Required Materials:
Hubert Jannach, German for Reading Knowledge (Heinle and Heinle, 1997)

Recommended Materials:
Langenscheidt New College German Dictionary (Langenscheidt)
Henry Strutz, 501 German Verbs
Cecile Zorach and Charlotte Melin, English Grammar for Students of German (The Oiivia and Hill Press)
Gerda Dippmann and Johanna Watzinger-Tharp, A Practical Review of German Grammar (Prentice Hall)
 

Course Information:
What this course does for you
This course trains you in the reading proficiency of German so you can meet your department’s graduate foreign language requirement. We will systematically cover the grammatical material in the text, read and translate excerpts from scholarly publications, take practice exams, and take an end of the semester certification exam.

What we do in class
Class time will be spent clarifying the grammatical material, doing reinforcement exercises, taking short quizzes on the given material, and translating reading passages. Assignments are to be prepared before coming to class for the day shown. We will also work with texts you find yourself in your specific field. The short quizzes are supposed to be an assessment tool for yourself. We will have one quizz per week, usually on Tuesdays, and you will also get some longer take-home practice tests.

Technicalities
You should register for the course as “audit” or “credit only.” Attendance is required. Absences in excess of two are inadvisable. The key to success is consistency, so keep up with the assignments and attend class. At the end of the course we will take the certification exam. Graduate certification is given on passing the exam, not taking the course. I will work with your individual abilities and difficulties to help you master the material.

The Certification Exam
The certification exam consists of translating: (1) sentences containing fundamental grammatical structures, verb tenses, idiomatic expressions, and vocabulary; (2) a portion of a scholarly article in your general research area. You are not expected to do a polished translation, but to demonstrate reading proficiency through reasonably accomplished translation.

Near the end of the semester, we will determine whether you are ready to take the certification exam at the scheduled exam time, in our regular classroom. The exam generally takes between 2-3 hours. After you have taken the exam, I will notify you within 2/3 days only if you have not passed the exam, in which case there will be a consultation, the setting up of a plan of study, and a new exam date. Otherwise, I will send a letter of certification to the necessary offices, also within 2/3 days, and your record will be adjusted accordingly.

Di  22. Aug. Einführung; Kapitel 1
Do  24. Aug. Kapitel 2
Di  29. Aug. Kapitel 3
Do  31. Aug. Kapitel 4
Di   5. Sept. Kapitel 5
Do  7. Sept. Wiederholung 1 as take home practice exam; Kapitel 6
Di  12. Sept. Kapitel 7
Do  14. Sept. Kapitel 8
Di  19. Sept. Kapitel 9
Do  21. Sept. Kapitel 10
Di  26. Sept. Wiederholung 2 as take home practice exam; Kapitel 11
Do  28. Sept. Kapitel 12
Di  3. Okt. Kapitel 13
Do  5. Okt. Kapitel 14
Di   10. Okt. Kapitel 15
Do  12. Okt. Wiederholung 3 as take home practice exam; Kapitel 16
Di  17. Okt. Herbstferien
Do  19. Okt. Kapitel 17
Di  24. Okt. Kapitel 18
Do  26. Okt. Kapitel 19
Di  31. Okt. Kapitel 20
Do  2. Nov. Wiederholung 4 as take home practice exam; Kapitel 21
Di   7. Nov. Kapitel 22
Do  9. Nov. Kapitel 23
Di  14. Nov. Kapitel 24
Do  16. Nov. Kapitel 25
Di  21. Nov. Wiederholung 5 as take home practice exam; Kapitel 26
Do  23. Nov. Erntedankfest
Di  28. Nov. Kapitel 27
Do  30. Nov. Kapitel 28
Di   5. Dez. Kapitel 29
Do  7. Dez. Wiederholung 6 as take home practice exam; Kapitel 30
Di   12. Dez. 8.00 Uhr - 11.00 Uhr: Certification Exam in HA 238