MCCCD Program Description

Beginning German Conversation II

Course: GER116

First Term: 1994 Fall

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S

Description: Continued development of speaking and listening skills for effective communication in German

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Pronounce German words, phrases, and sentences with appropriate intonation. (I) 2. Speak a limited amount of German, using the proper case endings for articles, adjectives, and nouns. (II) 3. Speak German, using the correct German word order. (II) 4. Speak German, using verbs correctly, i.e., to agree with the subject and to employ the correct tense to convey time meanings. (II) 5. Respond appropriately in a German conversation about everyday matters such as houses, clothing, foods, etc. (III) 6. Formulate questions to acquire information. (III) 7. Read simple German. (IV) 8. Read and translate relatively complex German with vocabulary aids. (IV)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Oral practice A. Individual sounds B. Words and compound words C. Phrases D. Sentence rhythm patterns II. Grammar A. Cases 1. Nominative 2. Accusative 3. Dative 4. Genitive 5. Time expressions in dative and accusative cases 6. Prepositions requiring dative or accusative cases B. Verbs 1. Perfect tense 2. Separable prefix verbs 3. Simple past tense 4. Reflexive verbs C. Adjectives 1. Predicate adjective 2. Adjective following der words 3. Adjective following ein words 4. The attributive, unpreceded adjective 5. Ordinal numbers D. Word order 1. Review of declarative, main clause word order 2. Review of question word order 3. Dependent clause word order III. Vocabulary and expressions E. Four lists of prepositions 1. For accusative case 2. For dative case 3. For genitive case 4. Two-way prepositions F. Word Families 1. Common roots in a variety of German words 2. Meanings and variations in meanings of related verbs G. Forming nouns and their genders 1. -Heit and -keit added to adjectives and nouns 2. Infinitives used as nouns (the English gerund) 3. -Ung added to verb roots 4. Adjectives alone to refer to people 5. Nouns from verb stems to mean doer H. Flavoring words and particles 1. Mal 2. Hin--her 3. Da- and wo- compounds 4. Nicht nur----sodern auch 5. Un- 6. -Los IV. Reading German A. Simple B. Complex with vocabulary aids

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 4/26/1994

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