Accelerated course reviewing basic principles of the German
language for students with some background in high school
German. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Accelerated Elementary German
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in GRMN 1001, GRMN 1002, GRMN 1140H
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will communicate in spontaneous spoken and written conversations on familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
Students will present information on familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
Students will determine the general topic and basic information in familiar and everyday contexts by recognizing practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in texts that are spoken or written.
Students will compare cultural products and practices to help you understand perspectives in other cultures and your own.
Students will interact with others in and from German-speaking cultures in familiar everyday contexts.
Students will identify significant differences in behaviors among cultures and use appropriate learned behaviors to avoid major social blunders.
Topical Outline
1. Who am I? Today and in 10 Years
2. What should I wear? Weather and Climate Change
3. What’s in there? Groceries under the Microscope
4. How do I organize my life? “Lean Production” for Home and Everyday Life
5. Where do my things come from? Consumption, Packaging, Recycling
6. How was life back then? Childhood Through the Ages
7. What is there to see? Sightseeing in Vienna
8. What does the future look like? Discoveries and Innovations
