Deutsch 301 • Herbstsemester 2011 • Sitzung Nr. 04 • 05.10. Mi • Tagesordnung

√ = anwesend (nicht);
e = entschuldigt;
s= spät

√Fischer

Evan Bowman

Alyssa Diaz

√Beth Holub

√Laurel Jones

√Stacie Looney

√Michael Manca

√Tim Meyer

√Ivan Reihsmann

Roane

√Caren Sutton

√White

Zahlung - payment

zahlen - pay(without direct object, approx. "pay up, settle the bill")

bezahlen - pay something (needs direct object, like "Rechnung")

zählen - count

Miete - rent (the paymen)

mieten - to rent (from someone)

vermieten - to rent something to someone

Vermieiter(in) - rentor

Untermieter(in) - sublettor

fällig - due

Nebenkosten - extras, utilities (Strom, Wasser, Gaz, Heizung)

Gnadenfrist - grace period

erledigen - settle, take care of

Fischer-Richardson, German Reference Grammar (revised link to come)

Nees, Greg. "Germany: Unraveling and Enigma" (Amazon site and preview of chapter 1)

Kenntnisse - knowledge

mündlich - oral

schriftlich - writing (in writing)

Hörverständnis - listening comprehension

sich ausdrücken - express oneself

sich verständigen - make oneself understood

versuchen - attempt

zum Teil - partially

fließend - fluent(ly)

Schwierigkeit - difficulty

einfach - simple/ simply

Gespräch - conversation

Wortschatz - vocabulary (collectively)

Vokabeln - vocabulary words

klar - clear(ly)

√ SmallTalk: Das Wetter wird kühl und naß. Mögen wir das? Was für eine Rolle spielt das Klima in unseren Zukunftsplänen? Weitere Faktoren?

√ Übung: Thema 2 - Schulung, Ausbildung, Reisen; zwei Tempora: Ich habe studiert / Ich studierte

N Übung (Wiederholung / Erweiterung vom Mi): Wir beschreiben etwas, wo die genauen Vokabeln fehlen

√ Noch ein "ich über mich" Text: der Lebenslauf von Ralf B. Das alles als Vorbereitung auf eine spätere Aufgabe: Ihr Lebenslauf

+ Weiter zum Thema Lebenslauf, Selbstbeschreibung: jetzt hören wir ein wenig aus unserem Haupttext (Torriani), damit wir die erste Hörverständnisübung besser verstehen

√ Übung: unsre Sprachkenntnisse - Wortschatz im Allgemeinen: eine kleine Prüfung (Zimmer, vielleicht Bürozubehör, -vorgänge)

N Debriefing: Comments about the first two assignments (reflection, translation) - including discussion of scoring guides; more about the "hands-on" parts of the course - portfolio and SpeakEasy;

N Debriefing und Übung: stealing and using specific vocabulary for your "Zukunft" and later assignments: "Welcher Beruf passt zu Ihnen?" (Quelle Department Store document)

N English conversation: a) your job skills; b) your business experience (or that of someone you know)

N Übung / Vorbereitung auf nächste Woche: Ihre praktischen Kenntnisse; Ihre Geschäftserfahrung(en): Wo haben Sie wann gearbeitet? studiert?

√ Wrap up: assignments for the week and preparation for next meeting - see below

• Due Monday, 10 October: Write (in German) at least one page about "Meine Zukunft". Tell how you envision the next major part of your life, in its personal, educational, and career dimensions. It will help you to (re)read the personal statements we've read by people writing in German, and also what you've found in your "ich über mich" search. Here are some questions / topics to address:

1) Was sind Ihre Ziele im Leben / Beruf? (psychologisch? finanziell?)

2) Ihr weiteres Studium - nicht nur das Was, sonder Wie und Warum

3) Ihre zukünftigen Wohnverhältnisse - Wo? Mit wem? Wie? Warum

4) Freizeit und Privatleben - Was, und wie hängt das mit Ihren Studien- und Berufsplänen zusammen?

This writing sample will have several uses. It gives me a detailed "baseline" picture of your writing proficiency. It will go into your portfolio as part of documenting your German proficiency and your plans for the future, for example if you want to apply for a scholarship or job. At the end of the quarter, and maybe also in German 302, you'll repeat the activity to show how much progress you've made in your German and how your thoughts about the future have evolved.

• Listening assignment involving a relatively detailed biographical statement (Vico Torriani). Details to come Wednesday. I'm planning to alternate major assignments by starting writing assignments on Mondays, to be due a week later, so that you can ask questions during the Wednesday class (or by email), and then still have 5 days to work on them; listening assignments will come on Wednesdays (due following Wednesday).

• Upcoming: We'll walk through the EU "Sprachenpaß" (archive version here) and develop an activity for your portfolio.

from previous Monday and Wednesday:

• Begin searching, using (quoted) "ich über mich" and smart keywods, for a person in the German-speaking world who shares your educational, career, and even personal interests. This is preparation for assignments where you will translate that person's résumé and use its vocabulary to enrich your own résumé in German.

• Explore my conference presentation about SpeakEasy, so that you will better understand how SpeakEasy will fit into German 301-302.

New:

• Next week's topic is "Career Skills and Educational Background / Work Experience": Think systematically about the workplace / professional skills you have or want to have, both for your intended occupation, and what might be of use to the "SpeakEasy" part of our course. Start gathering the vocabulary to name and describe them; best way is to find real web pages about real people (try combining the skill with "über mich" or "Lebenslauf" or "Ausbildung")

• First "Reference Grammar" assignment, in conjunction with "Meine Zukunft"

• First listening assignment, with transcription, translation, and German paraphrase; specifications to come Wednesday