BELLEVUE COLLEGE
Arts
& Humanities
World
Language Department
Winter 2013
German 122 – German 2
Instructor: Eva Norling
Office: A245D
Hours: By
appointment between 1:00-1:30 pm every day.
(425.564.2298
*eva.norling@bellevuecollege.edu (Please
allow a minimum of 24 hours turn-around time for any e-mail responses.)
REQUIRED MATERIAL:
1.
Treffpunkt Deutsch Pearson/Prentice
Hall,
6th edition
Textbook (always bring to class) ISBN 0-13-195546-2
Workbook and lab manual online code
2.
Check
out this website from a former student: http://testmoz.com/class/359
OPTIONAL
MATERIAL:
1.
English
Grammar for German Learning Students by C. Zorach (A correlation to our textbook is available
online: http://www.oliviahill.com/pdf/german/G5_treFDeutsch.pdf
(If this link is iffy, try this one http://www.oliviahill.com/student/german/correlations.php
and click on “Treffpunkt Deutsch”)
2.
German-English
dictionary (usually not necessary)
INTERESTING SITES TO
LOOK AT:
http://www.pdictionary.com/german/
http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/german/grammar/grammar.htm
COURSE
CONTENT:
Kapitel
5-8
COURSE
OBJECTIVES:
Generally:
·
To
acquaint you with the language and culture of the German speaking world and
thereby enable you to develop an appreciation and critical stance toward your
own.
·
To
help you acquire better study habits.
·
To
prepare you for an increasingly interdependent world, where the knowledge of
different languages and cultures will be necessary.
Specifically:
·
To
teach you the basics of the German language, including: comprehension,
speaking, reading, writing and cultural awareness and appreciation.
·
At the end of this quarter, you will have
acquired basic vocabulary, and you will be able to form simple yet
well-constructed sentences, read brief descriptive paragraphs, and easily
deduct the main idea or “gist” without recurring to mental translation. You will be able to distinguish and correctly
produce new sounds by recognizing words, phrases, and sentences spoken to
you. You should be able to react and
reply accordingly, if not always correctly.
LEARNING
DISABILITY AND/OR MEDICAL CONDITION
If you have medical
information to share with me in the event of an emergency, please contact me
via email or come to see me during office hours. Emergency preparedness is
important!
If
you need course modifications / adaptations or accommodations because of a
disability, I can refer you to our Disability Resource Center (DRC).
If
you prefer, you may contact them directly by going to B132 or by calling
425.564.2498 or TTY 425.564.4110. Information is also available on their
website at http://bellevuecollege.edu/drc/
Remarks:
Please
read the Arts & Humanities Division Policy: http://bellevuecollege.edu/ArtsHum/policy.html
Classroom rules and procedures are set up
with student’s learning in mind. They
are there to create the best learning environment and community for everybody in
order to make successful learning possible.
Please feel free to contact me
with any concerns you have regarding this class.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Attendance:
Attendance
is mandatory. Attending class and
participating actively are perhaps the most important ways in which students
can set themselves up for success. Conversely, not attending class almost
certainly leads to failure. I wish to
emphasize that any absence undermines your progress and will result in your
having to work harder to catch up.
·
You
get two (2) points for being in class each day.
If you come late or are leaving early one point will be subtracted. You can miss at the most three excused days
without losing points.
·
If
you miss 2 weeks or more (10 days or more) of the quarter your final quarter
grade will drop one full letter grade.
These 9 days are for
discretionary as well as emergency absences.
·
Please
be on time. If you can't attend, get
your assignments from one of your classmates and check mybc
for new postings.
·
If
your instructor is sick, please check the mybcc.net site and/or your Bellevue
College e-mail account for any instructions while she is absent.
Homework:
·
Homework
includes: studying and reviewing English-German vocabulary regularly.
·
Homework
is assigned in class as well as online.
·
Other
homework is either corrected in class without a grade, checked off in class, or
it’s collected to be corrected and graded.
·
Workbook assignments
are due online at the assigned times. No exceptions!
·
You
get full-credit for completing workbook and lab assignments.
·
Homework
keeps you up to date with the daily material in class and helps you master
German.
Few students have ever gotten better by doing nothing. As a matter of fact, any of us seldom learn
without making mistakes. The workbook
and the lab manual is there for you to make mistakes and learn from them. If the workbooks aren’t complete, you will
possibly lose a lot of points! The goal
is for you to learn as much as you can. That is what you get credit for.
Confucius says: “Learn as though you would never be able to
master it; Hold it as if you were in fear of losing it.”
Tests:
·
We’ll
have a test after each Kapitel
·
A
test covers all grammatical structures and new words you have learned and
include listening comprehension exercises.
·
There
is no comprehensive mid-term or final in this class. Every test is comprehensive by nature and you
are expected to know previously learned material, vocabulary and structures and
to apply them when you speak and write German.
·
One
of the first three (3) chapter tests will be thrown out at the end of the
quarter, which could be a test you missed, or a low-test score. This however does not apply to the last chapter
test: chapter 8.
Web
assignments:
If you need extra exercises beyond the
textbook and the workbook please go to MyGermanLab
and do some of the practice exercises that go along with the book.
Quizzes:
·
We
will have frequent quizzes.
·
Quizzes
test material covered in and outside of class which may include worksheets from
class or homework assignments.
·
One
of your lowest quiz scores will be thrown out at the end of the quarter.
Make-up,
Missing Class, and Student Responsibility:
·
No
make-up tests or quizzes will be provided.
(One of the first three (3) chapter tests as well as one of your lowest
quiz scores will be thrown out at the end of the quarter.)
·
We
must understand that personal and professional emergencies can arise, but
students and their teacher must make every effort to attend class on test days
in particular.
·
You’re
expected to keep up with the curriculum when you are gone.
·
It
is the student's responsibility, not the instructor's, to initiate
communication about progress or concerns with the course. Instructors are under no obligation to inform
students that work is overdue, to nag students to complete assignments, or to
call students who fail to attend class.
Similarly, students need to keep themselves informed about syllabus changes
that may have been made in class. I
suggest finding a partner the first week of classes and keeping each other up
to date if one is absent.
·
Students enroll in this class for the experience of learning
German. One of those experiences is learning to meet obligations and
commitments, which in a course, is in part met via the fulfillment of deadlines
among other things. Students submit assignments or work by the deadlines
asked of teachers and teachers return work with appropriate feedback or
assessment to students.
Optional
Assignments
·
Optional
credit is built into the assignments.
·
You
may be able to get at the most a 3-5% grade boost when watching a German
movie. Please see online instructions
under mybcc.net. This, however, only
applies to those students who haven’t missed 10 or more days of the quarter.
Tutoring
·
Bellevue
College offers tutoring in the academic success center in D204. You are able to see a tutor for free for a
total of 2 hours a week.
·
Students
who have a C grade on their first test will be required to make an appointment
with the tutor. Bring your quizzes, and
any other assignments along with you. Here
is the info for tutoring as it becomes available: http://bellevuecollege.edu/tutoring/
Inclement weather or
emergency procedure:
·
If the college remains open, students are expected to make a reasonable
effort to come to campus. At the same time, BC does not expect people
to endanger themselves to do so nor do I.
If there is a weather emergency, use common sense, know your comfort
level, check traffic advisories and other information resources, and exercise
your own judgment about your local conditions and circumstances.
Communicate with your teacher what you are planning to do.
·
Please make sure to check the BC website as well for any weather
related information, updates or closures: http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/status/
Respect
and Diversity
·
Bellevue
College is committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the
campus community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free
from harassment and discrimination.
·
MY
CLASSROOM is an LGBTQ Safe Space where I welcome your individuality, and I will
defend your right to be yourself in the spirit of learning and in an
environment of mutual respect.
·
We
are all here to learn. I am committed to maintaining an environment wherein we
all feel safe to do so.
Work Ethic & Civility in the Classroom
·
You are expected to spend 1-2 hours outside of class
on practicing class material.
·
Everyone in class deserves a healthy learning
environment. So, please don’t talk when
others are trying to listen, don’t come late or leave early if you don’t have
to, come ready to learn and put all your electronic devices away during class
time. Please address one another with
respect. You will be called on your
behavior.
·
If your cell phone is out on the table or chair or goes off once in class, please bring an
item for the food bank. If it happens a
second time, I will reserve the right to take the phone for the rest of the
period. After a third time, the
instructor will safeguard the phone until the end of the quarter.
GRADES:
Your grade will be posted
on engrade.com
Grades will be based on the
following:
- Attendance 10%
- Workbook, homework,
and participation 35%
- Quizzes 20%
- Tests 25%
- Final 10%
Grade
Scale
|
100%-93% |
A 4.0 |
89%-87% |
B+ 3.3 |
79%-77% |
C+ 2.3 |
69%-67% |
D+ 1.3 |
|
92%-90% |
A- 3.7 |
86%-83% |
B 3.0 |
76%-73% |
C 2.0 |
66%-63% |
D 1.0 |
|
|
|
82%-80% |
B- 2.7 |
72%-70% |
C- 1.7 |
62%-60% |
D- |
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Informed Consent
I,
_______________________________________ (print name) have read the German I-III
syllabus .
I
understand and accept the terms and conditions of this course and acknowledge
that:
a)
It
is academically rigorous
b)
It
can be personally challenging
c)
It
assumes a minimum of one-to-two hours every day
if not more outside of class doing homework and studying new words
d)
It
assumes prompt and regular attendance.
Signature
________________________________________ Date _______________________
If
you do not understand and/or accept the above, or if you are under 18 years of
age, you should meet with me to discuss the course.