We'll do exercises to provide background information and to introduce and practice comprehension strategies and vocabulary. We'll discuss your responses to the material and listen to your reports . Let me know how it's going, and we can make adjustments in the syllabus if necessary. For the final, you take on the persona of a German person your age during a particular time period in this century and make it come alive for us. Watch the first two films in each three-day group by the date listed on the syllabus.
Some students prefer to watch films once, rewinding as necessary to repeat difficult segments.
Others watch the whole film twice. Since you have to have seen the video to be able to discuss it in class, late summaries will not be accepted. If you get into an occasional bind, you can substitute a film listed for the third day for one of the first two. Fill out and hand in with each film summary a feedback slip rating the video on degree of interest, level of difficulty, and the amount of time you spent on it. For one of the first two films per three-day segment, read the corresponding chapter, or at least two sections from it, whatever you can do in the time allotted, by the day we discuss the film.