GER102

You will be able to think critically about the effects that culture, language and worldview have on each other.

You will be able to view your home culture from a non-home perspective and the German culture from inside that culture.

You will be able to demonstrate familiarity with some of the basic common knowledge of an average person of the German culture.

You will be able to develop the ability to express, interpret and negotiate meaning effectively in the German language by employing linguistic, social and historical knowledge about the German culture and people.

You will be able to comfortably and actively use the German language as it is spoken and written today through practice in all four skill areas --- listening, speaking, reading and writing --- based on the standards set forth in the ACTL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Proficiency Guidelines (http://actflproficiencyguidelines2012.org/) from level novice-high to advanced-low.

You will be able to understand German that is spoken at moderate conversational speed and that deals with everyday topics based on the above standards.

You will be able to engage in simple conversations with speakers of German in everyday situations and understand the cultural differences based on the above standards.

You will be able to read non-technical German of moderate difficulty on various aspects of German culture based on the above standards.

You will be able to write simple sentences correctly on the topics presented in the text based on the above standards.

You will be able to handle actively a basic vocabulary as well as grammatical structures based on the above standards.