William B. Fischer • Assignments, Tests & Deadlines
FALL QUARTER 2014
last modified: 11/19/14

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DO NOT START AN ASSIGNMENT UNTIL IT HAS A LINK TO ITS SPECIFICATIONS AND THE ACTIVATION DATE HAS COME. If you do, you risk misunderstanding the activity and wasting a lot of time and effort.

GER 301 Course WebsiteMeeting Schedule & Calendar

Assignment / Activity

Activated

Due

Notes

Email instructor with your preferred email address

Meeting 1

immediately

intake reflection about course

Meeting 1

Meeting 3

Translation of bios of students from Irkutsk in Dresden

Meeting 1

Meeting 3

Writing assignment: "Meine Zukunft" (per Email, bitte)

Meeting 3

Meeting 5

Audio transcription and translation: "A Defective Product"

Meeting 4

Meeting 8

Writing assignment: "Meine Deutschkenntnisse"

Meeting 9

Meeting 11

Writing assignment: "Meine Persönlichkeit"

Meeting 14

Meeting 17

Writing assignment: job/ scholarship application letter / letter to someone in your field of interest

?part of final exam

?Translation for group project: "Knigge für Beruf u. Karriere"?

?part of final exam?

Audio transcription and translation: "Ausbildung von Frauen"

?Writing assignment: "Schulung u. frühe Arbeitserfahrung"

Reflection about cultural differences related to workplace and everyday life

part of final exam

GER 320/420 "SpeakEasy" Course WebsiteMeeting Schedule & Calendar

Assignment / Activity

Activated

Due

Notes

Email instructor with your preferred email address

Meeting 1

immediately

Schriftliche Aufgabe #1: Intake Reflection about the Course & "SpeakEasy" / Was erwarten Sie von unserem Kurs / von der "SpeakEasy"-Erfahrung?

Meeting 1

Meeting 2

Schriftliche Aufgabe #2: Europäischer Sprachenpaß

Meeting 1

Meeting 3 (vielleicht 4)

Schriftliche Aufgabe 3: Erfahrungen in der Arbeitswelt

Meeting 3

Meeting 5

Schriftliche Aufgabe 4: Bericht über eine Firma

Meeting 09

Meeting 11

Schriftliche Aufgabe 5: Verkaufsstelle untersuchen und bewerten

Meeting 12

Meeting 15

Schriftliche Aufgabe 6: Karte beschreiben und bewerten

Meeting 15

Meeting 18

Schriftliche Aufgabe 7: Neue Produktreihe (Karten mit Literaturzitaten oder Sprichwörtern) entwickeln und eine Probe entwerfen