Deutsch 302: GERMAN COMPOSITION
Frühjahr 2002
Tel: 953-6886 E-mail:skowobenausk@citadel.edu
Sprechstunden: montags,
mittwochs, freitags 8.30-9.00; montags, mittwochs 14.00-15.00; dienstags,
donnerstags 9.00-9.30, 13.00-14.00; und nach Vereinbarung.
Texts: Übergänge. Texte Verfassen, Kathryn A. Corl, Barbara S. Jurasek, Richard T. Jurasek.
Duden Stilwörterbuch.
Recommended--a good German/English, English/German
dictionary such as Harper/Collins, and Dippmann, Gerda. A Practical Review of German Grammar, 3nd Ed. Prentice Hall, 2000.
Course Objectives: To increase and practice
command of written German. The course will focus on several different types of
writing including description, report, critique, argumentation, and literary
analysis. In the course we will concentrate on structure and content as well as
grammar and language. We will use a variety of authentic German-language
materials including short stories, magazine and newspaper articles,
advertisements, letters, schedules, songs, etc. as a basis for discussion and
written assignments. The language of the classroom is German.
Expectations:
·
proof
of class preparation through lively class participation; completion of 6
writing projects; homework; announced quizzes, final
·
homework
and writing projects are due on the day for which they are assigned. All work
is to be done individually, i.e. not in pairs or groups, unless otherwise
indicated. Use of on-line dictionaries and translation programs (on- or
off-line) is strengstens verboten! Check
with me before you get any help whatsoever on essays.
·
attendance
is mandatory. "For any student, absences, whether authorized or
unauthorized, in excess of 20% of the meetings of a particular course can, at
the discretion of the professor, result in a grade of F in that course"
(Bulletin of the Citadel).
·
Make-up
and late work including quizzes is only possible in case of emergency and may
(or may not) be accepted at the discretion of the instructor. In the case of a
missed quiz or assignment, the instructor reserves the right to count the next
quiz or assignment grade twice.
| Writing Projects | 60 |
| Participation | 10 |
| Preparation (quizzes, HW) | 15 |
| Final | 15 |
A=100-90;
B=89-80; C=79-70; D=69-60; F=59-0
Mittwoch,
16. Januar-Montag, 28. Januar
Übergänge: Kapitel 1 (Beschreiben)
Mittwoch,
30. Januar-Freitag, 8 Februar
Übergänge: Kapitel 2 (Beschreiben)
Montag,
11. Februar-Mittwoch, 20. Februar
Übergänge: Kapitel 3 (Erzählen)
Freitag,
22. Februar-Montag, 4. März
Übergänge: Kapitel 4 (Berichten)
Mittwoch,
6. März-Freitag, 15. März
Übergänge: Kapitel 6 (kritisch Betrachten)
Montag,
18. Marz-Freitag, 29. März
Übergänge: Kapitel
7 (Pro und Kontra)
Montag,
8. April-Mittwoch 17. April
Übergänge: Kapitel 9 (Interpretation von
Prosatexten)
Übergänge: Kapitel 10 (Interpretation eines
lyrischen Textes)
Mittwoch, 1 Mai, 1-4 Schlußprüfung