Basic German II
Overview
In this course, students upgrade their language skills for purposes of 1) participating in day-to-day personal, social and professional situations, 2) improving their employment opportunities, 3) participating in intercultural and/or international community activities, and 4) preparing for further education or training. Students will develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through the study of vocabulary, grammar and culture. German is spoken in class as much as possible.
- Basic sentence structures
- Basic vocabulary
- Pronunciation system of German
- Cultural aspects of German-speaking countries
The functional and communicative approach is used.
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as:
- lecture material presented by the instructor, in-person or online synchronously or asynchronously
- task-based practice in pairs and small groups, in class and in lab, presented in person, or online synchronously, or asynchronously with instructor facilitation
- listening comprehension
- audio-visual activities
- online computer-assisted learning
- professional language development
- intercultural competency acquisition
Instructor feedback and revision of submitted work is provided.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and wil be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Example evaluation scheme:
| Written Evaluations (May include but not limited to writing and reading exercises, chapter tests, paragraph writing, written homework, preparation, Final Written Exam) |
50% |
| Oral Evaluations (May include but not limited to oral tests, oral presentations, listening comprehension, conversation lab, attendance, preparation, class participation, Final Oral Exam) |
50% |
Total: 100%
No single evaluation will be worth more than 20%.
Evaluations may be done in-person and/or online.
Nota Bene: This course includes testing worth more than 10% during the last 14 days of classes. A standing variance to the Douglas College Evaluation Policy was granted by Education Council on April 24, 2017.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of simple spoken discourse (present and present perfect tenses);
- Demonstrate understanding of simple written texts (present and present perfect tenses);
- Construct simple speech: express feelings, needs, and reactions (present and present perfect tenses);
- Construct simple written expression: sentences and short dialogues (present and present perfect tenses);
- Develop an understanding of target cultures.
Textbooks and online workbook are to be purchased by students.
Example texts may include:
Anton, Barske, Grabowski, McKinstry. Sag Mal: An Introduction to German Language and Culture.
VISTA Higher Learning, represented by OUP Publishing. (current edition)
(virtual) text plus 6 month online access code.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for MODL 1132 |
|---|---|
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU GERM 110 (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU GERM 1210 (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU GERM 102 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO GERM_O 110 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV GERM_V 110 (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC INTS 152 (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV GERM 102 (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC GMST 1XX (1.5) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU HUMA 1st (3) |