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GERMAN II
LAN 210
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
LAN 210 German II, offers students’ an opportunity to enhance their skills in the speaking , reading, writing, and
comprehension of German through active class use of vocabulary, grammar ,and syntax. 3 lectures,1 lab, 3credits
Prerequisite: LAN 111, with a grade of C or better, or equivalent placement.
General Education Course.
STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of the course requirements, students will be able to:
1. Continue to build the knowledge of the structure of the German language;
2. Expand his vocabulary in order to comprehend various reading material;
3. Conduct conversations in German by using learned patterns;
4. Communicate (listen, speak, read, and write) accurately and appropriately in German;
5. Translate passages from the textbook;
6. Continue to establish familiarity with German culture, history and society;
7. Talk about one of the literary Greats in Germany;
8. Enhance German conversation and writing skills;
ASSESSMENT METHODS:
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Students will be assessed on the four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Each of these skills will be
assessed as follows:
1. Listening: Participation in class drills, class discussions, and oral communication with instructor and
classmates.
2. Speaking: Conversations in German with classmates and instructor.
3. Reading: Recognition of the selection’s significance, homework response writing, and classroom
discussion.
4. Writing: Usage of German phrases, sentence structures and vocabulary to organize and express thoughts in
short essays, quizzes, and exams.
5. Ability to translate passages assigned as homework.
6. Comprehension of cultural differences between countries will be assessed.
7. Completion of a final presentation. This project will include a written work, an oral presentation to the
class, and subsequent discussion involving the entire class.
COURSE CONTENT AND CLASS SCHEDULE (Note to students: This class schedule is subject to change
depending on class progress):
Week/Date
Chapter/Topic/Assignments
Lesson Learning Objectives
Student
Learning
Objectives
(Week 1)
Self-Introduction.
Course Introduction.
Review functional structures
covered in German I
Self-Introduction.
Course Introduction.
Review functional covered in
German I .
1, 2, 3
(Week 2)
Ch.5 In the City / Vienna
Spotlight on Austria read pg.137
Vocabulary
Where is something in the city
Personal /receiving and giving
directions
pronouns/accusative/dative
Conversation about the city
Dialog/
Modal verbs pg. 146 , /Pg. 148 H,I
1. Ask about the city of Vienna
2. Ask where places are
3.Giving directions
4.Write a letter home about the city
1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 3)
Ch.5 In the City /Vienna
Take a trip to Salzburg
Talk about Mozart who was born in
Salzburg
Innsbruck-Das Goldene Dachl
Read a passage about this historical
building
HW. Translate passage /Test
1. Employ basic terms when taking a
trip.
2.Inquire about certain buildings
in a particular city.
3.Understand the differences between
Germany and Austria.
1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 4)
Ch.6 Housing
Homework review
Vocabulary /housing
Rooms in a house
Discuss your house and what it
1.Talk about the rooms in the house.
2 Describe them to someone.
3. Describe where they are located.
4.Write about your home and use all
the prepositions.
1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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looks like.
Two –way prepositions/Wo/Dative
Relevant verbs that go with the
dative.
HW: Write where your rooms are
Over,on,next to……..
(Week 5)
Ch.6 Housing
Furniture vocabulary
Describe where they are located in
your rooms/use of dative verbs.
Use of two way prepositions as
above.
Various hand outs for practice.
Quiz
HW.Write a small essay
house/furniture Quiz
1. Ask about some ones house
2.Ask about where the furniture are
located.
3.Tell the people how you like the
furniture.
1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 6)
Ch.6 Housing
Review
Grammar/vocabulary/structure
Rent a room
Vocabulary
Read an ad
Move
Wohin-Accusative verbs
Two way prepositions for the
accusative
HW.pg. 175 D
Pg.175 F
Test
1. Make a call and inquire about an
apartment.
2. Ask a lot of questions about it.
3. Rent the apartment and move the
Furniture and tell the mover
where to put them.
4.Give commands
1,2 3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 7)
Ch.7 At the Bank
Review structures and grammar
Vocabulary
Discuss the Euro
Discuss other European currencies
History of the German currency
Sentence structure
Related to banking
Separable –prefix verbs pg.203
Reading”Auf der Bank” pg.194
HW. Translation pg.194
Questions 1-6 A
1. Ask where there is a bank.
2.Ask if you can change any money.
3.Ask how the currency is traded that
Day.
4. Know the history of the German
currency.
5. Ask if someone can give you
change for the bus.
1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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(Week 8)
Ch.7 At the Bank
Vocabulary continued
Dialog-role play
Practice-separable pre fix verbs
Review home work
Grammar: der and ein words
Exercise: pg. 201 A 1/ 202 A 2
Pg.202 #3
Crossword puzzle/hand out
Read: Banking
Quiz
1. Ask to change your money.
2.Ask for an ATM machine.
3.Ask for change for the bus.
4.Ask if there are any fees for this
transaction.
1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 9)
Ch. 7 At the Hotel
Discussions/Hotels in Germany
Youth hostels in Europe
Breakfast in the hotel
Differences to USA
Vocabulary Hotel
Make a reservation
Rent a room locally
Pg.194 An der Rezeption
HW. Formulate questions for your
reservation.
Test
1. Make a reservation
2. Make a reservation at the hotel
locally.
3. Ask lots of questions.
4.Tell them you would like to see
the room.
5.Ask for the price
6.Ask for something cheaper.
1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 10)
Ch 8.Auf der Post
Spotlight on Switzerland
Vocabulary –Post
Differences between postal
services
Conversation pg. 220
Role play
HW. Questions 1-8 pg.220
1. Identify places in Switzerland
2. Identify differences between
Germany and Switzerland
3.Go to a post office and get stamps
4. Ask them how much a letter costs.
5.Ask them how much a post card
Cost.
6.Buy a telephone card.
1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 11)
Ch.8 Auf der Post
Pg.18 Read: Weg zur Post.
Translate
Write a letter home from
Switzerland
Herman Hesse “Im Nebel”
Poem pg.245
Read: Touristen in der Schweiz
Discuss
Quiz
.
1.Identify places in Switzerland
2.Identify language differences
3. Be familiar with the name
Hermann Hesse and some of his
works.
1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6
(Week 12)
Ch.8 Auf dem Bahnhof
Vocabulary
1. Ask at train station to buy a ticket.
2.Buy a roundtrip ticket.
1,2 3, 4, 5, 6
4
Structures
Buy a train ticket to another city in
Switzerland
When is the train leaving
Learn the train schedules
Dialog-role play
Read: Am Fahrkartenschalter in
Zuerich
HW: questions pg.220 4-12 Test
3.Buy a single trip ticket.
4.Ask for 2. class.
5.Ask where the train schedule is.
6. Ask from what track the train is
leaving.
(Week 13)
Ch.8.At the Airport
Vocabulary
Present tense/past tense
Flying home
Scheduling a flight
Security issues
Time: when is the plane leaving,
arriving
Dialog/role play buying a ticket
HW.Writing an essay/trip to
Switzerland
1. Buy a plane ticket at the
airport.
2. Ask about a window seat.
3. Ask about the price.
4. Ask about the time.
5. Ask about the arrival time
and if the plane is late.
1,2,3,4,5,6
(Week 14)
Ch.9 Freizeit und Gesundheit
Hobbys
Vocabulary :free time
Hobbys
Interview different class mates
Gesundheit: Vocabulary
Sick and healthy
What to do.
HW. Essay about different things
members of your family like to do
and what they do when they get
sick.
Final Exam
1. Talk about hobbies.
2.Talk about hobbies that
different members of your
family like to do.
3.Ask if some one is sick.
4.Inquire what is wrong with them.
5.Call some one and tell them
you cant keep the appointment.
6.Tell people what you do, when
You get sick
1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6,
(Week 15)
Oral Presentation/
German Film
1,2,3,7
COURSE TEXTS / OTHER STUDY MATERIALS:
Required:
• Wie Geht’s Dieter Sevin/Ingrid Sevin ISBN- 13 :978-1-4390-8406-9 9th Edition
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Recommended:
o German/English Dictionary
Suggested Readings:
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PREPARATION EXPECTATIONS:
1. Each lesson should be prepared in advance.
2. Preview the assigned chapter before coming to class.
3. Class attendance is required.
4. Quizzes may include vocabulary usage, and/or reading comprehension.
GRADING:
The final grade in this course will be determined by a student’s overall mastery of the subject matter as
evidenced on exams, quizzes, oral presentations, homework assignments, and class participation:
o Exams /quizzes 20%
o Final comprehensive exam 20%
o Final presentation, including written work 20%
o Homework, including exercises and
short essays, and translations 20%
o Attendance, preparation, and active class
participation 20%
Grade Scale:
A 90-100% C+ 76-79% F 0-59%
B+ 86-89% C 70-75%
B 80-85% D 60-69%
BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATTENDANCE POLICY:
All students are expected to attend punctually every scheduled meeting of each course in which they are
registered. Attendance and lateness policies and sanctions are to be determined by the instructor for each section
of each course. These will be established in writing on the individual course outline. Attendance will be kept by
the instructor for administrative and counseling purposes.
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ATTENDANCE POLICY IN THIS COURSE:
The study of a foreign-language necessitates that students attend classes regularly in order to achieve proficiency.
Therefore, students are expected to attend and actively participate in every scheduled class meeting. Attendance will
be taken at the beginning of each class session. Each student is responsible for all material presented. If absent from
a class, students are responsible for obtaining materials missed, information on assignments, etc. by contacting a
classmate, or the instructor.
Late homework will be accepted no later than one class from the original due date and will be given half-credit. A
make-up for an exam or quiz will be given only in emergency situation. Official documentation to validate the nature
of the absence is required. The student has to initiate the request to take the quiz or the exam.
WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
PLACEMENT POLICY
Students interested in study a world language at Bergen Community College may choose to either begin a new one or
continue the language studied previously. Students who have studied a world language in high school and have
received a grade B or better should enroll in the appropriate Bergen course as follows:
Years of Study: Register in:
Up to one Level I courses
(e.g. German I )
Two years Level II courses
(e.g. German II)
Three or more Level III or higher level courses
(e.g. Intermediate German I)
STUDENT AND FACULTY SUPPORT SERVICES:
Services for Students with Disabilities
A wide variety of services are available to students with documented disabilities through the Office of Special
Services (OSS). OSS is dedicated to serving students with physical, visual, learning, hearing and emotional
disabilities. Following semester, upon request from the student, an accommodation from is filled out by OSS staff
and a copy given to each instructor. When extended test time or testing in a private setting is required, a copy of the
form is submitted to the Testing Center OSS liaison. Accommodations may include the following:
Extended testing time
Testing in a private setting
Use to the Adaptive Computer Lab and/or other adaptive equipment
Use of a Note taker, Tutor, Reader, or Scribe
Use of a tape recorder
Use of a C-Print Operator (a computerized note-taking service)
A more detailed explanation can be found on the college website at www.bergen.edu/oss
The Sidney Silverman Library
The Sidney Silverman Library is an integral part of the college’s educational programs. To support the curriculum,
the library acquires, organizes, and provides access to a variety print, media, and electronic resources for individual
and classroom use. It is open whenever classes are in session and on a reduced schedule when classes are not in
session. The library is open to all students, faculty, and general public. (BCC Catalog)
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The library’s webpage, www.bergen.edu/library, is available for up-to-date information regarding library collections
and services.
All of the required texts for the course will be made available on Reserve. Go to the library Circulation Desk for
access to the reserved copies.
GENERAL
All students are subject to the rules, regulations and policies set forth in the current Bergen Community College
Catalog.
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