Elementary German
Required Sequence: GRST 101 & GRST102
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GRST 101
Fall 2009
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01
02
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This course helps lead to communicative competency in German by building the four primary skills--speaking, listening, reading, and writing--while developing participants' knowledge of life and culture in the German-speaking countries. Learning German and its grammar will also enhance students' awareness of commonalities between the English and German languages.
The GRST101-102-211 course sequence will help students appreciate that contemporary Germany is economically and politically the leading country in the European Union and has a dynamic multicultural society. More Europeans are native speakers of German than of French, Spanish, or English. After English, German is the language most used on the Internet. A knowledge of German provides access to foundational texts in many fields, from philosophy and psychology to history, art history, musicology, the natural sciences, religious studies, literature, and more. These three courses prepare students to study abroad in Regensburg, Germany, on the Wesleyan-Vanderbilt-Wheaton Program. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy, Speaking
Intercultural literacy and applied linguistics: Similarities to, and differences from, American cultural patterns and modes of expression will be explored. Students' awareness of the relationship between language and thought will be strengthened by extensive practice in all four language skills and by increased accuracy in pronunciation, grammar and appropriate vocabulary for a wide variety of situations.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
None |
| Course Format: Language | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Robert Di Donato et al: Deutsch Na Klar! 5th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008
Jeanine Briggs: Workbook to accompany Deutsch Na Klar!
An Introductory German Course
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Examinations and Assignments:
Daily assignments, weekly tests, midterm and final written and oral examinations. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
The course meets three times a week with the instructor, with additional time (TBA) with a teaching apprentice for conversational practice and supplementary activities. Videos and online exercises will constitute part of the course material. Students should plan to spend up to two hours preparing for each class. Regular attendance and class participation required. |
| Instructor(s): Bork-Goldfield,Iris Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: JUDD113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 5 | FR: 9 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Bork-Goldfield,Iris Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: JUDD113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 5 | FR: 9 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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