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How to Get the Most Out of German II with Frau Mausolf
Greetings to second-year students of German!
Welcome to this course! I am glad that you have joined us and are interested in continuing your study of the German language. Here are some tips on how to navigate this class.
1. Please read the course outline and syllabus. You will find these on the welcome section of the Moodle page. The syllabus is posted beneath the “Sprechen Sie Deutsch” slogan, along with links to other helpful sources for the course, like an online German dictionary, a current news program read more slowly for beginners, and instructions on how to convert your keyboard to the German alphabet.
2. Purchase the texts for the course.
3. Prepare a notebook in order to record weekly vocabulary and notes.
4. Begin by clicking on the recording for Class 1 and watching the lecture. You may watch these recordings as often as necessary.
5. The Moodle entries may seem intimidating at first, but they follow a predictable pattern each week.
a. After a photo of a particular landmark in Germany, the recorded classes are posted first, followed by the power point presentations I used for each lecture. This is in case you want to review a grammar point without having to go through the whole video to find it.
Our class has two hour-long grammar sessions each week, plus an additional 30-minute “Gespräch”, or conversation session to help with speaking skills.
b. Next comes the AUFGABEN post – here you may view your assignments for the week. This is usually followed by the link to the vocabulary list for the lesson. You are welcome to print this out, but I do recommend writing the words in your notebooks, to reinforce memorization of the words. Make sure you learn the gender and plural of nouns, irregularities of verbs and definitions.
c. The answer key for any workbook exercises are in the back of German Grammar Drills, so it will be easy for you to check your work.
d. The online assignment (then its answer key) appears next and the weekly quiz or test (and its answer key). A note on the online assignments – several of these are short answer and there is no one correct, cookie-cutter response. In these cases, I have posted “sample responses” to give you an idea of a possible answer. Of course yours might be far different. As long as the grammar and vocabulary are correct, the content is only secondary.
e. The final entries are usually videos and miscellaneous cultural material to make this experience with German more realistic and rewarding.
6. Each week, you should achieve two grades – one for the online assignment and one for the quiz. For my live classes, I give full credit (100%) for every submitted online assignment, although I correct all mistakes. They act as practice for the quiz. The quiz is graded, however. Every four weeks there is a unit test. Answer keys for these are labeled and posted.
7. There are two projects listed in addition to the weekly schedule. One is a pronunciation recording dictation and the second is an essay on the first chapter book we read. Unfortunately these are difficult to evaluate on your own, so they are good practice if you wish to do them, but you don’t have to.
8. Once the course is completed to the parent´s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end. Please contact me if you have any questions!
I hope you enjoy our study of German. Have fun with the language and practice whenever you can! Viel Glück!
Frau Mausolf
Total classes: 28 classes and 12-14 supplemental conversation sessions.
Prerequisite: German I
Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th grade
Suggested credit: One full semester credit for German or Foreign Language
Instructor: Alexis Mausolf, MA
Course description: This fifteen-week course will continue the progress of students who have already had a year of German by adding to their knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and culture. The class will meet three times per week: the first two meetings will cover the mechanics of the language – grammar and reading – and the third period will be 30 minutes devoted to conversation. The course will feature pronunciation practice, conversation, new grammar concepts and cultural trivia with an emphasis on reading comprehension this year. Students will complete regular homework, quizzes and chapter tests, dictations and two projects during the semester. We will use everything from nursery rhymes, songs, and proverbs to commercials and cartoons to aid the acquisition of this modern and living European language.
Course outline:
Class 1 – Review vocab
Class 2 – Review noun cases, verb conjugations
Class 3 – Modal verbs
Class 4 - Two-way prepositions
Class 5 – Two-way prepositions continued
Class 6 – Separable prefix verbs
Class 7 – Review, first exam
Class 8 – The genitive case
Class 9 – Der-words
Class 10 – Adjective endings
Class 11 – More adjective endings and second exam
Class 12 – Questions and commands
Class 13 – The present perfect tense
Class 14 – Present perfect, continued
Class 15 – Review, third exam
Course materials:
1. German Grammar Drills, Second edition, by Ed Swick, ISBN # 0071789456.
2. Two Klett readers from the Stadt, Land, Fluss series. hese are small German chapter books to be used in addition to the grammar text. They are called Blinder Passagier and Spannende Tour im Schwarzwald, both by Andrea Maria Wagner. One can order these from the International Book Service at 1-800- 277-4247, or at ibis@IBIService.com.
Homework: At least ½ hour per day should be spent on German. When not completing grammar drills or homework assignments, students should be learning vocabulary, listening online to the German news, reading and re-reading the texts given, and studying for the quizzes and tests. All assignments are given and graded by the instructor.
- Teacher: Mandi Gette
- Teacher: Alexis Mausolf