Guided writing course designed to further develop students' ability to communicate more effectively in German. Students will enhance their vocabulary, review challenging structures and learn to self-edit to avoid common errors as they write formal and informal messages and letters, instructions, autobiographical statements, journal entries and comments, current events reports, reactions, descriptions and summaries.
Prerequisites: 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 appropriate placement.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
MGRMN 2030 Perspectives in Language and Culture (4 hours)
Intermediate-level language course 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)
Intermediate-level language course 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
