William B. Fischer • Assignments, Tests & Deadlines
SPRING QUARTER 2011
last modified: 4/11/11

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Note: the "on-time" factor in the third and fourth columns applies mostly to assignments in GER 10X. See the scoring guides for the individual activities. TBA = to be announced; NA = does not apply

Assignment / Activity

Date Activated / Conducted

Date due for 6 on "on-time" factor

Date due for 4 on "on-time" factor

GER 101/102/103 (my section ONLY)

Assignment #1: email instructor

28 March 2011

28 March 2011

4 April

Assignment #2: explore course materials (for all those new to PSU first-year German)

28 March 2011

before next class meeting

4 April 2011

Assignment #3: Take the online WebCAPE placement test for German (for all those new to PSU first-year German)

TBA

NA. Grade is either A+ (took the test) or F (did not take the test).

Assignment #4: evaluate your own language proficiency

TBA

NA. See assignment description for scoring guide.

Project 1:

TBA

one week later

<2 weeks later

Writing Test #1

TBA

one week after activation

two weeks after activation

Oral Test #1

TBA

NA

NA

Project 2:

TBA

one week after activation

two weeks after activation

Writing Test #2

TBA

one week after activation

two weeks after activation

Oral Test #2

TBA

NA

NA

Project 3:

TBA

TBA

at final writing exam

Weekly assignment: Tagesschau

NOT YET

GER 320/415/515 "SpeakEasy"

Aufgabe (mündlich / schriftlich)

Beginn

Termin

X

1

2

FL 493/593 Assessment

Assignment 1: Reflection about an assessment your once experienced, in the light of a news article about assessment

29 March 2011

5 April 2011

Assignment 2: Evaluation of own language proficiency (if possible not your best foreign language)

7 April 2011

14 April 2011

Language Activity with Scoring Guide

Pseudo-OPI

Big Idea for a Major Project