Course description
This course is designed for students who have completed MODL 1131 or equivalent.
In this course, students upgrade their language skills for purposes of 1) participating in day-to-day personal, social and professional situations, 2) improving their employment opportunities, 3) participating in intercultural and/or international community activities, and 4) preparing for further education or training. Students will develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through the study of vocabulary, grammar and culture. German is spoken in class as much as possible.
Learning activities
The functional and communicative approach is used.
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as:
- lecture material presented by the instructor, in-person or online synchronously or asynchronously;
- task-based practice in pairs and small groups, in class and in lab, presented in person, or online synchronously, or asynchronously with instructor facilitation;
- listening comprehension;
- audio-visual activities;
- online computer-assisted learning;
- professional language development:
- intercultural competency acquisition.
Instructor feedback and revision of submitted work is provided.
Means of assessment
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation must be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Example evaluation scheme:
Written Evaluations
(May include but not limited to writing and reading exercises, chapter tests, paragraph writing, written homework, preparation, Final Written Exam) |
50% |
Oral Evaluations
(May include but not limited to oral tests, oral presentations, listening comprehension, conversation lab, attendance, preparation, class participation, Final Oral Exam) |
50% |
Total: 100%
No single evaluation will be worth more than 20%.
Evaluations may be done in-person and/or online.
Note: This course includes testing worth more than 10% during the last 14 days of classes. A standing variance to the Douglas College Evaluation Policy was granted by Education Council on April 24, 2017.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of simple spoken discourse (present and present perfect tenses);
- Demonstrate understanding of simple written texts (present and present perfect tenses);
- Construct simple speech: express feelings, needs, and reactions (present and present perfect tenses);
- Construct simple written expression: sentences and short dialogues (present and present perfect tenses);
- Develop an understanding of target cultures.
Textbook materials
Textbooks and online workbook are to be purchased by students.
Example texts may include:
Anton, Barske, Grabowski, McKinstry. Sag Mal: An Introduction to German Language and Culture.
VISTA Higher Learning, represented by OUP Publishing. (current edition)
(virtual) text plus 6 month online access code.