Deutsch 302 • Wintersemester 2014
Sitzung Nr. 06 • 23.01. • Tagesordnung • assignment & deadlines

außer Betrieb - out of order (machines)

das Wort nicht haben - to speak out of order at a meeting

Fuß fassen - geton one's feet, get a toehold, a good start

bestellen - order (purchase)

befehlen - order (command)

ordner, reglen - order, organize

Termin - deadline, appointment

Verabredung - appointment (to meet someone, but not deadline)

nüchtern - sober

chance (noun) - Chance (with a risk); Gelegenheit (opportunity); Möglichkeit (possibility)

manage (not in business sense) - besorgen (provide); bewältigen - comes to terms with a problem (Vergangenheitsbewåultigung - coming to terms with the Nazi past0

zweifelhaft - doubtful, dubious

zweifeln - to doubt

bezweifeln - to doubt something

spell - schreiben, buchstabieren

spelling - Orthografie, Rechtschreibung, Buchstabierung

radebrecherisches Deutsche sprechen - to murder the King's/ Queen's English

tattle - verraten (= betray)

would always do X = past tense + immer

kichern - giggle

schwänzen - skip school

Kursbeschreibung

Fischer & Richardson, German Reference Grammar (PDF, free via this link)

Fischer & Richardson, German Pictorial Dictionary (PDF, free via this link)

Ausbildung - occupational training

ausbilden - to train for a job

Auszubildende- - person in occupational training (apprentice)

Abschluß - graduation (completiong of studies)

abschließen - graduate, conclude studies

ausgebildet- - trained

Fach - school subject area, area of expertise

Schüler(in) - pupil (k-12)

Lernende- - learners

Lehrkraft - gender-neutral for "teacher"

Unterricht - instruction/ training

unterrichten - teach (school)

beibringen - teach (a physical skill, or an animal)

lehren - to expound a subject intellectually

Fereien (plural) - school or other official vacation

Lebensjahr - year (of age)

Schuljahr - grade (year of school)

Note - grade (score)

Leiter(in) - school principal

Schulordnung - school behavior rules

Nachmittagsbetreuung - after-school care

Verein - club

Ehemalige- - alum

Stunde - lesson (music, etc.)

√ SmallTalk: Was für Aufgaben u. Prüfungen haben wir in unseren anderen Kursen? (term paper? essay? group project? workshop? community-based learning? take-home test? final presentation?)

√ Prüfungen - Vorbereitung? Wert? Und was Noten betrifft…

√ Übung: Wir beschreiben unvergeßliche Tage / Stunden (positive, negative) an der Schule. Ein(e) Freund(in) oder Lehrer(in) aus der Kindheit an der Schule - Was Wer Wann Wo Wie Warum

√ Wir bewerten Schulen und Schulerfahrungen im allgemeinen: Wer lernt was und wieviel, und wozu? Stärken und Schwächen des Schulsystems.

√ Vielleicht: Walter-Eucken-Schule und deren Schülerfirma (Links unten)

N Debriefing: How finding out about German schools might relate to occupational use of German; what vocabulary would be useful to derive from those sites?

N Übung: Arbeitserfahrung - Erste Stelle; wie wir die Stelle(n) gefunden/ bekommen haben, unsere Aufgaben, Mitarbeiter, was gelernt / gewonnen.

+ SpeakEasy-Sachen: Weiter zu den Kartenarten; Geldsachen;

+ Debriefing: a) the "hands-on" and SpeakEasy parts of the course - regular activities, portfolio, grading; b) "tacit knowledge"; c) English conversation: 1) your job skills; 2) your business experience (or that of someone you know);

N About learning resources for the course: See links above to Reference Grammar and Bildwörterbuch. Importance of expanding from dictionary and simple look-up to resources that offer more content (varieties in meaning; thematic presentation of clusters of vocabulary in embedding of vocabulary in contextual language)

N Musik/Literatur: "Die Sieben Todsünden", erster Teil

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

Reminders of previous assignments (assignment & deadlines):

• Due Tuesday (14 January): Read the course description and write, in English, a reflection about: 1) how the course fits into your larger PAST study of German; 2) how it fits into what you want from your study of German. Keep it to 1 page (250 words). Your reading and reflection will be the basis of class discussion of those topics, in German, on Tuesday, as preparation for when you compose your own career-related documents in German.

• Due Tuesday (14 January): Using an advanced paper/electronic German dictionary (not just a word-for-word list), look up and list the various German equivalents of these words: "education", "training", "skills", "knowledge", "learn", "study", "attend", "go to [school/university]", "work". Then write, in German, a one page (single-spaced) document that discusses your education and why you are getting it. Follow these specifications:

paragraph 1: BRIEFLY summarize your education from kindergarten / elementary school on, but with particular emphasis on the latter part of high school and then your college years. Were you a good learner? Did you receive good teaching? What were / are your other education-/occupation-related interests? When did you know (if you know) what you wanted/want to do/be?

paragraph 2: What do you want from your education in terms of earning a living and being someone in the working world / a profession / some other goal in life? Why? How will you do it?

paragraph 3: What do you want from your education (and other learning?) in terms of your personality, existence, quality of life - the larger goals and hopes? How will you be/become a better person, contribute something to this world, etc. etc.?

• Explore the web site of the Walter-Eucken-Schule in Karlsruhe, as part of learning more about DACH schools from the ground up. Yes, think about the larger issues (educational system, social issues, etc.), but also look at the little things and the people, and compare them to your own school experiences (which will help develop the narrative/descriptive language discussed above)
• Explore the web site of "'s Badische Schullädle", which is operated by students at the Walter-Eucken-Schule. This certainly pushes the ground-level content to the fore, and is also intended to support more vocational vocabulary and more learning about SpeakEasy

• Third formal writing activity: summation of your pre-college education and work experience; specification to come next Tuesday
• First reading and listening assignments: specifications to come Tuesday of next week.
• Reading (English) about educational standards, with a reflection in English about your own education in specific subject areas.
• Exploring DACH K-12 schools - reading in German about the system.