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Fall 2002
This information effective
for Fall 2002.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Fall 2002
Instructor: Walter Campbell
E-mail: walterc@cats.ucsc.edu
This course is designed as an introduction to the German language and culture. It is designed for students with no previous knowledge of German or for those students who wish to refresh their skills at the beginning level. Emphasis in German 1 is placed on developing beginning-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding. Through group work in class and individual work at home and in the language lab, students acquire an introductory, working knowledge of pronunciation, basic German vocabulary, and German grammar. In addition, students are introduced to basic information regarding the geography and culture of the German-speaking countries. Video material is used where appropriate to augment the topics discussed in class.
After an initial period of introduction and practice, the course begins with Chapter 1 in the text Deutsch: Na klar! (3rd ed.) by Di Donato et al. By the end of the quarter, we will have covered the material in the introduction and in Chapters 1-4.
Required Texts:
1) Briggs, Jeanine. Workbook. 3rd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 1999. (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar!)
2) Daves-Schneider, Linda and Michael Buesges. Laboratory Manual. 3rd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 1999. (Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar!)
3) Di Donato, Robert, Monica D. Clyde and Jacqueline Vansant. Deutsch: Na klar! 3rd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 1999.
Optional Texts:
1) A German-English Dictionary (Students' choice).
2) Zorach, Cecile and Charlotte Melin. English Grammar for Students of German. 4th ed. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press, 2001.
Course Requirements:
1) Regular attendance and participation
2) Completion of daily written homework assignments
3) Completion of language lab assignments
4) 2 Chapter Tests
5) 1 Oral Interview
6) 1 Midterm Exam
7) 1 Final Exam
For questions regarding the content or conduct of the course, feel free to contact the instructor: W. Campbell. E-mail: walterc@cats.ucsc.edu
Instructor: J. Harris-Frisk
MWF: 12:30-1:40
132 Merrill Academy
This course teaches beginning-level competence in speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. The sequence starts in fall quarter only. If you think you might need review, this course moves at a quick pace but assumes no prior knowledge of German. The students will develop beginning-level competence in the four basic skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding. The cultural and historical readings in addition to the text will further students' knowledge of the culture of the German-speaking countries.
For questions regarding the course, feel free to contact the instructor, J. Harris-Frisk at jhfrisk@cats.ucsc.edu.
Instructor: J. Harris-Frisk
MWF: 2-3:10
132 Merrill Academy
This course begins the intermediate
level of language study focusing on cultural readings from a broad spectrum
of topics. All four skills are developed by reading selected prose and/or drama
and instructor generated materials. If you are interested in the course but
have not taken the prerequisites (German 1-3), please contact me prior to the
first class. (Offered in Fall only)
1) Moeller et al. Kaleidoskop. 5th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
2) Rankin, Jamie and Larry D. Wells. Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
3) Rankin, Jamie and E. Pauline Hubbel. Arbeitsheft. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
4) Audio Program (CDs to accompany the Arbeitsheft above.)
1) Regular participation
in all class activities
2) Regular completion of written grammar and vocabulary exercises
3) Completion of listening comprehension exercises
4) Three 2- to 3-page essays in German
5) Three chapter tests
6) One oral report/Interview with the instructor
7) A comprehensive final exam
For questions regarding the course, feel free to contact the instructor: J. Harris-Frisk e-mail: jhfrisk@cats.ucsc.edu
Instructor: J. Harris-Frisk
Mondays: 5-6:45
202 Crown
Möchten Sie Ihr Deutsch verbessern?
This course is designed to give students of varied backgrounds active intensive practice once a week in conversing about a wide variety of socio-cultural topics in German. Vocabulary building, idiomatic expression, and terminology for discussion or argumentation play a central role. Film, texts, and Internet realia contribute to discussion. Students should have at least one year of German or the equivalent; students who have had several years of German study or who are native speakers are encouraged to take the class, since we divide into small groups appropriate to varied learning levels.
The goal of the course is to activate often passive oral skills and to expand on vocabulary and rhetorical devices needed to speak ably about a broad spectrum of topics.
Text: Topics, Questions, Keywords: A Handbook for Students of German (Routledge, 2000)
1. Eleven (11) meetings,
attendance and full participation
2. Vocabulary quizzes; reports on articles of interest
3. Weekly journal entry on extra-curricular activity in German
For additional information or to set up an interview, please contact: jhfrisk@cats.ucsc.edu
Fall 2002
Instructor: Walter Campbell
E-mail: walterc@cats.ucsc.edu
This is a German language and culture course at the advanced level. The prerequisite for admission to the course is the successful completion of German 5, its equivalent, or the consent of the instructor. The course is conducted in German.
Using regular readings from the German newspaper, Die Zeit, other newspapers and magazines, and on-line publications on the World Wide Web, this course is constructed as a true seminar. Students read articles of interest for each class session, write a brief summary of the main points, and then present the articles in class. Through questions and the ensuing discussion, the instructor attempts to amplify the particular topic and provide the relevant social, cultural, and political background appropriate to it. Over the course of the ten weeks, students are encouraged to read articles in a variety of topic areas, including politics, social issues, economics, philosophy, religion, the arts, and the sciences. By so doing, and keeping an individual vocabulary list, students greatly expand their reading comprehension and working German vocabulary in a variety of fields.
In addition to the regular readings and discussions, news broadcasts, and other video material, the resources of the World Wide Web are used to present topics of current interest.
Among the topics certain to be addressed in the press and in the course are the results of the German parliamentary elections (Fall 2002) and their implications, Germany's proposed new immigration law, an ongoing assessment of life in western and eastern Germany following German unification—with particular attention paid to the economic and social conditions in the former East Germany, a discussion of xenophobia in Germany (particularly in the east), Germany's role in the European Union, Germany's peace-keeping role in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the current status of the monetary union in Europe and the success of the Euro (introduced into circulation, January 2002), Germany's domestic and international economic policy, the attitudes of Germany's major political parties toward the issues of the day, education reforms (schools and universities), the current status of various social groups in the Bundesrepublik (i.e., youth, women, East Germans, foreigners etc.), and German views on major events in the USA and other foreign countries.
1) Students will read regularly
in Die Zeit and other print publications
2) Regular readings of on-line publications
3) Additional articles supplied by the instructor or suggested by the students.
Optional Reading: Selected articles from Der Spiegel: Aktuelle Themen aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, ed. by Helene Zimmer-Loew and Anne Moss, 1993.
Course Requirements:
1) Regular presentation of articles in class
2) Brief written summaries of the articles presented
3) Creation of an individual vocabulary list throughout the quarter
4) Occasional vocabulary quizzes based on the individual lists (ca. 2-3 in the
quarter)
5) A midterm and final oral presentation to the instructor
6) A term paper of ca. 6-10 pages on a topic or topics of interest
For questions regarding the content or conduct of the course, feel free to contact the instructor. E-mail: walterc@cats.ucsc.edu