GE Beginning German II MWF, 10:40-11:30, De Bartolo 246 T 9:30-10:20, O Shaughnessy 345

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1 Professor Tobias Boes Office hours: Office Phone: T 10:30-12:00 Home Phone: W 11:30-12:30 tboes@nd.edu 302 Decio Hall GE Beginning German II MWF, 10:40-11:30, De Bartolo 246 T 9:30-10:20, O Shaughnessy 345 Required Materials: Recommended: Deutsch: Na klar! (6th edition) by Di Donato, Clyde and Van Sant Supplementary materials for DnK (Workbook and Lab Book) A notebook for journal entries A bilingual dictionary. Collins and Langenscheidt are especially good. Zorach, Cecile. English Grammar for Students of German Course Description: Welcome to the second semester of Beginning German! In this course, we will continue the introduction to German language and culture that we began in GE Over the course of the semester, you will learn how to navigate unfamiliar surroundings in German-speaking countries, apply for employment and housing, interact with various German media, and learn how Germans view their place in Europe and in the world at large. As you explore these topics, you will further 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: have improved your understanding of everyday life in Germany be able to read, listen to and understand German texts of moderate difficulty be able to write standard German sentences using both independent and subordinate clauses in the present, present perfect, simple past, past perfect and future tenses be able to express wishes, counterfactual conditions and reported speech using the subjunctive be able to carry on discussions and debates 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 (work and lab books, journals, homework) 20% Chapter exams 40% Final exam 20% 1

2 The following percentages and grading system apply: A B D A C+ 69 and below F B C B 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: 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. In early March, you will also meet with me individually for a brief (5-10 minute) oral interview that will count as a mid-term exam. This interview will give you the opportunity to show orally what you have learned during the semester. Sign-up sheets will be distributed at a later point in the semester. Written Work: You will note that our course schedule is divided into two columns. The righthand 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. 2

3 These usually include grammar previews of what we will cover in class and some corresponding drills. I will not normally 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 for each day are indicated in italics. I will collect these once per chapter, usually on the day before the exam (due dates are indicated on the schedule). 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. 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. Chapter Exams and Final Exam 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 (this includes the oral mid-term exam). 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 summer travel plans. Web Support: This course has two associated web sites. The first is our Concourse site here at Notre Dame. This is where I will post copies of the syllabus, the homework schedule, any handouts that I will distribute in class, etc. You may access this page from the Academic tab of Inside ND or directly at The other site accompanies our textbook and can be found at (the concourse site also contains a hyperlink). 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! 3

4 GE Deutsch für Anfänger II Lehrplan Frühling 2012 A = Aktivität; Ü = Übung; AB = Arbeitsbuch; LB = Laborbuch; SiK = Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde 17. Januar 18. Januar 20. Januar 23. Januar 24. Januar 25. Januar 27. Januar Kapitel 8 Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A, S ; Thema 1, S. 236 Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 236 AB 8.1; LB thru 1-6, 8.2 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2 S Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 240, 246 Lesen: Subordinating Conjunctions, S Schreiben: Ü1 und Ü 2, S. 245 AB and 2-2; and 4-2 LB and 3-2 Lesen: Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs, S Schreiben: Ü 9 und Ü 10 S. 251 AB 8.2-3; and 4-4 LB and 3-4; thru 4-4 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3, S. 242 Lesen: Reciprocity, S. 252 Schreiben: Ü 12, S. 252 Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 254 AB thru 2-6; 8.3; thru 4-9 LB and 3-6; thru 4-9 AB und LB bis zum Schluss Einführung in den Kurs Wiederholung Alles klar? B, S. 235 A 1, S. 237 A 2, S. 238 Thema 2, S. 239 A 3, S. 240 Hören: A 5, S. 241 Ü 3, S. 245 und Ü 4, S. 246 Sprachtipp und A 6, S. 241 Ü 5 und Ü 7, S. 247 Hören: Ü 8, S. 250 Ü 11, S. 252 A 8, S. 243 Dialog: Im Fitnesscenter 30. Januar Üben Sie für die Prüfung! Prüfung: Kapitel 8 4

5 Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde 31. Januar 1. Februar 3. Februar 6. Februar 7. Februar 8. Februar 10. Februar 13. Februar Kapitel 9 Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A S. 261 Lesen: Sprachinfo, S. 263; Landeskunde, S. 264 Lesen: Genitive, S Schreiben: Ü 1-2, S. 272 AB 9.1; LB 9.1 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2, S. 265 Schreiben: A 3, S. 266 Lesen: Prepositions with Genitive Schreiben: Ü 5, S. 274 AB and 2-2; 4-1 thru 4-3 LB and 2-2; and 3-2 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3, S. 267 Lesen: Attributive Adjectives (der-words), S. 275 Lesen: Sprachinfo, S. 275 Schreiben: Ü 7, S. 275, Ü 8, S. 276 AB and 2-4; thru 4-6; LB and 2-4 Lesen: Kulturtipp, S. 270 Lesen: Attributive Adjectives (ein-words), S. 277 Schreiben: Ü 11, S. 278 AB and 2-6; thru 4-9 LB and 2-6; and 3-4 Lesen: Attributive Adjectives (unpreceded), S. 278 Schreiben: Ü 12, S. 278 AB and 4-10; LB 3-5 thru 3-7 AB and LB bis Schluss Die Gitarre des Herrn Hatunoglu Üben Sie für die Prüfung Hören: Alles klar? B, S. 261 Thema 1, S Hören: A 1, S. 264 A 2, S. 264 Ü 3, S. 273 Ü 4, S. 273 Hören: Thema 2, S. 265 A 4, S. 266 Ü 6, S. 274 Nach dem Weg fragen, S. 268 Hören: A 5, S. 268 Ü 9, S. 276 Ü 10, S. 277 A 6, S. 269 A 7, S. 269 Ü 12, S. 278 Hören: Ü 13, S. 280 Ü 14, S. 280 & Ü. 15, S. 281 Adjectives Referring to Cities or Regions, S. 281 Dialog: Im Hotel Prüfung: Kapitel 0 5

6 Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde 14. Februar 15. Februar 17. Februar 20. Februar 21. Februar 22. Februar Kapitel 10 Lesen: Alles klar? A, S. 291 Lesen: Thema 1, S Lesen: The Superlative, S. 300 Schreiben: Ü 1, S. 301 AB 10.1; LB 10.1 Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 296 Lesen: Adj. in Comp., S Schreiben: A 4, S. 294 (5 Sätze) Schreiben: Ü 5, S. 303 AB and 2-2; LB thru 2-3; Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2, S. 295 Lesen: Sprachtipp, S. 296 Lesen: Adj. Nouns, S. 305 Schreiben: Ü 8, S. 305, Ü9, S. 306 AB thru 3-5; thru 4-5 LB thru 2-6, thru 3-4 Lesen: The Simple Past Strong and Mixed, S. 308 Lesen: Sprachinfo, S. 309 Lesen: Analyse, S. 309 Schreiben: Ü 12, S. 310 AB and 4-7 Lesen: The Past Perfect Tense Schreiben: Ü 15, S. 311 AB und LB bis Schluss Lesen: The American Dream (Teil 2) Hören: Alles klar? B, S. 293 A 1 und A 2, S. 293 A 3, S. 294 Ü 2, S. 301 Ü 3, S. 302 Ü 4, S. 303 Attributive Adjectives in the Superlative Landeskunde, S. 304 Ü 6, S. 304; Ü 7, S. 304 Hören: A 6, S. 297 A 7, S. 297 The Simple Past Weak Verbs Ü 10-11, S. 307 Thema 3, S. 298 A 8, S. 299 A 9, S. 299 Ü 13-14, S. 310 Dialog: Im Zug The American Dream (Teil 1) Lesen: The American Dream (Teil 3) 24. Februar Üben Sie für die Prüfung Prüfung: Kapitel 10 6

7 Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde 27. Februar 28. Februar 29. Februar 2. März 5. März Kapitel 11 Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A, S. 321 Schreiben: Thema 1, S. 322 AB 11.1; LB 11.1 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2, S. 324 Lesen: Future Tense, S Schreiben: Ü 1, S. 332 AB thru 2-3; LB thru 2-3 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3, S ; A 8, S. 320 Lesen: Relative Clauses, S Schreiben: Ü 3, S. 335 AB and 2-5; and 4-2 LB and 2-5; and 3-2 Schreiben: A 11, S. 330 Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 332 Lesen: Was für (ein), S Lesen: The position of nicht Ü 9, S. 339 AB ; 11.3, thru 4-6 LB thru 3-8; thru 3-7 AB und LB bis Schluss Hören: Alles klar? B, S. 322 Hören: A 1, S. 322 A 2, S. 323 A 3, S. 323 A 4, S. 324 A 5 und A 6, S. 326 Ü 2, S. 333 A 9, S. 330 Ü 4, S. 336 Ü 5, S. 336 Ü 6, S Hören: Ü 7, S. 338 Ü 8, S. 338 Forms of negation Ü 10-11, S. 340 Dialog: In der Mensa 6. März 7. März Üben Sie für die Prüfung! Prüfung: Kapitel 11 Termine für mündliche Prüfung 7

8 Datum 9. März Vorbereitung Kapitel 12 Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A, S. 349 Thema 1, S Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 351 AB 12.1; LB 12.1 In der Stunde Hören: Alles klar?, B. S. 349 A 1, S. 352 Hören: A 2, S. 352; A 4, S März Frühlingsferien 19. März 20. März 21. März 23. März 26. März 27. März 28. März Schreiben: A 3, S. 352 Lesen: Verbs with Fixed Prepositions Schreiben: Ü 1, S. 359 AB and 2-2 LB thru 2-3 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2, S. 354 Lesen: Subjunctive, S Schreiben: Ü 6, Ü 8, S. 364 AB and 4-2 LB and 3-2 Schreiben: A 7, S. 356 Lesen: Wishes and Hyp., S. 365 Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 368 AB and 2-4; thru 4-5 LB and 2-5; and 3-5 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 3, S Lesen: Contrary-to-Fact Conditions, S. 369 Schreiben: Ü 14, S. 370 AB thru 4-8 LB and 3-7 AB und LB bis Schluss Bertolt Brecht Text Üben Sie für die Prüfung Prepositional Objects, S. 360 Ü 2 und Ü 3, S. 361 Ü 4, S. 362 Wo-Compounds, S. 362 Ü 5, S. 362 Hören: A 5, S. 357 A 6, S. 355 Ü 7, S. 364 Ü 9, S. 365 Ü 11 und Ü 12, S Ü 13, S. 370 A 8, S. 357 und A 9, S. 358 Ü 14, S. 370 The Past Subjunctive II, S Ü 15, S. 372 Dialog: Wenn ich eine Millionen Euro hätte! Bertolt Brecht: Wenn die Haifische Menschen wären Prüfung: Kapitel 12 8

9 Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde 30. März 2. April 3. April 4. April 6. bis 9. April 10. April 11. April 13. April 16. April Kein Unterricht! Kapitel 13 Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A, S. 381, Thema 1, S Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 387 AB 13.1; LB 13.1 Lesen: Infinitive Clauses, S. 392 Schreiben: Ü 1, S. 392 Lesen: Sprachinfo, S. 394 Schreiben: Ü 5, S. 394 AB thru 2-3; thru 2-4 Lesen/Schreiben: Thema 2, S. 388 Schreiben: A 6, S. 389 Lesen: Infinitive Clauses with um... zu and ohne zu, S Schreiben: Ü 7 AB thru 4-3; LB thru 3-4 Osterferien Lesen: Subjunctive I (Present), S. 396 Schreiben: Ü 8 und 9, S AB thru 2-6; and 4-5 LB and 2-6; and 3-6 Subjunctive I (Past), S. 398 Ü 11 und 12, S. 399 AB und LB bis Schluss Üben Sie für die Prüfung Kein Unterricht! Hören: Alles klar? B, S. 381 Thema 1, S A 1, S. 384, A 3, S. 386 A 2, S. 386, A 4, S. 387 A 5, S. 388 Ü 2-4, S. 393 Ü 6, S. 394 A 8, S A 9 und A 10, S. 391 Indirect Discourse Analyse, S. 397 Hören: Ü 10, S. 398 Dialog: Am abend Prüfung, Kapitel 13 9

10 Datum Vorbereitung In der Stunde 17. April 18. April 20. April 23. April 24. April 25. April 27. April 30. April Zwischenspiel Kapitel 14: Lesen/Schreiben: Alles klar? A S. 407, Thema 1, S. 408 AB 14.1; LB 14.1 Schreiben: A 3, S. 410 Lesen: Passive Voice, S. 414 Analyse, S. 415 Schreiben: Ü 1, S. 416 AB and 2-2 LB thru 2-3 Schreiben: Ü 3, S. 417 Lesen: Exp. Gen. Act., S. 417 Schreiben: Ü 5, S. 418 AB and 4-2; LB and 3-2 Lesen: Pass. w. Mod., S. 419 Schreiben: Ü 7, S. 420 AB ; LB thru 3-5 Lesen: Landeskunde, S. 420 Schreiben: Analyse, S. 413 Lesen: Man as alternative, S. 421 Schreiben: Ü 9, S. 421 AB thru 2-6; and 4-5 LB thru 6; and 3-7 AB und LB bis Schluss Zwischenspiel Thema 1, S. 409 A 1, S. 410 Hören: A 2, S. 410 A 4, S. 411 Ü 2, S. 416 Ü 4, S. 417 Thema 2, S. 412 Hören: A 5, S. 413 Ü 6, S. 419 Ü8, S. 420 Ü 10, S. 421 The Present Participle Ü 11, S. 422 Dialog: Globale Probleme 1. Mai Üben Sie für die Prüfung Prüfung: Kapitel Mai Wiederholung Wiederholung 10