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Requirements: Enthusiastic class participation, prompt completion of all assignments, and faithful attendance at all classes and drills. Note: Assignments may be added or modified at any time.

Grading: Individual students learn foreign languages in different ways at different speeds. It is important to realize, however, that acquiring a language is a cumulative process that takes place over time. An intellectual grasp of the concepts is important, but no more so than frequent repetition. The easiest and most effective way to learn is in small, frequent, and regular increments throughout the term. The grading will be based on attendance and performance in class and drills, homework, chapter quizzes, the midterm exam, and the final.
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The Honor Principle: In language learning, teamwork is very helpful. All written work must be your own, however.

Learning disabilities: If you wish any accommodation for a disability, see the instructor.

Drill sessions will meet 4 times a week. You may choose a morning or an afternoon sequence: at 7:45 a.m. on the days on which class is held (i.e. Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Friday) or at 5:20 p.m. on Monday-Thursday. Attendance is mandatory. It is also extremely important that you arrive on time.

Lexinomicon = a set computer exercises tied to Deutsch: Na klar! They are part of the regular homework for German 1 and 2. For instructions on how to access and use them, click here.

Vocabulary Exercises can be found at the end of each Kapitel's exercises in Lexinomicon. They are set up like flashcards that go from English to German. Note that they are not accumulative; you get only the items associated with that particular chapter. If you want to review older vocabulary, you have to go back to the earlier chapters. Note also that when giving the German for a noun, you must give the article and the plural, separated by a semicolon: e.g. "der Freund; die Freunde".

Some elements in the daily assignments (Note: assignments are due on the day for which they are listed):

zum Anschauen = "to look at".
zum Lesen = "to read".
zum Hören = "to listen to".
zum Schreiben = "to write"; an asterisk (*) indicates a written assignment to be handed in.
zum Spaß = "for fun".
zum Spielen = "to play with".
zur Wiederholung = "for review".
S. = "Seite" = "page".

Special Characters: As you would expect, producing special characters such as umlauts is simple on a Mac and complicated in Windows.

On a Mac: to umlaut any vowel press option-u and then the desired vowel. To produce "ß", type option-s. To produce "é", press option-e, then "e".
To learn how to enter German special characters in Windows, download diacritics.pdf.
Note that Lexinomicon also allows you to select special characters from a palette.



News: DarTV broadcasts two German stations: Deutsche Welle on Channel 6 and ProSieben/Sat1 on Channel 9.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/wessnews.html has a listing of German news sources on the web.

A Mittagstisch Mensa will be held once a week in Thayer Dining Hall (time to be announced). Join interested students and others, together with Marilla Lautenbach, the Kade Resident Advisor, in luncheon conversation auf Deutsch.

For additional opportunities, check out the "Other Campus Resources" and "Opportunities for Dartmouth Students" sections of the German Department website. While you're there, read "Why Study German?"

Ein On-line Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch finden Sie bei: http://dict.leo.org/ oder http://www.ex.ac.uk/german/dict/

For explanations of various grammatical points, consult the grammar review. Note that the menu contains subcategories (e.g., tenses are found under "Verbs").








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