Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

GRMN 2205 German Conversation

Designed to improve pronunciation and to increase proficiency in the practical use of German in conversation.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

GRMN 2202 or permission of instructor.

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: as needed

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. Analyze the German language, its dialects in their social, cultural, and historical contexts.
  2. Communicate at a German intermediate mid-level with native speakers and classmates. They will be able to listen, read and write at the intermediate mid-level of German.
  3. Gain a strong knowledge and understanding of the German Language and its dialects and make connections to other disciplines and to additional bodies of knowledge that may be unavailable to the monolingual speaker.
  4. Compare and contrast their native language with the German language. Students will develop insight into the nature of language and the concept of culture and realize that there are multiple ways of viewing the world.
  5. Integrate their knowledge of the German language, cultures and customs to appropriately address the differences of multilingual communities.