Course title
ドイツ語I   [German I]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 12  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 01fl1001c
Instructor(s)
伊東 道生   [ITO Michio]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Engineering Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
The course introduces you to basic German vocabulary and grammar. You will learn the laws of grammar, read and speak 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.

This course is offered as the first part of the two-part German language course of the Global Language and Cultural Studies.
Expected Learning
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. exchange daily greetings
2. pronounce words correctly
3. read simple sentences in the present tense with the aid of a dictionary
4. have images of foreign languages and cultures other than those of English-speaking countries.

Competency Development:
Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication skills, Reading Comprehension skills
Course schedule
Week1: Course guidance. German alphabet.
Week2: Pronunciation 1.
Week3: Pronunciation 2. Personal pronouns in the nominative.
Week4: Conjugation of verbs in the present tense 1.
Week5: Conjugation of verbs in the present tense 2.
Week6: Gender, number and case of nouns. Definite and indefinite articles.
Week7: Imperative. Negative sentences and interrogative sentences.
Week8: Declension of personal pronouns. Cardinal numbers.
Week9: Declension of nouns in the singular and in the plural.
Week10:Demonstrative adjectives, indefinite adjectives, possessive adjectives etc.
Week11: Modal auxiliaries.
Week12: Prepositions 1.
Week13: Prepositions 2. Three principal parts of verbs.
Week14: Conjugation of verbs in the past tense.
Week15: Summary
Final exam.
Prerequisites
This course carries 1 credits.
Students are recommended to spend 45 minutes in preparing for each class, and another 45 minutes in completing assignments and revising the class.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Kontakt Deutsch by K.Sugitani, Hakusuisha Verlag.

The textbook will be specified in the first class.
References
Dictionaries and other reading materials are suggested in the first class.
Assessment/Grading
The grade evaluation in this online class is premised on all attendances, and
comprehensively evaluates the attitude to learn, quizzes, report, and online tests.
Standard study time set by the our university is required to get the grade.
The rate of evaluation is as follows: Normal score: 15%, quizzes and assignment test: 15%, and final exam (online or paper ) test:70%.
Grade will be given according to the following criteria by comprehensive
evaluation: S: 90 points or more, A: 80 or more and less than 90 points, B: 70 or more
and less than 80 points, C: 60 or more and less than 70 points.
Message from instructor(s)
You need to prepare for the class. You ought to switch your phone off in the classroom.
Course keywords
pronunciation, declension, conjugation, dictionary
Office hours
By E-mail
Remarks 1
For more information about offering courses in online education,
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Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
German
Last update
5/11/2020 4:42:42 PM