GERM& 122 German II (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly GERMN 102 - CCN
Prerequisite GERM& 121 with a grade of 2.0 or better or instructor permission
Course Description
This is the second quarter of a first-year sequential course of introductory German, which gives students the ability to speak, read, write and understand the German language and culture.
Course Content
Food, meals, dining out
Modal verbs
Imperative mood
Vacation and leisure time activities
Personal opinions, tastes and preferences
Comparisons
Describing past events
Personal descriptions
Ordinal numbers
The verbs wissen and kennen expressing to know
Everyday topics (e.g. housing, clothing, shopping, cuisine, entertainment, travel, transportation, health, and daily routines)
Cases: nominate, accusative, and dative
Definite and indefinite articles, and modal verbs.
Student Outcomes
- Formulate and memorize regular, irregular, and reflexive verbs in the present tense in spoken or written conversation.
- Apply German imperative form and future tense in spoken or written communication.
- Employ spontaneous language using situation-appropriate cases (nominative, accusative, and dative) and verb constructions.
- Discuss work culture and environmental practices in German-speaking countries.
- Reflect on the impact of German-speaking countries on the German dialects and cultures of North America.
- Present on familiar and everyday topics using a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures in German.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities
Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Effective Communication
Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
Oral participation
Group discussion
Listening comprehension exercises
Homework application exercises
Written paragraphs and short essays
Listening comprehension tests
Structural application tests
Reading comprehension tests
Composition tests
Vocabulary quizzes
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