German 202

Your final grade in German 202: Introductory German I will be based on your performance on eight written assignments, four oral assignments, a final oral exam, and a final written exam. To receive credit for the course, you must complete all course assignments, achieve a grade of at least 50% on the final written exam, and achieve an overall course grade of at least 50%. The following chart summarizes the evaluation activities you must complete and the credit weight of each.

TMWEs: There is one TMWE for each of the six chapters covered in the textbook. The remaining two TMWEs comprise a mid-term exercise (based on Rückblick 1-3), and a short essay due after the completion of all six textbook chapters. The written exercises should be submitted to your tutor in the order outlined in the Weekly Study Schedule.

TMOEs: The oral exercises are based on the pronunciation and structures practised in the Aussprache sections of the Arbeitsbuch and the chapters of the textbook. These exercises are to be completed using Wimba or over the phone with your tutor.

Final oral exam: The final oral exam consists of a short conversation and a reading selection focusing on pronunciation. It will last about 15 minutes and is to be completed over the phone with your tutor.

Final written exam: The final written exam is a closed-book exam. You are allowed 3½ hours in which to write it. The exam consists of a grammar component and a comprehension and short-essay component (worth about 10% of the written exam mark).

Before you write the final exam for German 202: Introductory German I, be certain that you have completed all other assignments for the course and that you have received feedback on them, either written or over the phone, from your tutor.

Contact your tutor. Although you are not obliged to request permission from your tutor to write an exam, you are encouraged to consult with him or her about your readiness to write the exam, and about exam-writing strategies. Credit students are required to make arrangements to write their exams at least three weeks in advance of the date on which they wish to write. If you follow the Weekly Study Schedule, you will be instructed to make your exam-writing arrangements during Week 14. If you are following a different schedule for your studies, you will still need to make arrangements to write the exam at least three weeks in advance of the date on which you wish to write it. It is your responsibility to complete the course and arrange to write the final exam within your course contract period.

The exam is to be completed in one sitting. You are not allowed to bring dictionaries, books, notes, or other resources with you into the examination room. The exam will be similar in format to the written assignments and exercises you have worked on throughout the course.