Arts & Humanities
German 121 – German I
Winter Quarter 2009
World Language Department
Instructor: Eva
Norling
Office: A245D
Hours: By appointment between 9:30-10:30am
every day.
(425.564.2298 *enorling@bellevuecollege.edu
REQUIRED
MATERIAL:
Treffpunkt Deutsch Pearson/Prentice
Hall, 5th
edition
1. Textbook (always bring to class)
2. Work- and lab manual
Sign-up on www.wordchamp.com
OPTIONAL MATERIAL:
Treffpunkt Deutsch DVD
English Grammar for German
Learning Students by C. Zorach (A
correlation to our textbook is available
online:
http://www.oliviahill.com/html/german_pdf/WieGehts8.pdf
(If this link is iffy, try the next one and click on
“Wie Geht’s?”: http://www.oliviahill.com/html/fcorlist.html)
”How to study” by Ron Fry, 6th ed.
published by Thomson 2005
German-English dictionary
The
(Available in the BCC
library)
INTERESTING SITES TO
LOOK AT:
http://www.pdictionary.com/german/
COURSE CONTENT: Deutsch I: Erste Kontakte, Kapitel 1-4
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, and writing.
·
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.
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 for you 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. We are
meeting 51 times this quarter. You get
two (2) points for being in class each day. If you miss 2 weeks or more (10 days) of the
quarter your final 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 mybcc for
new postings.
Homework:
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:
·
Tests after each Kapitel
·
They cover all grammatical structures and new words.
·
No comprehensive mid-term or final.
·
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 test
on chapter 8.
Web
assignments:
If you need extra exercises beyond the textbook and
the workbook please go to the website that goes along with the book: http://www.prenhall.com/treffpunkt
Quizzes:
·
Regular quizzes throughout the quarter.
·
Quizzes test material covered the previous days in class.
·
One of your lowest quiz scores will be thrown out at the end of the
quarter.
Make-up
and missing class:
·
NO MAKE-UP tests or quizzes will be
provided. (One of the first three (3)
chapter tests will be thrown out at the end of the quarter as well as your
lowest quiz score.
·
We must
understand that personal and professional emergencies can arise, but students
must make every effort to attend class and test days in particular.
·
You’re expected to keep up with the curriculum when you are gone.
·
Extra credit is built into the assignments.
·
You might be able to get at the most 20 extra homework points 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.
·
BCC offers tutoring in the academic success center in D 204. 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 tests, quizzes, and any other assignments along with
you. Here is the info for tutoring as it comes available:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/tutoring/
·
Your work ethic will directly relate to how
well you do in class. If you don’t understand an exercise, please don’t
hesitate to ask when appropriate.
·
Everyone in class deserves a healthy learning
environment.
·
If your cell phone
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:
Grades will
be based on the following:
An incomplete grade can only be
given, if you are missing one (1) assignment at the end of the quarter. You will need to arrange with the instructor
before the end of the quarter (WED
March 18th, 2009) by what time the missing assignment has to
be made-up. This usually applies only to
students who have an emergency on the final day. It is however up to the instructor whether an
incomplete can be granted based on the provision that one (1) of the four (4)
first test grades will be thrown out. (See above)
Grade
Scale
100%-93% |
A |
79%-77% |
C+ |
69%-67% |
D+ |
92%-90% |
A- |
76%-73% |
C |
66%-63% |
D |
89%-87% |
B+ |
72%-70% |
C- |
62%-60% |
D- |
86%-83% |
B |
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82%-80% |
B- |
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Viel Glück und willkommen in der Deutschklasse!!
You will be quizzed on the content of this syllabus.