Course title
ドイツ語II   [German II]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 14  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 020100
Instructor(s)
宮下 寛司   []
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office Building 12 Room 422  Email address

Course description
The course is a continuation of German Ⅰ. 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 second 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. communicate at an elementary level
2. read complex sentences in every tense with the aid of a dictionary
3. have some concrete images of German culture

Competency Development:
Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication skills, Reading Comprehension skills
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: 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
Students are instructed to purchase a textbook in COOP as in German I.
References
Dictionaries and other reading materials are suggested in the first class.
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
By E-mail
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
German
Last update
3/17/2020 1:32:00 PM