GER 102 • Winter 2007
SCHEDULE & ASSIGNMENTS		 last modified:
4/1/07

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PSU Academic Calendar & Final Exam Schedule

The course will cover Kontexte 9-16, at a rate of one Kontext per week, with some time taken along the way for tutorials and tests.

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
08.01 9.01 10.01 11.01 12.01
Kontext 9: "Im Zug" & Tutorials top of page

Review of content from previous quarter, especially Kontexte 7-8; review of final exams from previous quarter.

Do Assignment #1 (email instructor, etc.)

Participants who are ABSOLUTELY NEW to the course, do also Assignment #2, which helps you explore the course materials and asks how they fit your image of language learning. Your instructor may also want you to provide a German writing sample, perhaps using part of the previous quarter's final exam.

Returning students: your instructor may give you an equivalent assignment, such as revising your written final and project from the previous quarter.
2 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
15.01 16.01 17.01 18.01 19.01
Kontext 9: "Im Zug" (continued) top of page

start project Einkaufen und Geschenke - instructors will set their own deadlines
resources relating Martin Luther King to German
3 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
22.01 23.01 24.01 25.01 26.01
Kontext 10: "Wo ist die Straße?" top of page

Assignment #3: Rate your proficiency - past, present, future; - Instructors will activate the assignment and announce due dates for their own sections.
4 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
29.01 30.01 31.01 01.02 02.02
Kontext 11: "An der Haltestelle" top of page

Writing test #1 and its scoring guide - instructors will set their own deadlines
••Ground Hog's day resources
5 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
05.02 06.02 07.02 08.02 09.02
review & testing top of page

Oral test #1 (link not yet active) - instructors will announce schedule for their own sections

••maybe practice RT/LT

••Superbowl & American football resources
6 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
12.02 13.02 14.02 15.02 16.02
Kontext 12: "Hotel - Bad oder Dusche?" top of page
••Valentine's Day resources
7 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
19.02 20.02 21.02 22.02 23.02
Kontext 13: "Im Internet-Café" top of page

Kontext 13 is being revised to fit modern banking and communications. Instead of the online/CD-ROM dialogs and vocabulary, use this link to get the temporary resources

••maybe practice RT/LT

start project Willkommen! - instructors will set their own start dates and deadlines
Presidents' Day resources
8 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
26.02 27.02 28.02 01.03 02.03
Kontext 14: "Am Kiosk" top of page

"Starting new Kontext" assignment (specifications and scoring guide, .pdf, 68KB). Do this ONLY IF your instructor has given this assignment to your section.
9 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
05.03 06.03 07.03 08.03 09.03
Kontext 15: "Stadtrundfahrt" top of page

••rate own proficiency
10 Mo Di Mi Do Fr
12.03 13.03 14.03 15.03 16.03
Kontext 16: "In einer Konditorei" top of page

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••Coming of Spring resources
Final Examinations
Mo Di Mi Do
19.03 20.03 21.03 22.03

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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