Course title
ドイツ語入門Ⅱ   [German for Beginners Ⅱ]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 14  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 020357
Instructor(s)
古矢 晋一   [FURUYA Shinichi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
The course is a continuation of German GrammarⅠ. You will learn the laws of grammar, read easy sentences, translate them into Japanese and write brief responses in German. After passing the final exam you are entitled to obtain a credit.
Native speakers of German are not permitted to register for this course.
Expected Learning
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. look up the past forms and the past participles in a dictionary
2. recognize separable verbs in a sentence and look up them in a dictionary
3. understand 6 tenses and rewrite a sentence into one in another tense
4. understand the active voice and the passive voice
5. understand relative pronouns and relative adverbs
6. understand the subjunctive mood
7. read complex sentences in every tense with the aid of a dictionary
8. have some concrete images of German culture
Course schedule
Week1: Course guidance. The past tense.
Week2: The present perfect and the past perfect.
Week3: The future tense and the future perfekt.
Week4: Separable verbs and inseparable verbs.
Week5: Reflexive verbs and impersonal verbs.
Week6: Declension of adjectives.
Week7: Comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
Week8: The zu-infinitive and the participle.
Week9: Subordinate conjunctions and complex sentences.
Week10: The passive voice.
Week11: Relative pronouns.
Week12: Relative adverbs. Demonstrative pronouns.
Week13: The subjunctive mood 1.
Week14: The subjunctive mood 2.
Week15: Final exam.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Uemura & Terasawa, West Deutsch, Hakusuisha
References
Assessment/Grading
The roll will be called every week. You must not absent yourself more than 4 times.
The final grade will be assessed by the following criteria:
(i) Class participation and results of small tests ― 30%
(ii) Result of the final examination ― 70%
Message from instructor(s)
You need to prepare for the class. You ought to switch your phone off in the classroom.

Course keywords
tense, passive voice, separable verb, relative pronoun, subjunctive mood
Office hours
Wednesdays 12.00-13.00 By E-mail
Remarks 1
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
German
Last update
3/21/2017 4:18:55 PM