Journal, two short papers for classroom presentation, and an oral-collaborative final. Sub-titled films as available. Journal, two short papers for classroom presentation, and an oral-collaborative final. Non-Germanists will report on translated texts and write in English. Students learn to express convincingly their own ideas in German.
Equal weight is given to conversation and composition.
Written and oral exercises focus on discursive patterns and the most frequent sources of lexical and syntactical errors. Conversations and essays are based on all genres and films, as well as current German cultural issues. The focus is on group interaction and discussions. Compositions will be rewritten after peer and teacher input. Midterm and final.