Fall 2013

Advanced Reading, Conversation, and Style I

Listed in: German, as GERM-312

Formerly listed as: GERM-12

Faculty

Susanne Gomoluch (Section 01)

Description

Reading, discussion, and close analysis of a wide range of cultural materials, including selections from Die Zeit and Der Spiegel, essays, and short works by modern authors and song writers (Böll, Brecht, Biermann, Udo Lindenberg, etc.). Materials will be analyzed both for their linguistic features and as cultural documents. Textual analysis includes study of vocabulary, style, syntax, and selected points of grammar. Round-table discussions, oral reports and structured composition exercises. Students will also view unedited television programs, work with the Internet, and listen to recordings of political and scholarly speeches, cabaret, protest songs, and to authors reading from their own works. Conducted in German. Three class hours per week, plus an additional hour in small sections.

Requisite: GERM 210 or equivalent. Fall semester. Lecturer Gomoluch.

GERM 312 - L/D

Section 01
M 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CHAP 119
W 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CHAP 119
F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CHAP 119

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Zwischendurch mal ... Landeskunde Hueber Verlag Kristine Dahmen et al. Amherst Books TBD
Übungsgrammatik für die Mittelstufe: Regeln-Listen-Übugen Verlag Liebaug-Dartmann Friedrich Clamer et al. Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2020