German (GRM)

In this course, students acquire elementary conversational skills and develop the ability to understand, speak, react, and reflect using everyday conversational German. Through the introduction of vocabulary, grammatical structures, idioms, and real-life dramatization, the students practice these skills. Listening activities and some reading/writing activities will be included. Students are expected to spend considerable time outside of class practicing with materials provided. This course contains material previously taught in GRM 109. Level I Prerequisite: Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6

This is a beginning and transferable course in German which emphasizes the aural-oral approach. Classroom work and aural/oral practice sessions assist the student in establishing and perfecting basic conversational tools in the language. Students intending to study German should have a sound, basic background in English grammar and syntax to be able to take and succeed in a foreign language as inflected and analytical as German. Level I Prerequisite: Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6

This is a continuation of GRM 111. Continuing classroom work and aural/oral practice sessions emphasize the communicative approach. Class conversations, short readings, and pattern practice also assist students in acquiring facility in the language, as well as informational aspects of the culture. Students who have experience equivalent to GRM 111 may contact the instructor for permission to waive the prerequisite. Level I Prerequisite: Academic Reading and Writing Levels of 6; GRM 111