Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:     

Listening  

1. The student will be able to understand basic sentences on a variety of topics related to basic personal background, interests and needs, and the social and cultural conventions of German societies.  Students will also be able to understand simple radio and television announcements from a variety of German speaking communities.  
2. Speaking  
   The student will be able to perform a variety of uncomplicated, basic, communicative tasks in social situations, including talking about her/his personal and family history and leisure time activities.  The student will also be able to ask and answer questions in simple conversations on both general topics and those related to the cultures of German-speaking populations.  Although the student’s pronunciation may continue to be strongly influenced by her/his first language and fluency may still be strained, s/he will generally be understood by sympathetic interlocutors.  
3. Reading  
   The student will be able to read simple connected texts which impart basic information about which the reader has to make minimal suppositions and to which the reader brings personal interest and/or knowledge, such as short, straightforward descriptions of persons, places, and things written for a wide audience, including short articles from German newspapers.  
4. Writing  
   The student will be able to write short simple letters related to her/his personal preferences, daily routine, everyday events, and other topics grounded in personal experience.  The student will be able to write expressing both the present and past tense structure with consistency.  The student’s writing will be understood by natives used to the writing of non-natives.  
5. Culture  
   The ACTFL standards include Culture, Connections, Comparisons and Communities as part of foreign language instruction assessment.  Within these areas, students will be able to:    
• Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied  
• Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied  
• Acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures  
• Demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own  
• Use the language both within and beyond the school setting  
• Read, discuss and write about topics concerning the German-speaking cultures featured in textbooks and in target language media at the intermediate level  .

Course Prerequisites

GER 101 and GER102