GRMN 1270 - Elementary German 2 Credit Hours: 4.00 (5 contact hrs) This course continues students’ development of German language and culture by building and expanding on the culture, vocabulary and language structures learned in GRMN-1260. New language functions will be presented in meaningful activities that emphasize all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing and allow for further cultural exposure. Students are required to use computer based technology to practice these skills.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: GRMN-1260 or two or more years of high school German
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate competency in oral language skills beyond Elementary German 1.
Objectives:
- Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
- Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
- Engage in conversations with a Native Speaker in the present or near future tense about the following topics (includes both initiating conversations as well as responding appropriately to speech of a Native Speaker).
- Types of food, names of stores and shops.
- Clothes and colors.
- Places to eat and drink, ordering in a restaurant.
- Sports and leisure pastimes and locations.
- Seasons and weather expressions.
- Health and fitness, the human body, common illnesses and complaints.
- Morning activities.
- Places in the city, hotel, and lodging expressions.
- Ask for and give directions.
Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use German vocabulary related to
Objectives: Regarding topics such as clothing and grocery shopping, restaurants and food, weather, daily routine, celebrations, health, medical conditions, and hospitals:
- Use vocabulary when speaking.
- Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
- Use vocabulary in writing.
- Demonstrate reading comprehension skills by discussing subject matter and/or answering questions based on the passage read.
Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use grammar structures beyond Elementary German 1 in speaking and writing.
Objectives:
- Use Dative case.
- Use two-way prepositions.
- Conjugate the simple past tense of modal verbs and the present perfect tense.
- Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
- Use reflexive pronouns and verbs.
- Use Genitive case.
- Use attributive adjectives.
Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and discuss aspects of German culture beyond Elementary German 1.
Objectives:
- Recognize and discuss some geographical, economical and cultural aspects of some German speaking countries and/or communities such as:
- European clothing sizes, shopping, prices, weights and measures.
- Regional food specialties, menus, sharing tables in restaurant, paying the bill, the importance of coffeehouses.
- Sports, hobbies, and clubs in German-speaking countries.
- Health spas in Germany, differences between drug stores.
- Services of tourist information offices.
- Compare cultural differences.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
- Chapter 5:
- The Dative Case and Personal Pronouns in the Dative
- Articles and Possessive Adjectives in the Dative
- The Dative Case for Indirect Objects
- Position of Dative and Accusative Objects
- Wer, Wen, or Wem?
- Verbs with a Dative Object Only
- Prepositions with the Dative Case
- Interrogative Pronouns wo, wohin, and woher
- The der-Words dieser, jeder, and welcher
- Chapter 6:
- Two-Way Prepositions
- Describing Location
- Describing Placement
- Expressing Time with Prepositions
- Expressing Events in the Past
- The Simple Past Tense of sein and haben
- The Simple Past Tense of Modals
- Chapter 7:
- Coordinating Conjunctions
- Expressing a Contrast: aber vs. sondern
- The Present Perfect Tense
- Formation of the Past Participle
- Weak Verbs
- Strong Verbs
- Mixed Verbs
- Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes
- Verbs Ending in -ieren
- Verbs With Separable Prefixes
- The Use of haben or sein in the Present Perfect Tense
- Chapter 8:
- Connecting Sentences: Subordinating Conjunctions
- Indirect Questions
- Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs
- Reflexive Pronouns
- Verbs with Accusative Reflexive Pronouns
- Verbs with Reflexive Pronouns in the Accusative or Dative
- Expressing Reciprocity
- Chapter 9:
- The Genitive Case
- Proper Names in the Genitive
- Prepositions with the Genitive
- Attributive Adjectives
- Adjectives after a Definite Article or Other der-Word
- Adjectives after an Indefinite Article or Other ein-Word
- Adjectives without a Preceding Article
- Adjectives Referring to Cities and Regions
Primary Faculty Williams, Susanna Secondary Faculty Associate Dean Ternullo, Annette
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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