German (GERM) 202

Overview

This course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of German. Students learn German speaking, listening, writing, reading, and comprehension skills within the cultural context of Europe today. The course, along with German 203, will enable students to speak and write simple German in a range of everyday situations.

Outline

Pre-units: Unit 1 to 5: First Steps

Chapter 1: Family, Countries, Language

• the present tense of regular verbs
• the nominative case
• sentence structure: position of subject, linking verbs, and predicate adjectives
• compound nouns

Chapter 2: Food and Shopping

• the present tense of sein and haben
• the accusative case
• n-nouns
• verb complements
• coordinating conjunctions

Chapter 3: Eating In and Out

• verbs with vowel changes
• the dative case

Chapter 4: Holidays and Vacations

• the present perfect with haben
• the present perfect with sein
• the structure of subordinate clauses

Chapter 5: City Life

• personal pronouns
• modal auxiliary verbs
• sondern versus aber

General Course Objectives

German 202: Introductory German I presents students with the necessary skills to acquire a basic knowledge of the language and to communicate in German. The textbook, Wie geht's, along with the CD program, workbook / lab manual, and video component, are designed to achieve the following course objectives:

• Writing: Students will learn how to express themselves in German in simple sentences.
• Reading: After studying the Wie geht's? texts and learning the necessary vocabulary, students will understand texts at a similar level of difficulty.
• Speaking: Students will communicate in German with German speakers using simple sentences modelled on dialogues and lab exercises.
• Aural Comprehension: Students will understand the German of everyday situations spoken at moderate speed. The lab program and pronunciation sections of the lab manual will enhance students' listening skills.

Evaluation

The final grade in GERM 202 will be based on the grades students achieve on the assignments and the oral and written exams. To receive credit for the course you must achieve an overall course grade of “D” (50 percent) or better and must achieve a minimum grade of 50 percent on the written examination. All assignments are required in order to pass the course. The following indicates the assignments for credit and their weighting toward the final grade.

8 Written Assignments	4 Oral Assignments	One Oral Exam	One Written Exam	Total
20%	10%	20%	50%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks and Electronic Materials

Wie geht's? Web site.

German 202 Introductory German — Student Manual, Athabasca University, 2009.

Sevin, Dieter and Ingrid Sevin. Wie geht's? An Introductory German Course. 8th ed. Boston: Thomson Heinle, 2007.

Wie geht's? Student Listening CD to accompany the “Hören Sie zu!” sections. (This CD is in the textbook.)

Wie geht's? Arbeitsbuch. Workbook/Lab Manual.

Wie geht's? Lab Audio CDs.

Wie geht's? DVD.

Wie geht's? Audioscript and Answer Key.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the GERM 202 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on each part of the examination.

Oral Conversation	Exam	Total
30%	70%	100%

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form