Purposes: The projects encourage you to use the language more independently and creatively, and to customize your experience of the language and culture to your own interests, knowledge and circumstances.

The "Willkommen! / Welcome!" project has several particular purposes; they are listed in the project description.

Your project is due TWO WEEKS after your instructor officially activates it.

Project description (.doc)

Scoring guide (.doc)

Work samples with their scores and grades - look at these to get an idea of what you might do to get whatever grade you want to aim for:

0449 3.5 / C+; 0450 3.6 / C+; 0451 5.2 / A; 0452 4.1 / B; 0453 4.7 / B+; 0454 2.4 / C

Useful search words (put quotes around multi-word phrases):

meine / unsere + Wohnung; mein / unser + Haus

You may get more real estate / apartment rental agencies than you want, although some of those will have good floor plans, even with furniture icons and labels. To increase your chances of finding personal websites, add short phrases that refer to family, friends, etc.:

"Ich wohne" "Wir wohnen" Bruder Schwester Freund Freundin Verlobt (engaged, will also bring up the words for fiancé[e] - Verlobter, Verlobte).

Also - words that describe residential spaces subjectively: gemütlich / komfortabel; schön; klein