GER 212 - Intermediate German 2

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Master intermediate vocabulary and grammar structures. Read short poetry and short fiction in German. Discuss German culture.

Prerequisite(s): GER 211 or two years of high school German or permission of department chair.

Note: Not for native speakers.

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify the main idea and flow of events expressed in various time frames in intermediate-mid level conversations, discussions, and paragraph-length fictional texts.
Exchange information in conversations on familiar topics and some researched topics, creating sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of follow-up questions.
Present a variety of familiar topics and some concrete research topics, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of intermediate-mid level writing and speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of German-speaking cultures.