Course title
異文化理解のためのドイツ語   [German for Intercultural Understanding]
Course category Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies  Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 1  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 01fl1003
Instructor(s)
RIESER LUKAS   [RIESER Lukas]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Engineering Office Building 12 Room 422  Email address

Course description
Based on elementary grammar and reading, this course is designed to develop a higher level of proficiency in translation or written communication.
Emphasis is on intercultural Understanding in German.

This course is offered to advance students' intercultural understanding applying the knowledge and skills acquired in German I and II.
Expected Learning
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. read and write high level German text with the aid of a dictionary.
2. understand and explain German culture.

Competency Development:
Intercultural Understanding, Global Awareness, Communication skills, Reading Comprehension skills
Course schedule
Week 1: Course guidance, expression practice
Week 2: Review of grammar, expression practice, conversation practice,
    reading

Weeks 3 to 13: Expression practice, conversation practice, reading
Week 3: Wien ist anders: Introduction.
Week 4: Kapitel 1 Auf dem Stephansturm: Present perfect, 3 basic verbal forms, comparison
Week 5: Kapitel 2 Es ist kompliziert: Number, declension of adjectives
Week 6: Kapitel 3 Das isst man in Wien wirklich: Date expressions, passive voice
Week 7: Kapitel 4 Die Hauptstadt der Musik? Calendar months, 'das' & 'dass'.
Week 8: Kapitel 5 Gehen wir einkaufen! Subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses.
Week 9: Kapitel 6 Ausfluge ins Gruene. Numerals, subjunctive II.
Week10: Kapitel 7 Skifahren ist wunderbar! Prefixes and suffixes, present perfect.
Week11: Kapitel 8 Unser Zug: Subjunctive I and II.
Week12: Kapitel 9 Ein echter Wiener: Past perfect, relative pronouns
Week13: Kapitel 10 In Wien ist die Welt zu Hause: Simple past tense.
Week14 : Review of grammar, expression practice
Week15: Summary and final exam

(contents and progress may vary by materials used)
Prerequisites
Students are requested to take "German Ⅰ・Ⅱ" .
Text of grammar and dictionary are needed.
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
"Allerlei Wien", Schermann & Aihara, Sanshusha.

Students are instructed to purchase a textbook from the university COOP.
References
Dictionaries and other reading materials are suggested in the first class.
Assessment/Grading
Exam (60%):to assess reading and translation ability based on basic grammar from German I and II, as well as intermediate grammar from this course.
Class participation (40%):
Class attendance and communication expression ability making sentences parallel to the class materials is evaluated.
Message from instructor(s)
It is necessary to prepare a suitable IT environment for online classes. Please check whether you are able to use a microphone and camera in advance. In case offline classes become possible, please mind your behavior. Eating and drinking during class are not permitted, and phones must be turned off unless instructed otherwise.
Course keywords
Understanding German, Reading, German cluture
Office hours
Questions can be asked at any time during, before, and after class. Otherwise, the instructors can be contacted via email, and on the message board in google classroom.
Remarks 1
Detailed information on online instruction will be published on google classroom.
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
German
Last update
2/1/2021 5:04:49 PM