GRMN114-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)

Elementary German Language

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2006
End Date: Sunday, 2 July 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 May 2006

Description

German language course for beginners, i.e. students with no knowledge of German, based on the communicative approach.

GRMN114 is a first half year introduction to German that is especially designed for people with no prior knowledge of the language. The course is run in several different streams which meet 4 times each week. Operating on the theory that you learn best by doing, the focus of these meetings is on active, student-to-student communication in German with supplemental explanations of grammar. Continuous learning is mirrored in the course's continuous internal assessment: a large portion of the final grade is obtained through a series of small tests and weekly homework assignments. By the end of the course most students will find that they possess a good basic command of German, one that enables them to express quite a few things about themselves and that further allows them to engage other German speakers in a variety of everyday situations. The textbook in GRMN114 is "Kontakte" in its current edition; although not cheap, it is essential to the course and is additionally used in GRMN115, the second half year course which follows on from GRMN114.

Restrictions

GRMN106

Timetable Note

Availability of streams may depend on enrolment numbers.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Susanne Ledanff

Tutors

Gudrun Frings and Linda Robinson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Examination 25%
Homework Assignments (10) 10%
Oral Test 8%
In class quizzes (8) 20%
WebCT vocabulary quizzes 5%
Test 1 22 Mar 2006 12%
Test 2 15 May 2006 20%


Two written tests; one oral test; quizzes; regular homework assignments; final exam.

In this communication-based course your active and regular use of the German language in the classroom is not only essential for your own learning process -- it becomes a key factor for the other students as well. More than 8 absences (other than for certified medical reasons) in this course will accordingly constitute grounds for an overall grade reduction of a half letter.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $562.00

International fee $2,280.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Languages and Cultures .

All GRMN114 Occurrences

  • GRMN114-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)
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