German Studies 101: Elementary German I Macalester College Fall 2004

Prof. David Martyn Office: Humanities 211a Tel.: 6547 E-mail: martyn@macalester.edu Office Hours: M-W-F 12-1

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course goals	To speak, write, read, and understand German in controlled situations and to begin the study of German culture.
required course materials	Kontakte: A Communicative Approach, 5th edition Kontakte: Arbeitsbuch, 5th edition Kontakte: Student Audio CD (comes with the main text book)
attendance and participation	The only way to learn a language is to use the language. Given your goals of good communicative proficiency, regular attendance and preparation are essential. Class time will be designed for active learning and practice. You will work with other students in class on such tasks as interviewing, reporting, describing, narrating, and so forth. To use the class time effectively, you must actively participate in activities. ‘Regular attendance’ means coming to class all the time. You are given points for class participation, and missing class means forfeiting these points. If illness or emergencies keep you out of class, contact your instructor by phone or e-mail. When you do need to miss a class, you are expected to confer with your classmates to review what was covered during your absence and to find out about any announcements such as changes to the syllabus. In other words, you are responsible for everything that was said or done in class, regardless of whether you were present at the time. (“I don’t think I was there when you said that” won’t fly.) More than 4 absences – including any absences from the lab (see below) – will result in a half-grade reduction to your final grade; more than 6 in a full-grade reduction; and more than 8 in a failing grade. The only exceptions to this rule are medical and family emergencies that have been cleared with the Dean of Students.
homework	You will be assigned homework from the main textbook and from the Arbeitsbuch (workbook). The answers to most exercises are in the back of the two books. You should always check your answers with these answer keys. If you find you are making mistakes and don’t understand why, bring it up at the beginning of the next class – you’ll be doing your classmates a favor, since you are certainly not the only one having difficulty – or, if you prefer, in my office hours. It is essential to your progress that unclear points be cleared up early on. So speak up! It is best to do the exercises on the day they are assigned; they are scheduled to solidify material presented in the previous class session.
textbook assignments	The assignments will include sections of the purple grammar pages (“Strukturen”); you should study these very carefully until you have understood and learned the material, not just read through them. You will also be assigned Übungen in the purple pages, and on occasion other tasks from the main pages of the textbook. Some of these are marked “einzureichen” (to be turned in) on the syllabus; these are to be turned in at the beginning of class on the day they are due.
workbook assignments	Do the exercises in blue or black ink, then check your answers using the answer key in the back of the workbook, correcting your mistakes in red ink. Draw a red line in the margin next to any exercises for which there are no answers in the key (I will correct these myself). For the Hörverständnisse (listening comprehension exercises) in the workbook, you will need to work with the audio files in the Humanities Resource Center or HRC, on the first floor of Humanities. You can access the files either through the computers in the HRC or (they tell me) from any computer on campus with audio capability. Go to www.macalester.edu/hrc/, then click on “Digital Resources.” Then click your way through to the right audio file. Workbook exercises are collected on test days. Tear the respective pages out of the workbook and turn them in.
quizzes	Most class sessions will begin with a 2-5 minute quiz based on the homework from the textbook (purple pages) that is due on that day.
conversation hour	In addition to our regular three meetings a week, you are required to attend a mandatory fourth session – the conversation hour – in which you will work on conversation skills in small, more informal groups with a native speaker of German. If you have not signed up for a lab session, you must do so during the first week of classes. Conversation sessions begin the second week of the semester. Missed conversation sessions cannot be made up, although in emergency cases you may be able to arrange with your conversation group leader to attend a different session on a one-time basis. Absences in the conversation hour count as absences in the course as a whole (see above for consequences!).
co-curricular activities	In order to encourage you to explore a variety of German-related activities and events beyond your immediate course, you are required to attend two German Studies Department activities in the course of the semester. You can find out what activities are available by going to the department events calendar at http://www.macalester.edu/~german/ departmentcalender.html. ALL department events are open to you. Please inform me by email when you attend a co-curricular activity.
grade break-down	Class participation & preparedness: 20 points (32 classes @ 5/8 points) Conversation hour: 14 points Homework: 10 points Quizzes based on homework: 12 points Tests: 28 points (7 tests @ 4 points) Final exam: 12 points Co-curricular activities: 4 points Total: 100 points IMPORTANT: A “0” IN ANY ONE AREA WILL RESULT IN A FULL-GRADE REDUCTION. A “0” IN ANY TWO AREAS WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE.
assistance outside of class	Please feel free to see me during office hours about any questions and concerns you have about your German course. If you would like to see me at a time other than my office hours, I'll be happy to make an appointment. Dropping by my office without an appointment or a phone call is ill-advised, since you may miss me or catch me in preparation for another course. Phone calls and email are always welcome.
syllabus	The syllabus gives a plan of the semester and may be altered as the need arises. Changes will be announced in class.

wochenplan

Datum	Im Unterricht	Hausaufgaben (jeweils fällig)
8.9.	Einführung A Aufforderungen Situation 1 Polite commands (Struktur A.1) Situation 2 Namen The verb heißen (Struktur A.2) Situation 3
10.9.	Kleidung Case (Struktur A.3) Gender: nouns & pronouns (Struktur A.4) Situation 6 Farben Situation 7-8	Struktur A.1, S. 19 Übung 1, S. 19 Struktur A.2, S. 20 Übung 2, S. 20 Arbeitsbuch, S. 1-4
13.9.	Begrüßen und Verabschieden Situation 9 Sie vs. du or ihr (Struktur A.5) (Videoblick) Zahlen Situation 11-12	Strukturen A.3-A.4, S. 20-22 Übungen 3-4, S. 22 Arbeitsbuch, S. 5-6
Labs	Situation 10, S. 13 Situation 4, S. 7 Situation 7, S. 10 (als Wiederholung) KLI, S. 11? KLI, S. 6?
15.9.	Einführung B Das Klassenzimmer Situation 1 Definite and indefinite articles (Struktur B.1) Situation 2 Beschreibungen Situation 3 The verbs sein and haben (Struktur B.2-B.3)	Struktur A.5, S. 23 Übung 5, S. 23 Arbeitsbuch, S. 7-11, 15-16 („Aufsatz-Training)“
17.9.	Der Körper Situation 5 Plural forms of nouns (Struktur B.4) Übung 6, S. 44 Personal pronouns (Struktur B.5) Übung 7, S. 45	Struktur B.1, S. 40 Übungen 1-2, S. 40-41 Struktur B.2, S. 41 Übung 3, S. 42 Struktur B.3, S. 42 Übung 4, S. 42 Arbeitsbuch, S. 17-22
20.9.	Die Familie Possessive adjectives (Struktur B.7) Übung 10, S. 47 (Situation 7) Wetter und Jahreszeiten Situation 8-9 (Videoblick)	Struktur B.4, S. 43-44 Übungen 5, S. 44 Übung 6, S. 44 Struktur B.5, S. 45 Übung 7, S. 45 Arbeitsbuch, S. 23-24 Mitte
Labs	Situation 6, S. 31 Übung 10, S. 47 (Wiederholung) Situation 7, S. 31 (Eventuell als Wiederholung) (Situation 4, S. 28)
22.9.	Herkunft und Nationalität Situation 10 Woher (Struktur B.6) Situation 11 (KLI, S. 36)	Struktur B.7, S. 47 Übungen 9, S. 47 Arbeitsbuch, S. 24-29 Mitte
24.9.	Test, Einführung A + B	Struktur B.6, S. 46 Übung 8, S. 46 Arbeitsbuch, S. 29-31 Mittte
27.9.	Kapitel 1: Wer ich bin und was ich tue Freizeit Present tense (Struktur 1.1) Übung 1, 1-2, S. 70 gern vs. nicht gern (Struktur 1.2) Situation 1-2 Situation 4	Arbeitsbuch, S. 36-37 Arbeitsbuch einreichen!
Labs	Situation 12, S. 36 Situation 3, S. 52 Übung 1, S. 70 (KLI, S. 52)
29.9.	Schule und Universität Situation 5 Telling time (Struktur 1.3) Situation 6-7	Struktur 1.1, S. 69 Übungen 2-3, S. 70 Struktur 1.2, S. 71 Übungen 4-5, S. 71-72 Arbeitsbuch, S. 41-42
1.10.	Tagesablauf Separable-prefix verbs (Struktur 1.5) Situation 9-10	Struktur 1.3, S. 72-73 Übung 6, S. 73 Arbeitsbuch, S. 43-44
4.10.	Fällt aus
Labs	Situation 8, S. 55 Lektüre, S. 64-65
6.10.	Fällt aus
8.10.	Fällt aus
11.10.	Lektüre, S. 58-59	Struktur 1.5, S. 75 Übungen 9-10, S. 75-76 Arbeitsbuch, S. 44-46
Labs	Situation 11, S. 57 Situation 12, S. 58 Situation 14, S. 62
13.10.	Persönliche Daten Situation 13 Word order in questions (Struktur 1.6) Word order in statements (Struktur 1.4) Übung 7, S. 74, 1-2 Übung 8, S. 74, 1-2 Situation 16	Nach dem Lesen, S. 60
15.10.	Test, Kapitel 1	Struktur 1.6, S. 76-77 Übungen 11, S. 77 Übung 12, S. 77 Struktur 1.4, S. 74 Übungen 7, S. 74 Arbeitsbuch, 47-51 Mitte
18.10.	Kapitel 2: Besitz und Vergnügen Besitz The accusative case (Struktur 2.1) Übung 1, S. 98 (einführen) The negative article: kein, keine (Strk. 2.2) Situation 1-3	Arbeitsbuch, S. 58-59 Arbeitsbuch einreichen!
Labs	Situation 15, S. 62 Situation 14, S. 82 (Übung 8, S. 74)
20.10.	Geschenke Ich möchte (Struktur 2.3) Übung 4, S. 101 Situation 5-6	Struktur 2.1, S. 98 Übungen 1-2, S. 98-99 Struktur 2.2, S. 99-100 Übung 3, S. 100 Arbeitsbuch, S. 61-62
Nachhol- sitzung!	Lektüre, S. 85-87
22.10.	Nach dem Lesen, B, S. 87 Kleidung und Aussehen Situation 10 Possessive adjectives (Struktur 2.4) Übung 7, S. 104 (einführen) Situation 9 Situation 11	Nach dem Lesen B, S. 87 Struktur 2.3, S. 100-101 Arbeitsbuch, S. 63-64
25.10.	Vergnügen Stem-vowel changing verbs (Struktur 2.5) Situation 14-15 gern und lieber (S. 105) Situation 16	Struktur 2.4, S. 101-102 Übungen 5-6, S. 103 Übung 7, S. 104 Arbeitsbuch, S. 65-69
27.10.	Test, Kapitel 2	Struktur 2.5, S. 104 gern & lieber, S. 105 („Achtung!“) Übungen 8-9, S. 105 Übung 10, S. 106 Arbeitsbuch, S. 70-73
1.11.	Kapitel 3: Talente, Pläne, Pflichten Talente und Pläne Situation 1 Modals: können, wollen, mögen (Strk. 3.1) Situation 2-4, S. 111-112	Arbeitsbuch, S. 81-82 Arbeitsbuch einreichen!
Labs	Situation 8, S. 84 Situation 12, S. 89 Situation 13, S. 92	Situation 7, S. 84
3.11.	Lektüre, S. 112-14	Struktur 3.1, S. 130 Übungen 1-2, S. 130-31 Arbeitsbuch, S. 83-85
5.11.	Pflichten Modals: müssen, sollen, dürfen (Strk. 3.2) Situation 5-7	Nach dem Lesen, S. 114 („Schreiben Sie 100-150 Wörter) einzureichen
8.11.	Ach, wie nett! Accusative case: personal pronouns (St. 3.3) Situation 9, 10, 12	Struktur 3.2, S. 131-32 Übungen 3-4, S. 132-33 Arbeitsbuch, S. 86-88 Mitte
Labs	Situation 8, S. 117 Situation 11, S. 120 Videoblick, S. 115
10.11.	Körperliche und Geistige Verfassung Word order: dependent clauses (Strk. 3.4) Dependent clauses & seperable-prefix verbs (Strk. 3.5) Situation 13, 15	Struktur 3.3, S. 133-34 Übungen 5-7, S. 135 Arbeitsbuch, S. 88-91 Mitte
12.11.	Test, Kapitel 3	Struktur 3.4, S. 135-36 Übungen 8-9, S. 136 Struktur 3.5, S. 137 Übung 10, S. 137 Arbeitsbuch, S. 91-93 Mitte
15.11.	Kapitel 4: Ereignisse & Erinnerungen Der Alltag The perfect tense (Struktur 4.1) Situation 1-3	Arbeitsbuch, S. 98-101 Arbeitsbuch einreichen Situation 16, S. 125 einzureichen!
Labs	Situation 14, S. 124 (KLI, S. 118) (KLI, S. 126)	Struktur 4.1, S. 161-62 Übungen 1-3, S. 162-63
17.11.	Lektüre, S. 143-145	Situation 4, S. 142 Arbeitsbuch, S. 103-105
Nachol- sitzung	Urlaub und Freizeit Strong & weak past participles (Strk. 4.2) Situation 6-8
19.11.	Geburtstage und Feiertage Dates & ordinal numbers (Struktur 4.3) Situation 9 Übung 6, S. 165 Prepositions of time: um, am, im (Strk. 4.4) Situation 11 Übung 7, S. 166	Struktur 4.2, S. 163 Übungen 4-5, S. 164 Arbeitsbuch, S. 106-110 Mitte