GE 10101-02 – Beginning German I

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Professor Tobias Boes Office hours: Office Phone: 631-7188 M 12:00-1:30 Cell Phone: (203) 809-7553 T 1:00-2:00 [email protected] 302 Decio Hall

GE 10101-02 – Beginning German I MWF, 2:00-2:50, O’Shaughnessy 345

T 2:00-2:50, O’Shaughnessy 338 Required Materials: Deutsch: Na klar! (6th edition) by Di Donato, Clyde and Van Sant Online access to the DnK Workbook and Lab Book A notebook for journal entries

A bilingual dictionary. Collins and Langenscheidt are especially good. Recommended: Zorach, Cecile. English Grammar for Students of German

Course Description: Welcome to the first semester of Beginning German! This class serves as an introduction to the exciting world of German language and culture, and is intended for students who do not possess any prior knowledge of grammar or vocabulary. Over the course of the semester, you will develop the ability to communicate in German about different aspects of everyday life, such as: who you are and where you live, your family and friends, sports and hobbies, and your everyday routines. As you explore these topics, you will develop the basic skills required for written and spoken expression, including understanding authentic German texts and conversations, building up a general vocabulary base, and learning to use basic grammar constructions.

Course Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, you will:

• be familiar with the basic aspects of everyday life in Germany • be able to read, listen to and understand simple German texts • be able to write basic German sentences in the present and present perfect tenses • be able to describe yourself and your environment in German • be able to carry on basic conversations about yourself, your family, and the world

around you in German But your most important goal, in this and in any other language class, is to enjoy yourself and to learn something new about a language and culture that isn’t your own!

Grading and Academic Honesty: Your grade will be determined by factoring the following components:

• Attendance and participation 10% • Oral performance (mid-term exam and dialogues) 10% • Written work 20% • Chapter exams 40% • Final exam 20%

The following percentages and grading system apply:

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100-95 A 82-80 B- 72-70 D 94-90 A- 79-78 C+ 69 and below F 89-86 B+ 77-75 C 85-83 B 74-73 C- The Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures takes the University Academic Code of Honor very seriously. It is expected that all of the written work that you submit, as well as the ideas expressed therein, are your own. While it is sometimes permissible, even advisable, to collaborate on ideas, you may not copy preexisting material or solicit others to complete your assignments. Whenever you tackle group activities (such as our dialogue exercises), it is expected that all members of a group will contribute roughly equal amounts to the assignment. Simply adding your name to a project that others have carried out for you is a form of plagiarism. Evidence of cheating or intentional plagiarism will result in the appropriate punishment, up to and including course failure. Please also consult the University Honor Code at: http://www.nd.edu/~hnrcode/. You are discouraged from using online German dictionaries and encyclopedias. While online dictionaries have come a long way over the course of the last ten years, they still lag behind reputable print sources such as Collins or Langenscheidt. Most importantly, few online resources provide you with the contextual clues that you will need to decide which translations are suitable for your intended purposes. Think, for instance, of the many different uses of the English term base – in biology, chemistry, mathematics, in baseball and in military jargon, as an adjective or as a verb. A computer will be unable to tell which meaning you are interested in; print dictionaries, by contrast, have over the years developed sophisticated tools to make such decisions easier for you. Buy a print dictionary and learn how to use it. If you must use online sources, you may only cite individual words or brief idiomatic phrases; you may not copy longer passages. Attendance and Participation:

This fast-paced class meets four times each week (please note that the Tuesday meetings are in a different location). Your daily attendance and active participation in all aspects of the course are essential not only to your own personal progress, but also to that of the group as a whole. This means coming to class regularly, being prepared for that day’s discussion, and actively participating in all class activities. The best way to learn

German is through continual practice; thus the best policy is to strive for perfect attendance whenever possible. However, if you are forced to miss class due to illness or other emergency, please contact me as soon as possible. Departmental policy allows four unexcused absences without penalty (be aware that a slip from the health center by itself does not necessarily constitute an excuse). Tardiness in excess of 5 minutes will also count towards absences: 3 late arrivals = 1 absence. Your final grade for the course will be lowered one grade level for every two absences beyond the fourth (i.e. 5-6 absences: A becomes an A-, etc.). Oral Performance:

Your oral performance grade will consist of two components: an oral mid-term exam and a series of seven dialogues. The dialogues will take place during class time on days indicated on the syllabus. Working with one or two partners, you will prepare and perform short scenes that correspond to the units in the textbook. More information will be distributed when the time draws closer.

During the last week of October, you will also meet with me individually for a brief (3-5 minute) oral interview that will count as a mid-term exam. This interview will give you the opportunity to show what you have learned during the semester. Sign-up sheets will be distributed at a later point in the semester.

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Written Work:

You will note that our course schedule is divided into two columns. The right-hand column shows what we will be covering in class on any given day, while the left-hand column details the materials that you should have prepared for that day. Exercises to be completed in your textbook are printed in regular type.

These usually include grammar previews of what we will cover in class and some corresponding drills. I will only occasionally collect these exercises. However, please be aware that you are expected to have studied these materials and to be able to apply them in class! Workbook and lab book exercises are to be completed using the online keys that you have purchased from the book store. Exercises for each chapter may be submitted up to a specific day indicated in bold on the syllabus – i.e. the italics are only suggestions that will help you spread out the material. Remember that this is an extremely fast-paced class. Saving all workbook and lab book exercises for the last day before they are due is a sure way of failing this class. Most exercises will be graded right away by the DnK online system, which will also return a score to you. If you are not happy with your performance, you can redo the exercise. Your second submission is final. Please note that the workbook also requires you to write short essays, which are usually due the day before the rest of the materials. There will also be some supplementary homework assignments. Exams:

Upon completion of each chapter (approximately every two weeks) you will take a comprehensive exam that will cover your written, grammatical, and listening skills. At the end of the semester, there will be a cumulative written final. To ensure fairness

to all students, no makeups will be given for chapter exams or finals. The only exception to this policy is a documented excused absence that falls on the date of the test. University policy does not allow final exams to be taken early, so please take the date into consideration when you make your travel plans. Web Support:

Our coursebook comes with an accompanying web site that you can find at http://books.quia.com/books/. This is where you will find the online workbook and lab book. In order to access these features, you will first need to purchase a user key for each. If you bought your materials from the Notre Dame bookstore, the keys should have

been part of the package. If you purchased your textbook somewhere else, you can buy the online user keys directly via the Quia web site (click on “Book Store”). In either case, make sure you only purchase materials for the sixth edition of Deutsch: Na Klar! Final Remarks:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your class work, please come see me as early as possible. My office hours are there for you! I will also gladly schedule individual appointments at other times if you find it difficult to meet with me at the set times. Please also contact me if you have any questions or suggestions for improving the class. Finally, if you have a documented disability, please let me know at the beginning of the term so that reasonable accommodations can be made in a timely manner. I am looking forward to meeting with each and every one of you this semester!

Viel Spaß und herzlich Willkommen in unserem Kurs!

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Lehrplan

[Abbreviations: S. =Seite (page); A = Aufgabe (exercise); Ü = Übung (drill) Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde Dienstag 27. August

Einführung in den Kurs

Mittwoch 28. August

Lesen: Hallo! Mach’s gut! S.6; Na, wie geht’s? S. 8; Landeskunde S. 9 Schreiben: A 7 S. 7

A 3-6 S. 5 Hören: A 9 S. 8 Buchstabenhaus

Freitag 30. August

Lesen: So zählt man auf Deutsch S. 9; Analyse S. 10

Hören: A 11 S. 10 A 12-14 S. 11-12 A 6, S. 5

Montag 2. September

Schreiben: Landeskunde S. 11 Lesen: Sie können schon etwas Deutsch! S. 13; Nützliche Ausdrücke im Sprachkurs S. 16

Hören: A 15 S. 14 A 16 S. 14-15

Dienstag 3. September

Lesen: Landeskunde S. 15; Arbeitsbuch und Laborbuch fällig

Videoclips S. 17 A 17 S. 16

Mittwoch 4. September

Prüfung: Einführung

Freitag 6. September

Kapitel 1: Das bin ich Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A S. 21 Lesen: Sprach-Info S. 23; Landeskunde S. 24

Hören: Alles klar? B S. 21 Thema 1: Persönliche Angaben S. 22-23 Hören: A 1 S. 23

Montag 9. September

Lesen: Nouns… S. 32; Pers. Prns S. 34 Schreiben: Ü 2 & 3 S. 33; Ü4 S. 352q

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Lesen: Sprach-Info S. 27 Lesen: The Verb S. 36; Analyse S. 37; The Verb Sein S. 39 Schreiben: Ü 7 & 9 S. 38-39; Ü 10 S. 40

Thema 2 S. 25-26 A 5 & A 6 S. 27 Hören: A 8 & A 9 S. 28 A 10 S. 29 Analyse S. 37; Ü 8 S. 38

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Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde Mittwoch 11. September

Lesen: Thema 3 S. 30; Sprach-Info S. 31; Word Order, S. 40; Asking Questions S. 41 Schreiben: A 11 & A 12 S. 31; Ü 12 & 13 S. 41

Ü 14-Ü 17 S. 42-43


Arbeitsbuch Journal fällig

Montag 16. September

Arbeitsbuch fällig

Ü18 & 19 S. 43 Hören: Ü 20 S. 44 Dialog: Wer bist du?


Laborbuch fällig

Sprache im Kontext S. 45


Prüfung: Kapitel 1


Kapitel 2: Wie ich wohne Schreiben: Alles klar? A S. 51 Lesen: Landeskunde S. 52; Sprach-Info S. 53; haben S. 62

Hören: Alles klar? B S. 51 Thema 1 S. 52-53 A 1 S. 53 Ü1 S. 62

Montag 23. September

Lesen: Landeskunde S. 54; Nom./Acc. Cases S. 63-67 Schreiben: Ü 4 Schritt 1 S. 65; Ü 5 S. 66 Ü 7 & 98 S. 68

A 2 & 3 S. 54-55 Thema 2 S. 56-57 Hören: A 5 Ü 6 S. 67


Lesen: Negation S. 69; Stem-vowel changing verbs S. 71; Plurals S. 72 Schreiben: Ü 10 S. 71; Ü 13 & 14 S. 72; Ü 16 S. 74 (Zimmer im Studentenheim)

Hören: Ü 9, S. 69 Ü 11, Ü 12, Ü 15


Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3. S. 58-59 Schreiben: A 8 S. 60 Arbeitsbuch und Journal fällig

A 10 & 11 S. 61 Dialog: Mieter und Vermieter


Lesen: So wohne ich S. 77 Schreiben: Zum Text A S. 76 Laborbuch fällig

Sprache im Kontext S. 75 So wohne ich S. 76-77

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Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde Montag 30. September

Prüfung: Kapitel 2

Dienstag 1. Oktober

Kapitel 3: Familie und Freunde Lesen: Alles klar? A S. 83; Sprach-Info S. 85; Possessive Adj. S. 93-94 Schreiben: Thema 1 S. 84-85; Ü 2, 3, 5 S. 95-96

Hören: Alles klar? B S. 84 A 2, S. 86; Analyse S. 95 Hören: Ü 1 S. 94 Ü 4 96

Mittwoch 2. Oktober

Lesen: Thema 2 & Sprach-Info S. 88 Schreiben: A 3 & 4 S. 87-88

Thema 2 S. 88; A 6 S. 88 A 5 S. 88 Hören: A 6 S. 88 A 7 S. 89

Freitag 4. Oktober

Lesen: Personal Pronouns: Acc. S. 97; Prep. w/ acc. S. 100-101 Schreiben: Ü 6 & 8 S. 98-99; Ü 10 S. 101

Analyse S. 97 Ü 11 S. 102

Montag 7. Oktober

Lesen: Sprach-Info & Landeskunde S. 91; werden und wissen S. 102; Sprach-Info S. 103 Schreiben: A 9 S. 92; Ü 12 S. 102; Ü 15 S. 103

Thema 3 S. 89 Analyse S. 90 Feiertage S.90 Ü 9 S. 99 Hören: Ü 14 S. 103 Partnerarbeit: Ü 16 S. 104

Dienstag 8. Oktober

Arbeitsbuch und Journal fällig

Dialog: Stellen Sie Ihre Familie vor! (Bringen Sie ein Familienphoto mit!)

Mittwoch 9. Oktober

Laborbuch fällig


Freitag 11. Oktober

Prüfung: Kapitel 3

Montag 14. Oktober

Kapitel 4: Mein Tag Lesen: Alles klar? A S. 113; Thema 1 S. 114; Sprach-Info S. 113; Sprach-Info S. 114 Schreiben: A 2 S. 115

Hören: Alles klar? B & C S. 113 Thema 1 S. 114 Analyse S. 115 Hören: A 1 S. 115 A 3-4 S. 116-117

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Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde Dienstag 15. Oktober

Lesen: Thema 2 S. 118; Sprach-Info S. 119; Separable Prefix Verbs S. 124-125 Schreiben: Thema 2 A S. 119; Ü 3 & 4 S. 126-127

A 5 & 7 S. 120-121 Hören: Ü 1 S. 126 Ü5 S. 127

Mittwoch 16. Oktober

Lesen: Modal Verbs S. 128-129 Schreiben: Ü 6 & 7 S. 131; Ü 11 S. 132

Analyse S. 130 Hören: Ü 9 S. 132 Ü 10 & 13 S. 131-132

Freitag 18. Oktober

Lesen: Thema 3 & Sprach-Info S. 121; Landeskunde S. 122; Imperatives S. 133-35 Schreiben: Ü 16, 17, 19 S. 135-136

Thema 3 S. 121 Hören: A 8 S. 122 Partnerarbeit: A 10 S. 123 Ü 14 S. 133

19. Oktober–27. Oktober

Herbstferien

Montag 28. Oktober



Dienstag 29. Oktober

Laborbuch fällig

Dialog: Eine Verabredung

Mittwoch 30. Oktober

Prüfung: Kapitel 4

Freitag 1. November

Kapitel 5: Einkaufen Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A S. 145 Lesen: Thema 1 A, B & C S. 146; Sprach-Info S. 148 Schreiben: A2 S. 147

Hören: Alles klar? B S. 145; A 1 S. 147 A 3 S. 148

Montag 4. November

Lesen: Dative Case + Personal Pron. S.157-160 Schreiben: Ü 1 & Ü 3 S. 159

Analyse S. 158 Dative articles S. 159 Hören: Ü 4-5 S. 160-161

Dienstag 5. November

Lesen: Landeskunde S 150; Sprach-Info, S. 151 Schreiben: Ü 6 S. 162 Lesen: Verbs with Dative Object S. 162 Schreiben: Ü 7 Schritt 1 S. 162

Thema 2 S. 149 A 5 S. 150 Hören: A 6 S. 150 Ü 8 S. 164

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Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde Mittwoch 6. November

Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3 A & B S. 152-53 Schreiben: A 10 S. 153 Lesen: Dative Prep. S. 164-65 Schreiben: Ü 10 & 11 S. 165-66

Hören: A 11 S. 154 A 12 S. 154 Hören: Ü 9 S. 165 Ü 12 S. 166

Freitag 8. November

Lesen: Interrogative Pronouns S. 166 Schreiben: Ü 13 S. 166

Dialog: Im Kaufhaus

Montag 11. November


Sprache im Kontext S 167-68

Dienstag 12 November

Laborbuch fällig

Die Obstverkäuferin, S. 168

Mittwoch 13. November

Prüfung: Kapitel 5

Freitag 15. November

Kapitel 6: Wir gehen aus Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar A S. 175; Landeskunde S. 177 Lesen: 2-way Prepositions S. 186 Schreiben: Ü 1, 2, 3 S. 187-188

Hören: Alles klar B S. 175 Thema 1 S. 176 Analyse S. 177 A 2 S. 178

Montag 18. November

Lesen: Landeskunde S. 182 & 183 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2 A & B S. 180-181

Analyse S. 181 A 4-6 S. 181-183

Dienstag 19. November

Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3 S. 184 Lesen: Describing location S. 190; Landeskunde S. 185 Schreiben: Ü 5 & 6 S. 190

Hören: A 8; S. 184 Ü 4 S. 189 Ü 9 S. 193

Mittwoch 20. November

Lesen: Describing placement S. 191; Time prep. S. 193-194 Schreiben: Ü 7 & 8 S. 192

A 10, S. 185 Ü 10 S. 194 Dialog: Im Café

Freitag 22. November

Lesen: Simple Past: sein, haben & modals S. 194-196 Schreiben: Ü 11, 13, 14 S. 195-97 Arbeitsbuch Journal fällig

Ü 12 S. 195 Ü 15 & 16 S. 197

Montag 25. November

Arbeitsbuch und Laborbuch fällig

Sprache im Kontext S. 198-99

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Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde Dienstag 26. November

Prüfung: Kapitel 6

27. November- 1. Dezember

Erntedankfest

Montag 2. Dezember

Kapitel 7: Freizeit und Sport Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A S. 207; Sprach-Info S. 210; Coordinating conj. S. 216 Schreiben: Ü 1 & 2 S. 217

Hören: Alles klar? B S. 207 Thema 1 S. 208-209 A 1 & 2 S. 209-210

Dienstag 3. Dezember

Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2 Schritt 1 S. 210

Hören: A 3 S. 211 A 5 & 6 S. 211

Mittwoch 4. Dezember

Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3 A & B S. 212-213 Lesen: Pres. Perf. Tense weak & strong verbs S. 217-220 Schreiben: Ü 5, 6 & 7 S. 219-221

Thema 3 S. 212-213 Analyse S. 218 Hören: Ü 3 S. 219 Ü 4 S. 219

Freitag 6. Dezember

Lesen: Auxiliary haben/sein; mixed verbs S. 221-224 Schreiben: Ü 8, 10, 11 S. 222-225 Arbeitsbuch Journal fällig

Dialog: Sportarten und Freizeit Ü 9 & 12 S. 222; S. 225

Montag 9. Dezember

Lesen: The Comparative S. 226 Schreiben Ü 13 & 15 S. 227; 228 Lesen: Expressing Equality S. 228


Dienstag 10. Dezember

Arbeitsbuch und Laborbuch fällig

A 7 S. 214 Hören: A 8 S. 215 Ü 15, 16 S. 228

Mittwoch 11. Dezember

Prüfung: Kapitel 7

TBA

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