Deutsch 301 • Herbstsemester 2011 • Sitzung Nr. 15 • 14.11. Mo • Tagesordnung

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

√Fischer
Tonverarbeitung

Evan Bowman
Produktions-vorgänge

√Beth Holub
Text-verarbeitung

Laurel Jones
??

√Stacie Looney
Produktions-vorgänge

√Michael Manca
Markt-forschung

Tim Meyer
Büro-verwaltung

√Ivan Reihsmann
Ausstellung u. Präsentation

√Caren Sutton
Grafik-verarbeitung

RobinWhite
Website-gestaltung

heizen - heat

mindestens - at lelast

Ruckgeld- change (back from sale)

Zettel - note, slip of paper

Kassenzettel - receipt

versagen - fail, come up short (durchfallen - fail exam)

LKW (Lastkraftwagen) - truck

aussteigen - get out

DIN (Deutsche Industrie Norm) - German/ European product standards

Puppe - doll

Kuscheltier- stuffed toy animal

Polizei - police (force, collectively)

Polizist(in) - police officer

schätzungsweise- approximately

Aktenschrank- file cabinet

Säge - saw

(Schrauben)Schlüssel - wrench

benutzen - use, apply, employ (tool, etc.)

unmöglich- impossible

verschenken- give away

heben - lift up

Verkehrsampel - traffic light

quer - across

anfahren - hit (with a vehicle)

fahren + gegen - run into (with vehicle)

abbiegen - turn (make a turn with vehicle)

Baumwolle - cotton

schuld (an + dative) sein - be to blame for

Wender - flipper, turner (kitchen)

DANKE, Stacie L.!!!

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

besitzen - own

schulden - owe

Schuld - debt

Besitz - property, possession

Besitzer(in) - owner

Inhaber(in) - proprietor

Eigentum - property (can be figurative)

borrow - borgen

leihen - lend

Anleihe, Darlehen - loan (noun)

ausleihen - check out (from library, etc.)

sich (dative) etwas leisten - to afford (for oneself) something

Ding - thing (concrete)

Zeug - stuff

Kram - junk (in the sense of things lying around); meinen Kram zusammenkriegen - get my stuff/ act together

Konto - account

Zins - interest (on loan)

Zinseszins - compound interest

zinsfrei - interest-free

vorhaben - plan to

•√ SmallTalk: Glück am Arbeitzplatz, Erfolg und Anerkennung im Beruf - Was für eine Rolle spielt das in unseren Zukunftsplänen, und in welcher Bedeutung? Nächste Themen: Politik, Ethik, Werte, sogar Religion und Glauben. Weiterhin im Semester finden wir neue SmallTalk-Themen

•√ Übung: Geld und Studium / Ausbildung - wie schaffen wir das? Studentendarlehen

•√ Debriefing: What you observed in the foregoing activity - language capabilities and needs; maybe repeat with conscious understanding of aims and techniques (when, if, whether; verb-last structure; future and other uses of werden)

•√ Unsere Alltags- u. Fachkenntnisse: woher haben wir sie, wie haben wir sie gelernt? Heute: Geldsachen, Einkaufen. Wie kauft / mietet man am besten X? Wie prüft man Qualität, wenn man X kauft? Schlüsselwort: "Ratgeber". Wann haben wir unser__ erst__ X gekauft, und wie? Beispiel: Wohnung mieten - Links: "Wer eine Wohnung mieten will, muss einiges beachten!" • "www.erstewohnung-ratgeber.de" •

•√ Debriefing: language targets of the foregoing activity (separation of tenses!!!)

•√ Hörverständnisübung: "Wohnen mit Kindern" - Tondatei; Text

•√ Lernhilfe: Bürokratische Fachterminologie (=simpelei) u. Formulare; Beispiel: Aufenthaltserlaubnis (Berlin); Wichtige Formulare für Zuwanderer (Hamburg), darunter Formular "Erteilung eines Aufenthaltstitels"

•N!! die Gruppe entwirft Fragen für eine(n) Firmenbesitzer(in) über seine/ihre Firma und deren Produke. Gilt auch als Vorbereitung auf eine spätere schriftliche Aufgabe (Beschreibung einer Firma), und auch als Vorbereitung auf die Entscheidung, wieviel/wenig wir in diesem Semester "SpeakEasy" machen werden. SpeakEasy Vortrag

•T Debriefing: revisions & portfolio; assignment list; assignment texts are being moved to separate pages

•N? ≠? a comedy skit about a team of bumbling, incompetent workers

• Wrap up: assignments for the week and preparation for next meeting - see below; we're going to take part of this week and next to catch up and organize

• Fourth writing assignment (due Wednesday, 9 November, one printed page, = 250 wds.): Description of a small business. You'll receive an English-language article about a small company and will write a summary about it in German. Aim to highlight 3 special features of the company, each in a different area of the key W-question collection (Wer, Was, Wann, Wo, Wie, Warum).

(Texts: "Molalla class turns students into builders" (0012); "Knubie - the Flowspoon" (0256); "Portland Birdwatching Experiences" (0262); "Learning by growing: Natural resources students sell plants they cultivate in David Douglas High School's greenhouse" (0263); "Rolling dice with their own game: A local pair hope their own German-style game catches on with families" (0362); "Corvallis couple piece together puzzles for kids" (0363); "Fire hydrant snorkels, developed on Mount Hood, could help save more homes, lives in snowy areas" (0365).

also: 0231 Cheese, 0449 PSU student owns business, 0447 upcycling, 0446 iPhone cases, 0436 contact lenses, 0396 New Seasons, background reading: 0301, 0284, Schornsteinfeger).

• Fourth listening assignment (due Monday, 14 November): a food product (Langnese 0053) and how it is advertised and sold; follow the usual procedure: transcribe as much as you can with 3-5 listenings, and turn that in within a week; you'll then receive a full transcription to translate into English and turn in within another week.

Here are links to the sound files and transcriptions of clips we have listened to earlier: Vico Torriani clip; text • Peter und Litwina clip; text • Counterfeiter clip; text; defective product clip; text

Can you find a German-language version of a how-to manual that teaches about the special skills area you have chosen for your individual project this quarter? It could be general or just for a specific skill within that area. Examples: "Getting Familiar with MS Word"; "Headers and Footers in MS Word".

• Translation assignment (due TBA): information about a company. You'll find in the internet a German-speaking company which does interesting things related to one of your career / vocational intersts, read about it, and produce in English a summary.

• Fifth listening assignment (first stage due TBA): a commercial (Birnbacher); or an accident (Skistock)

• upcoming "Zum Spaß" listening in the classroom: a team of bumbling incompetent workers