GERM 102 - German II

4 Credit (4 lecture, 0 lab) 4 Contact Hours [GERM 101 ]

This continuation of GERM 101 is designed to give students a more thorough understanding of the German language and its cultural context. The course enables students to not only read and write German but also to actively listen to, understand, and speak the language. The focus of the class remains on vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and expression, blending theory and practice. Teaching strategies used are lecture with discussion, small group interaction, audio recognition and small video episodes.
OFFERED: odd-year spring semesters

Course Goals; Objectives; Competencies
Goal 1: After successfully completing this course, students will be expected to further their skills to actively communicate (understand, speak, read, and write) in German.

Engage in conversations to express certain requests, ask for favors, and make suggestions.
Express abilities, preferences, obligations, intentions, wishes, and desires using modal verbs (to be able to - können, to like - mögen, to have to - müssen, to be allowed to - dürfen, etc.) and their proper sentence structure.
Understand and relate past events using verb forms of the present perfect (in German: “conversational past”); be familiar with past participle forms of verbs.
Be familiar with fundamental measurements and features of the metric system.

Goal 2: After successfully completing this course, students will be expected to extract meaning and knowledge from authentic German language texts, media presentations, and oral communication with individuals from other cultures.

Recognize similarities between one’s own and another language and culture and use this knowledge to strengthen an understanding of both.
Learn and understand simple and main-subordinate sentence structures using subordinating conjunctions if/whether - ob and that - daß.
Continuously improve their German pronunciation and free speaking skills.
Use prepositions accompanied by the Accusative (direct object case).
Form logical sentences giving reasons by using subordinate clauses containing because - weil as a subordinating conjunction.
Express personal feelings, friendship and affection in German.

Goal 3: After successfully completing this course, students will be expected to recognize and demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which language reflects culture through texts, writing, discussion, and projects.

Recognize the distinctives of German culture.
Demonstrate facility in cultural interpretation.