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Winter 2002
This information effective for Winter 2002.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Winter 2002
Instructor: Dr. J. Harris-Frisk
MWF 11:00–12:10 p.m.
Soc Sci 1 153
Herzlich Willkommen!
Course Description:
German 1A offers an accelerated course in the four essential skills of language: reading, writing, speaking and listening. The first quarter is equivalent to one half year and one half of the text.
Students will be introduced to cultural topics and contexts that are associated with contemporary German-speaking countries. Thus, as students learn German they will gain an understanding of how German speakers describe themselves, interact with others, and view their world. Interaction between students and the instructor and between students themselves will be stressed. Work in groups and pairs will be encouraged. Students will have the opportunity to practice German and learn vocabulary through functional tasks, i.e. contextualized oral and written exercises in and outside of class, based on authentic materials, texts, audio and video clips. Students will also be introduced to the structures of the language.
This course presupposes no prior knowledge of German; it moves at an accelerated pace of about seven chapters in 10 weeks.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS for German 1A (and 1B):
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.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
Ardagh, John and Katharina. Germany and the Germans: The United Germany
in the Mid-1990s. Penguin, 1996.
Craig, Gordon. The Germans. New York: Meridian,1991.
Fullbrook, Margaret. A Concise History. London: Cambridge Press, 1990.
Schulze, Hagen. Germany: A New History, Boston: Harvard U Press, 2000
Schneider, Peter. A German Comedy, Scenes of Life After the Wall, New
York: The Noonday Press,1991.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Regular attendance and participation
2. Completion of daily written homework assignments
3. Completion of language lab assignments
4. 5 Chapter Tests
5. 2 Oral Interviews
6.1 Midterm Exam
7.1 Final Exam
For additional information, please contact me at jhfrisk@cats.ucsc.edu
This course is designed for students who have successfully completed German 1 or its equivalent (1–2 years of high school German). Its goal is to further the knowledge of the German language and culture that students gained in German 1. In this course as well, emphasis 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 increase their working knowledge of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. The cultural readings in the text and other readings supplied by the instructor further students’ knowledge of the culture of the German-speaking countries. Video material is used where appropriate to augment the topics discussed in class.
After an initial period of review and practice, the course begins with Chapter 5 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 Chapters 5–8 and part of Chapter 9.
Required Texts:
1) Briggs, Jeanine. Workbook. 3rd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill
1)College, 1999. (Designed to accompany Deutsch:
Na klar!)
2) Daves-Schneider, Lida and Michael Buesges. Laboratory Manual.
2)3rd. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 1999.
(Designed to accompany Deutsch: Na klar!)
3) Di Donato, Robert, Monica D. Clyde and Jacqueline Vansant.
3) Deutsch: Na klar! 3rd. ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill College, 1999. (This text comes with an audio CD included.)
Optional Texts/Materials:
1) Audio CD package (Part I) to accompany the Laboratory Manual: Deutsch:
Na klar!
2) Audio CD package (Part II) to accompany the Laboratory Manual: Deutsch:
Na klar!
3) 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) Two chapter quizzes
5) 1 Midterm
6) 1 Comprehensive Final Exam
7) 1 Oral Interview
For questions regarding the content or conduct of the course, feel free to contact the instructor: W. Campbell. E-Mail: walterc@cats
Winter 2002
Instructor: W.I. Campbell
MWF 11:00–12:10 p.m.
Soc Sci 1 149
This is the second course in the intermediate German language and culture series (German 4, 5, 6) at UCSC. The prerequisite is the successful completion of German 4 or its equivalent— four quarters or three semesters of college-level German. Students without this formal background may also be admitted to the course with the consent of the instructor.
The goals of this course are to help students continue to build the four language skills—reading, listening, speaking, and writing—at the intermediate level. In this course students
1) Review and strengthen their grasp of some basic areas of grammar (adjective
endings, word order, relative clauses, the subjunctive, etc.)
2) Build their active and passive vocabulary through class activities and readings
(Special attention is given to acquiring German idioms.)
3) Improve their listening comprehension by working with taped conversations
in the language lab and in class
4) Improve their speaking ability by regular participation in small-group work
in class
5) Improve their writing by regular homework assignments and bi-weekly essays
6) Continue to make the transition from reading the largely prepared texts of
first-year German to reading authentic texts of various types (including short
stories, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and other material available
on the World Wide Web.)
7) Work with video tapes and sites on the World Wide Web appropriate to the
cultural themes covered in class
After an initial period of review and practice, the course begins with Chapter 6 in the text Kaleidoskop (5th ed.) by Moeller et al. By the end of the quarter, we will have covered the material in Chapters 6–9 and part of Chapter 10. In addition, we will cover selected chapters in the grammar review Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik (3rd ed.) by Rankin and Wells.
Required Texts/Materials:
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.)
Course Requirements:
1) Regular participation in all class activities
2) Regular completion of written grammar and vocabulary exercises
3) Completion of listening comprehension exercises
4) Three two-to-three 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 content or conduct of the course, feel free to contact the instructor: W. Campbell. E-Mail: walterc@cats.ucsc.edu
Instructor: Dr. J. Harris-Frisk
W 12:30–2:00 p.m.
Soc Sci 1 149
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 also welcome to take the class, since we divide into small groups appropriate to learning levels.
The goal of the course is to activate often passive oral skills that have been acquired 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)
Requirements:
1. 11 meetings, attendance and participation
2. Occasional vocabulary quizzes
3. Weekly journal entry on extra-curricular activity in German
For additional information or to set up an interview, please contact me at jhfrisk@cats.ucsc.edu