Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Welcome to German 101! I look forward to a great term with you! 

Placement: GER 101 is for students having no previous German experience.

Attendance Requirements: 

GER 101 is a remote 4 credit course with two classes per week Tuesday and Thursday from 11am-12:50 pm via Zoom. You can access the Zoom link under your "My Courses" page on D2L. Each class session includes the teaching of new material and lots of in-class practice with other students. Attendance at these classes is required; however, students can make up to 4 "excused" absences by watching the recorded Zoom class via the "cloud recording" link on D2L, recording themselves doing all of the activities and posting it in D2L Assignments Tab under Make-up Assignments. *Please note: 6 or more "unexcused" absences will result in an automatic non-passing grade.

This class will continue as GER 102 in the winter and GER 103 in the spring.  Students then can move into second year German-GER 201 fall term, GER 202 winter term and GER 203 spring term the following academic year. GER 201 is ONLY offered in the fall. Please note: completion of 2 years of a language at the college level is required for a Bachelor of Arts degree and 2 terms will count towards the Gen Ed requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree. Please consult with an advisor from a 4 year university if you have questions about transferability (e.g. PSU, U of O, etc.).

Class Structure:

In class, I’ll introduce new material and we’ll practice it together as a whole class and in small groups. The course will be taught in full German immersion, so you’ll hear and speak German as much as possible. It's a great way to learn a language!  Improving speaking proficiency is a primary goal of this class, and we’ll have fun practicing together while incorporating cultural components, games (Kahoot rocks!), and music…all in German! Camera use is strongly encouraged and very much appreciated as it helps greatly with communication and building our learning community.

Time Commitment: 

The time commitment for this course includes 4 hours of in Zoom class instruction plus another 3-4 hours a week spent on studying and completing homework assignments per week.

Homework assignments will consist of vocabulary and grammar exercises, listening comprehension exercises, writing exercises, discussion boards, recordings and online practice. In addition, we will have online quizzes over the previous week’s materials due by Friday at 5pm with a grace period until Sunday night at midnight.

Textbook requirements:

2. Click   Registration Link for the course URL--this will take you to our class section on the web platform.

Student Success: 

Students who have taken German classes at PCC really appreciate how we make learning German in immersion accessible and fun and how much they can understand and say even after just one week of classes! I’m happy to report that students attain excellent levels of oral, written, and listening proficiency and are very successful in higher level classes at a 4 year university. I would love to have you as part of this class!

Bis bald! (See you soon!)

Susan  

Frau Professor Susan Stober

Anrede „Frau“, Pronomen „sie“

Instructor of German

Office:  971-722-3886 (landline only; no texting); Email:  sstober@pcc.edu

You will need a computer to participate in Zoom class. (Cameras are strongly encouraged to build class community and to help in the learning process.)