BELLEVUE
COLLEGE
GERM& 121 – German I
Fall Quarter 2009
Instructor: Eva
Norling
Office: A245D
Hours: By appointment between 12:30-1:30
pm every day.
(425.564.2298 *eva.norling@bellevuecollege.edu
REQUIRED
MATERIAL:
Treffpunkt Deutsch Pearson/Prentice
Hall, 5th
edition
1. Textbook (always bring to class)
2. Work- and lab manual
Treffpunkt Deutsch DVD &
audio CDs (available in the BC
library)
Sign-up on www.wordchamp.com
and www.engrade.com
OPTIONAL MATERIAL:
English Grammar for German
Learning Students by C. Zorach (A
correlation to our textbook is available
online:
http://www.oliviahill.com/html/german_pdf/G5_treFDeutsch5jm.pdf
(If this link is iffy, try the next one and click on
“Treffpunkt Deutsch”: http://www.oliviahill.com/html/fcorlist.html)
”How to study” by Ron Fry, 6th ed.
published by Thomson 2005
German-English dictionary (usually not
necessary)
The
(Available in the BC
library)
INTERESTING SITES TO
LOOK AT:
http://www.pdictionary.com/german/
COURSE CONTENT: Deutsch I: Erste Kontakte & Kapitel 1-4
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Generally:
·
To acquaint you with the language and culture of the German speaking
world and thereby enable you to develop an appreciation and critical stance
toward your own.
·
To help you acquire better study habits.
·
To prepare you for an increasingly interdependent world, where the
knowledge of different languages and cultures will be necessary.
Specifically:
·
To teach you the basics of the German language, including:
comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.
·
At the end of this quarter, you will have acquired basic vocabulary, and you
will be able to form simple yet well-constructed sentences, read brief
descriptive paragraphs, and easily deduct the main idea or “gist” without
recurring to mental translation. You
will be able to distinguish and correctly produce new sounds by recognizing
words, phrases, and sentences spoken to you.
You should be able to react and reply accordingly, if not always
correctly.
LEARNING DISABILITY AND/OR MEDICAL CONDITION
If you have medical
information to share with me in the event of an emergency, please contact me
via email or come to see me during office hours. Emergency preparedness is important!
If
you need course modifications / adaptations or accommodations because of a
disability, I can refer you to our Disability Resource Center (DRC).
If
you prefer, you may contact them directly by going to B132 or by calling
425.564.2498 or TTY 425.564.4110. Information is also available on their
website at http://bellevuecollege.edu/drc/
Remarks:
Please
read the Arts & Humanities Division Policy: http://bellevuecollege.edu/ArtsHum/policy.html
Classroom rules and procedures are set up with
student’s learning in mind. They are
there to create the best learning environment for everybody in order to make successful learning possible. Please
feel free to contact me with any concerns you have regarding this class.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Attendance:
·
Attendance is mandatory. We are
meeting 51 times this quarter. You get
two (2) points for being in class each day. If you miss 2 weeks or more (10 days) of the
quarter your final grade will drop one full letter grade. These 9 days are for discretionary as well as emergency absences.
·
Please be on time. If you can't
attend, get your assignments from one of your classmates and check mybcc for
new postings.
Homework:
- Workbooks are collected on the day of
the test (Stapled, please). You get
full-credit if they are complete and have been self-corrected.
- Other homework is either corrected in
class without a grade, checked off in class, or it’s collected to be
corrected and graded.
- Homework includes: studying
and reviewing English-German vocabulary regularly.
- Homework is assigned in
class as well as listed on the daily calendar posted weekly on mybcc.net.
- Late? Late work will result in a 10% point
loss per late day until day five.
After that workbooks won’t be accepted anymore.
- Homework keeps you up
to date with the daily material in class and helps you master your
subject.
Confucius says: : “Learn as though you would never be able to master it; Hold it as if you
were in fear of losing it.”
Tests:
·
Tests will take place after each Kapitel
·
They cover all grammatical structures and new words you have learned as
well as listening comprehension exercises.
·
There is NO comprehensive mid-term or final in this class. Every test is comprehensive by nature.
·
One of the first three (3) chapter tests will be thrown out at the end
of the quarter, which could be a test you missed, or a low-test score. This however does NOT apply to the last test
on chapter 4.
Web
assignments:
If you need extra exercises beyond the textbook and
the workbook please go to the website that goes along with the book: http://www.prenhall.com/treffpunkt
Quizzes:
·
Regular quizzes announced and unannounced throughout the quarter will
be common.
·
Quizzes test material covered the previous days in class.
·
One of your lowest quiz scores will be thrown out at the end of the
quarter.
Make-up
and missing class:
·
NO MAKE-UP tests or quizzes will be
provided. (One of the first three (3)
chapter tests will be thrown out at the end of the quarter as well as your
lowest quiz score.)
·
We must
understand that personal and professional emergencies can arise, but students
must make every effort to attend class and test days in particular.
·
You’re expected to keep up with the curriculum when you are gone.
Extra credit
·
Extra credit is built into the assignments.
·
You might be able to get at the most 20 extra homework points when
watching a German movie. Please see
online instructions under mybcc.net.
This however only applies to those students who haven’t missed 10 or
more days of the quarter.
Tutoring
·
Bellevue College offers tutoring in the academic success center in D
204. You are able to see a tutor for free for a
total of 2 hours a week.
·
Students who have a C grade on their first test will be required to
make an appointment with the tutor.
Bring your tests, quizzes, and any other assignments along with
you. Here is the info for tutoring as it becomes
available: http://bellevuecollege.edu/tutoring/
Work ethic & civility in the
classroom
·
Your work ethic will directly relate to how
well you do in class. If you don’t understand an exercise, please don’t
hesitate to ask when appropriate.
·
Everyone in class deserves a healthy learning
environment.
·
If your cell phone
goes off once in class, please bring an item for the food bank. If it happens a second time, I will reserve
the right to take the phone for the rest of the period. After a third time, the instructor will
safeguard the phone until the end of the quarter.
GRADES:
Grades will
be based on the following:
- Attendance 10%
- Workbook, homework, and
participation 35%
- Quizzes 20%
- Tests 25%
- Final 10%
An incomplete grade can only be
given, if you are missing one (1) assignment at the end of the quarter. You will need to arrange with the instructor
before the end of the quarter (FRI Dec.
4th , 2009) by what time the missing assignment has to be
made-up. This usually applies only to
students who have an emergency on the final day. It is however up to the instructor whether an
incomplete can be granted based on the provision that one (1) of the four (4)
first test grades will be thrown out. (See above)
Grade
Scale
|
100%-93% |
A |
79%-77% |
C+ |
69%-67% |
D+ |
|
92%-90% |
A- |
76%-73% |
C |
66%-63% |
D |
|
89%-87% |
B+ |
72%-70% |
C- |
62%-60% |
D- |
|
86%-83% |
B |
|
|
|
|
|
82%-80% |
B- |
|
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