German1
TeachersKANNARI YUTO
Grade, SemesterYear 1 1st semest [General Basic Subjects]
CategoryGeneral Basic Subjects
Elective, CreditsElective 1credit
 Syllabus Number0A131

Course Description

Germany is the center of the EU economy and famous for rows of houses in towns, beautiful scenery, music, literature and philosophy. In this course, you will learn German conversation in everyday situations and acquire the four beginner-level German skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Lectures incorporate group work. Pronunciation is not so difficult, so that you can enjoy learning German.
This course is designed to achieve educational goals 1, 2, and 3 of General Basic Subjects.

Course Objectives

・Students can communicate in German, such as greetings and self-introductions. (Skill)
・Students can write simple sentences in German. (Skill)
・Students can understand everyday German conversation. (Skill)
・Students can read short German sentences. (Skill)
・Students can understand elementary German grammar. (Knowledge / Understanding)

Grading Policy

・Final exam: 60%, mini exams: 40%
・I will provide feedback on the mini exams.

Textbook and Reference

KindTitleAuthorPublisher
Textbook『イン・ドイチュラント──ドイツ語インフォメーション 映像付──』秋田静男ほか朝日出版社、2016年
References『アクセス独和辞典』第4版
ISBN:978-4384060003
(Other dictionaries are acceptable.)
在間進編三修社、2021年
References『アクセス和独辞典』
ISBN:978-4384043211
(Other dictionaries are acceptable.)
在間進編三修社、2012年
References『標準ドイツ語』(新訂版)
ISBN:978-4261070972
常木実郁文堂、1970年

Requirements(Assignments)

・As a preparation, check the meaning of words in the next lecture and take a note of them. (Half an hour)
・As a review, check the grammar and words, and write down the exercises that you give the wrong answer. Also, practice pronunciation and listening using the audio and video of the text. (60 minutes)

Note

・It is recommended to attend the course of “German 2” held in the second semester.
・In this course, we will use LMS for mini-exams.

Schedule

1Introduction, Lektion 0: Good morning! (German greetings, numerals ① (0–9))
2Lektion 1: My name is Honda Mika. ① (Personal pronouns, verbs conjugation)
3Lektion 1: My name is Honda Mika ② (sein (be), interrogatives)
4Lektion 2: What are you drinking? ① (haben (have), gender of nouns)
5Lektion 2: What are you drinking? ② (Word order, interrogative sentences and how to answer them)
6Lektion 3: How much is the umbrella? ① (Definite articles and nouns conjugation)
7Lektion 3: How much is the umbrella? ② (Plural forms of nouns)
8Review of the first half
9Lektion 4: One black coffee, please. ① (Indefinite articles, possessive articles (a kind of indefinite articles))
10Lektion 4: One black coffee, please. ② (Negative articles (a kind of indefinite articles))
11Lektion 5: What time does the bus leave? ① (Irregular verbs conjugation (1))
12Lektion 5: What time does the bus leave? ② (Noun’s dative cases, interrogative pronouns that represent a person)
13Lektion 6: What do you order? ① (Irregular verbs conjugation (2))
14Lektion 6: What do you order? ② (Personal pronouns, impersonal ‘es’)
15Final exam, Summary