GER 101 • Fall 2006
SCHEDULE & ASSIGNMENTS		 last modified:
4/1/07

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PSU Academic Calendar & Final Exam Schedule

The course will cover Kontexte 1-8 or maybe through 9, at a rate of one Kontext per week, with some time taken along the way for tutorials and tests. Since students do not exist for courses, but rather courses for students, the schedule will be adjust to suit the needs of the learners. Humanity will not be sacrified to expediency. Besides, in good learning the journey is more important than the destination. :-)

Dates are in the standard international sequence: dd/mm. Text altered with strikeout indicates material to ignore.

Activities, assignments, projects and tests (during the quarter) are listed in the week they are likely to occur or start. Because the sections meet on various days, have class periods of various length, and sometimes get out of phase with each other (due to holidays, etc.), each section's instructor will announce the start date for that section. Unless otherwise announced, assignments and writing tests done outside class are due ONE WEEK from that day (for a score of 4: sufficient on the "on-time" factor). Projects are due TWO WEEKS from the start date (for 4: sufficient on the "on-time" factor). Revisions of assignments, tests or projects are due ONE WEEK from the day the instructor returns (or tries to return) them to you.
1 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
25.09 26.09 27.09 28.09 29.09
Kontext 1: "Wie, bitte? Wer? Was?" top of page

Course goals, structure, materials, policies. Importance of classroom for learning the spoken language. Survey of learning styles, exploration of learning strategies. German from a wider perspective: Why are YOU learning German? Why do people learn German? What can German add to your studies, occupation, life?

Assignment #1: Get in touch! Due by next class meeting, but earlier gets a better grade.
Assignment #2: Explore the course materials
Resources for Allerseelen/ Allerheiligen & Hallow'een
2 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
02.10 03.10 04.10 05.10 06.10
Kontext 2: "Wo? Wann? Wieviel? top of page

Assignment #3: Take the online WebCAPE placement test for German and email your score to your instructor (or print the screen with your score and take it to your instructor. Note: Take the test even if you have never studied German. The test is “interactive-adaptive”: it ends after a few items if your responses to the items show that that you have little or no knowledge of the language. We will use the scores as base-line numbers for your later tests, and your test-taking behavior will help us counsel you about learning styles and strategies.
3 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
09.10 10.10 11.10 12.10 13.10
Kontext 2 (continued) top of page

Talks & tutorials: how we learn; what it means to study and learn a language

Project 1: "German all around me" - instructors will activate the assignment and announce due dates for their own sections

Writing Test #1 - instructors will activate the test and announce dues dates for their own sections
4 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
16.10 17.10 18.10 19.10 20.10
Kontext 3: "Fahrkarten und Pässe, bitte!" top of page

Oral Test #1 - instructors will activate the test and announce dues dates for their own sections
5 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
23.10 24.10 25.10 26.10 27.10
Kontext 4: "Imbiß" top of page

Oral Test #1 continues
6 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
30.10 31.11 01.11 02.11 03.11
Kontext 5: "Im Hotel" top of page

Project 2: "Wir und unsere Familien • About Us and Our Families" - Instructors will activate the assignment and announce due dates for their own sections.
7 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
06.11 07.11 08.11 09.11 10.11
Kontext 6: "Das Restaurant im Hotel" top of page

Postponed until next quarter: Assignment #4: Rate your proficiency - past, present, future; - Instructors will activate the assignment and announce due dates for their own sections.
8 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
13.11 14.11 15.11 16.11 17.11
Kontext 7: "Am Fahrkartenschalter" top of page

Writing Test #2 and Oral Test #2. Instructors will activate the tests and announce due dates for their own sections.

Project 3: "Meine Traumreise - My Dream Trip" - instructors will activate the project and announce due dates for their own sections.
9 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
20.11 21.11 22.11 23.11 24.11
Kontext 7 (cont'd.) & Kontext 8: "Reiseproviant" top of page
10 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
27.11 28.11 29.11 30.12 01.12
Kontext 8 (cont'd.) top of page
Final Examinations
Mo Di Mi Do
04.12 05.12 06.12 07.12

1930-2120 final for MW evening section

0800-0950 final for MWF 900-1005 section

1015-1205 final for MWF 1015-1120 section

0800-0950: final for TR 800-950 section
1230-1420: final for MWF 1130-1235 section

You may take your final with any section, but if you are not taking yours with your own section, please inform both instructors involved.

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