SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS

1.        are willing to guess and risk guessing wrongly,

2.        want very much to communicate,

3.        are relatively uninhibited and risk making mistakes,

4.        pay attention to form,

5.        practice a lot,

6.        monitor their production and compare it to native standards, and

7.        pay attention to meaning in its social context.

-Joan Rubin. ,,What the Good Language Learner’ Can Teach Us,” TESOLQ 9:41-51.

 

CREDIT BY EXAMINATION (from Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 145)

,,Students who have studied a foreign language in which they are not native speakers, and have not previously received undergraduate credit in that language at a college or university, may receive credit by examination. Such credit is limited to a maximum of six hours in a language or twelve hours within the department and is granted by fülfilling the following criteria:

1.                Achievement of a satisfactory score on a proficiency examination adrninistered by the Department of Foreign Languages.

2.                Satisfactory completion, with a minimum grade of ‘B’, of the next sequential foreign language course above the level for which credit is to be awarded."

 

Americans with Disabilities Act

The University of Central Arkansas adheres to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need an accommodation under this Act due to a disability, contact the

Office of Disability Support Services at 450-3135.

 

Academic Integrity

All students are expected to do their own work, especially on tests and research papers. This instructor does not tolerate any kind of cheating on tests or plagiarism in research papers and reports. Students discovered cheating or committing plagiarism will receive an automatic failing grade for the course and will be reported to the appropriate university authorities. See also pages 28 and following in the 2000-2001 Student Handbook.

 

Sexual Harassment Policy

See pages 93 and following in the 2000-2001 Student Handbook.

 

University Academic Policies

See pages 26 and following in the 2000-2001 Student Handbook.

 

***Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with all policies in the 2000-2001 Student Handbook.***

 


GERMAN 1310: ASSIGNMENTS:  [Page numbers in text/workbook]

 

1.        Read “The German Language”; practice Guten Tag! [2]; study the Wortschatz [2-3]; Mündliche Übungen [3-4]; Aussprache [4-5].

 

2.        Practice Was und wie ist das? [5]; study the Wortschatz [5-7]; Mündliche Übungen [-8]; Aussprache [8].

 

3.        Practice Im Kaufhaus [9]; study the Wortschatz [9-11]; Mündliche Übungen [11-12].

 

4.        Mündliche Übungen [12-13]; Aussprache [14].

 

5.        Practice Das Wetter im April [14]; study the Wortschatz [14-15]; Mündliche Übungen [15-17].

 

6.        Aussprache [17]; Fokus [18].

                      Workbook [2-3, 4-5, 5-6] Zum Schreiben.

 

7.        Practice Wie spät ist es? [19]; study Wortschatz [19-20]; Mündliche Übungen [20-21].

                     Workbook [7, 9] Zum Schreiben.

 

8.        Mündliche Übungen [21-23]; Aussprache [23];

***Hören Sie zu! (Turn in solution to exercise on p. 24). 

 

9.        Video & Video-aktiv: Workbook [10-11].

                      Workbook [13-14] Zum Schreiben.

 

10. Quiz on Schritte 1-5!!!

 

11.      Kapitel 1: Read “Spotlight on Germany” [29]; practice Am Goethe-Institut [30]; A & B [30]; study the Wortschatz [31-32] & Wortschatz 2 [45].

 

12.      Zum Thema [32-34], A, B1 & 2, C1 & 3a. & b.; Aussprache [34-35];

***Hören Sie zu! (Turn in solution to exercise on p. 35).

 

13.      Struktur [36-41] Selected exercises.

 

14.      Struktur [41-43] Selected exercises.

 

15.      Zusammenfassung [43-44]: K & L.

                     Workbook [17-21] Zum Schreiben (Exercises A, B, D, E & F).

 

16.      Vor dem Lesen A [45]; C [46].

           Text: Deutschland und die Nachbarn [46].

           Nach dem Lesen A [46]; B [47]; D [47].

17.      Video & Video-aktiv: Workbook [21-23];

***Hören Sie zu! (Turn in solution to exercise on p. 48).

 

18.  !!!Test on Chapter 1!!!

 

###First Oral Quiz###

 

19.      Kapitel 2:  Read “Shopping and Store Hours” [51]; practice Im Lebensmittelgeschäft & In der Bäckerei [52]; study Wortschatz 1 [53-54] & Wortschatz 2 [68].

 

20.      Zum Thema [54-56] A, C, E & F; Aussprache [56];

***Hören Sie zu! (Turn in solution to exercise on p. 57).

 

21.      Struktur [57-60] Selected exercises.

 

22.      Struktur [61-65] Selected exercises.

 

23.      Zusammenfassung [66-67] Q.

                     Workbook [27-31] Zum Schreiben (Exercises A, B, C, D & F).

 

24.      Vor dem Lesen A & B [69].

           Text: Geschäfte und Einkaufen [70].

           Nach dem Lesen A [71]; D [71-72].

 

25.      Video & Video-aktiv, Workbook [31-32];

***Hören Sie zu! (Turn in solution to exercise on p. 72).

                    

26. !!!Test on Chapter 2!!!

 

27.      Kapitel 3: Read “Eating In and Out” [75]; practice Im Restaurant [76]; A & B [76]; study Wortschatz 1 [76-77] & Wortschatz 2 [91]. 

 

28.      Zum Thema [78-80] A, C, E & F; Aussprache [80];

***Hören Sie zu! (Turn in solution to exercise on p. 80).

 

29.      Struktur [81-85] Selected exercises.

 

30.      Struktur [85-89] Selected exercises.  / Video (See Workbook, Chapter 3 section Video-aktiv) //.

 

31.      Zusammenfassung [89-90] N & P;

Workbook [35-38] Zum Schreiben (Exercises A, B, C & E);

 

32.      Vor dem Lesen A [91-92].

           Text: Man ist, was man isst. [93].

           Nach dem Lesen A [94]; C [95].

***Hören Sie zu! (Turn in solution to exercise on p. 97).

 

33.      Video & Video-aktiv, Workbook [39-41];

 

34.      Rückblick  [43-48] (All exercises for review).

 

###Second Oral Quiz###

 

35. !!!Test on Chapter 3!!!