Maricopa Community Colleges  GER116AA   19916-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
GER116AA 19916-20086 L+L 3 Credit(s) 4 Period(s)
Beginning German Conversation II
Continued development of speaking and listening skills for effective communication in German.
Prerequisites: GER115, one year of high school German, or permission of Department or Division.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
GER116AA   19916-20086 Beginning German Conversation II
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)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
GER116AA   19916-20086 Beginning German Conversation II
    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
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