001 MWF 1-2 Staff GRMN 212 Reading Strategies. 001 MWF 11-12 Staff GRMN 215 Conversation and Composition . 104 or equiv. Emphasizes conversational and writing skills in German. Contemporary topics of interest will be selected for discussions, debates, presentations, and role-playing situations.
Much emphasis is placed on correct usage of appropriate business vocabulary and German grammar.
This course is functionally designed to facilitate the acquisition of an extensive business and everyday vocabulary. A series of films dealing with a variety of business transactions as well as selected articles focusing on the most recent economic and political developments in eastern Germany provide the basis for an emphasis on practical applications. In addition to vocabulary building, this course seeks to reveal cultural and behavioral difference between Germans and Americans. As a result, students should acquire a rich fund of factual and cultural knowledge beneficial to anyone contemplating a visit to or a work sojourn in Germany. Germany has been at the center of 20 th -century upheavals in European culture.