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About German 325

Course

We'll be watching, studying, talking and writing about recent German films. This course is in a 'blended' format: we meet only one hour a week face to face, and do other communication outside class via various media.

Book

We will be using Cinema for German Conversation which is available at the Hope/Geneva Bookstore.Naturally you can find it at Amazon or online as well.

You are also expected to have access to a decent dictionary and a Grammar of German.

Tests/Quizzes

There will be periodic vocabulary quizzes at times indicated on the syllabus, as well as a midterm and comprehensive final.

Homework

There will be several types of homework:

Chat - you will chat using whatever chat program you like with a fellow student, save the transcript and email it to me.
Milling online - you will answer audio questions on the computer via computer mic (you'll need to procure one!)
Tagebuch - you'll hand write answers in a bluebook or some other small paper notebook to turn in.
Blog - you'll post your assignment to a blog that fellow students will respond to and/or comment on.
Lektüre - you'll answer reading questions and email them to me.
Zum Inhalt - you'll type up comprehension questions on the movies and print them out to bring to class.

Grades

Your grade in the course will be based on the following scale:

30% Midterm and final
35% Homework
25% Quizzes and unit tests
10% Class performance