GRMN 1470 - Elementary German 2

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
2. Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
3. 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).
   1. Types of food, names of stores and shops.
   2. Clothes and colors.
   3. Places to eat and drink, ordering in a restaurant.
   4. Sports and leisure pastimes and locations.
   5. Seasons and weather expressions.
   6. Health and fitness, the human body, common illnesses and complaints.
   7. Morning activities.
   8. Places in the city, hotel, and lodging expressions.
   9. 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:

1. Use vocabulary when speaking.
2. Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
3. Use vocabulary in writing.
4. 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:

1. Use Dative case.
2. Use two-way prepositions.
3. Conjugate the simple past tense of modal verbs and the present perfect tense.
4. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
5. Use reflexive pronouns and verbs.
6. Use Genitive case.
7. 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:

1. Recognize and discuss some geographical, economical and cultural aspects of some German speaking countries and/or communities such as:
   1. European clothing sizes, shopping, prices, weights and measures.
   2. Regional food specialties, menus, sharing tables in restaurant, paying the bill, the importance of coffeehouses.
   3. Sports, hobbies, and clubs in German-speaking countries.
   4. Health spas in Germany, differences between drug stores.
   5. Services of tourist information offices.
2. Compare cultural differences.

1. The Dative Case and Personal Pronouns in the Dative
2. Articles and Possessive Adjectives in the Dative
3. The Dative Case for Indirect Objects
4. Position of Dative and Accusative Objects
5. Wer, Wen, or Wem?
6. Verbs with a Dative Object Only
7. Prepositions with the Dative Case
8. Interrogative Pronouns wo, wohin, and woher
9. The der-Words dieser, jeder, and welcher
10. Two-Way Prepositions
11. Describing Location
12. Describing Placement
13. Expressing Time with Prepositions
14. Expressing Events in the Past
15. The Simple Past Tense of sein and haben
16. The Simple Past Tense of Modals
17. Coordinating Conjunctions
18. Expressing a Contrast: aber vs. sondern
19. The Present Perfect Tense
20. Formation of the Past Participle
21. Weak Verbs
22. Strong Verbs
23. Mixed Verbs
24. Verbs with Inseparable Prefixes
25. Verbs Ending in -ieren
26. Verbs With Separable Prefixes
27. The Use of haben or sein in the Present Perfect Tense
28. Connecting Sentences: Subordinating Conjunctions
29. Indirect Questions
30. Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs
31. Reflexive Pronouns
32. Verbs with Accusative Reflexive Pronouns
33. Verbs with Reflexive Pronouns in the Accusative or Dative
34. Expressing Reciprocity
35. The Genitive Case
36. Proper Names in the Genitive
37. Prepositions with the Genitive
38. Attributive Adjectives
39. Adjectives after a Definite Article or Other der-Word
40. Adjectives after an Indefinite Article or Other ein-Word
41. Adjectives without a Preceding Article
42. Adjectives Referring to Cities and Regions