226: Composition and Conversation II, 3 cr.
Prerequisites: German 225
This course, a requirement for all German majors, continues and strengthens the skills practiced in 225. See individual sections for details.
Lec 1, MWF, 1:20, Silberman
In-class work will include student presentations, discussion of eight films screened outside of class and selected readings about them, informal and directed conversation, and grammar and vocabulary exercises. Written work will include grammar and vocabulary exercises and short essays. Course language is German.
Required Textbooks:
- Rankin, Jamie and Larry Wells. Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik. Houghton Mifflin. 3rd or 4th edition acceptable.
- Adriana Borra and Ruth Mader-Koltay, German through Film. Yale University Press, 2007.
Recommended:
- Harper Collins German Dictionary. Concise Edition. 2nd revised & updated paperback edition. HarperResource. ASIN 0062760580.
- German Grammar. Spark Charts. ISBN 1586639137.
