This dual-level course is designed to provide continued practice in speaking German and further develop oral proficiency and intercultural competence. Topics will vary each semester. Class will be conducted in German and is designed for advanced-level language students and heritage speakers. This course may be repeated.
Pre-requisite(s): MGRMN 2020 German Stage 4: Global Connections, MGRMN 2030 Perspectives In Language And Culture, or MGRMN 2040 Connections In Language And Culture.
MGRMN 2020 German Stage 4: Global Connections (4 hours)
Stage 4: Global Connections invites students to enhance their intercultural and linguistic competence by exploring cultural, geographical, historical, and social perspectives of German-speaking countries as they develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence, thereby allowing them to engage and interact more effectively with native speakers of German.
Prerequisite(s): MGRMN 2010 German Stage 3: Cultural Perspectives or equivalent.
(Normally offered in Wesleyan Honors Academy.)
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
MGRMN 2030 Perspectives In Language And Culture (4 hours)
An intermediate-level language course, MGRMN 2030 Perspectives In Language And Culture invites students to explore cultural perspectives of German-speaking countries and their own as they review and develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence through task-based learning, thereby enhancing their ability to interact in German with more confidence on familiar topics. This is a non-sequential, intermediate-level course that may be taken before or after MGRMN 2040.
Prerequisite(s): MGRMN 1020 German Stage 2: Personal Connections or appropriate placement.
Normally offered Fall semester.
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
MGRMN 2040 Connections In Language And Culture (4 hours)
An intermediate-level language course, MGRMN 2040 Connections In Language And Culture invites students to enhance their intercultural and linguistic competence by exploring cultural, geographical, historical, and social perspectives of German-speaking countries as they develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence through task-based learning, thereby allowing them to engage and interact more effectively with speakers of German. This is a non-sequential, intermediate-level course that may be taken before or after MGRMN 2030.
Prerequisite(s): MGRMN 1020 German Stage 2: Personal Connections or appropriate placement.
Normally offered each Spring semester.
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
