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In German 151, the focus is shifted toward reading, listening to, and watching authentic material: primarily films accompanied by short pieces of fiction, poetry, and/or journalistic writing. The class will be conducted in German, and the reading and writing assignments—as well as the viewings—are in German. A crucial aspect of this class is student participation, as we will also focus more and more on conversational German and speaking skills. While one goal of the intermediate sequence is most certainly communicative proficiency, we will also briefly review elementary grammar, introduce and practice new grammar, and work with German audiovisual material to become more culturally attuned. Therefore, we are slowly but surely moving away from a communication-based to a literacies-based approach, which will prepare students for advanced German courses, but also for expressing ideas and opinions—both orally and in writing—at an enhanced and more complex level. In addition to weekly assignments on grammar or comprehension, there will be several group projects and multimodal assignments, as well as non-traditional vocab quizzes and a final essay of 4-6 pages in German. |