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German II
  

German II

Recommended Prerequisite:  German I
Grades Offered: 9-12
Credit:  1/2 to 1
State Code:  3052
MNPS Course Code: FLA1250

Course Description
This course expands and strengthens the student's control of the language.  Students will be able to express themselves in more complex sentences and their vocabulary and mastery of basic grammar will be extended, so students can express themselves fully in the present and conversational past.  All four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking will be emphasized.  Students should be able to read some basic short stories, easy readers, and authentic items (advertisements, announcements).   Students should be able to carry on a short conversation or about a minute presentation about general and personal themes.  Students should be able to write a three-paragraph essay with a good topic sentence, description and conclusion on a concrete theme.  They should be able to understand the main points in general conversations and oral stories.  Culture is taught in context as well as through the use of books, videos, Films, CDs and tapes. The teacher and students’ use of German should increase.  Students will reach novice high to intermediate-low level on the ACTFL's scale.

 

Course of Study

Standard Conventions of German Grammar: Using the German language, the student is able to use, understand and answer…

  • Interrogative questions with the question words: Wer, Was, Wann, Wie, Wo, Woher, Wohin, Was für, Wie viel, Wie viele, and Warum.
  • Yes/No Questions
  • Present tense use of regular, irregular, and modal verbs
  • Conversational past.
  • Simple past of haben, sein and the modal verbs.
  • Word order – verb second and last position except after subordinating conjunctions.
  • The four of five coordinating conjunctions: und, aber, denn, and oder.
  • Subordinating conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn,  and question words used as subordinating conjunctions.
  • All commands: du, ihr, Sie and the inclusive wir.
  • Case with declination of articles for nominative, accusative and dative cases.
  • Recognize adjective endings are dependant upon the preceding article’s case.
  • Pronouns – Personal and reflexive pronouns in nominative, accusative and dative cases.
  • Numbers – cardinal numbers in counting, in amounts, time expressions, and ordinal numbers.
  • Prepositions – recognition of prepositions requiring accusative or dative cases and the prepositions that can be either case.
  • Plurals – recognition and use of the various formations of plural nouns.

 

Standard German II functions: Using the German language, the student is capable of functioning successfully in…

  • Introduction of self and can elaborate giving more details to include adjectives and adverbs.
  • Giving basic information about a variety of topics including: house, vacation, interests, movies and their health.
  • Expressing likes, dislikes and favorites and why they feel the way they do.
  • Answering and ask others questions about school, hobbies, interests etc in both present and past.
  • Describing basic pictures orally and written.
  • Following instructions and commands in the classroom.
  •  Listening to what the teacher says or on a tape and spell the words correctly.
  • Counting and telling time.

 

Is capable of performing the following tasks:

  • Listen and take notes to simple recorded, read, or video passages.
  • Summarize both orally and written what was read, recorded or on video.
  • Listen to a passage and answer more complex written questions or pick out simple information.
  • Correctly read with accurate pronunciation.
  • Correctly answer a series of interview questions and questions to elaborate on the answers they give.
  • Correctly write a number of basic interview questions to ask another student.
  • Read short stories and answer questions about basic content.
  • Read a basic novel written for their level.

 

Thematic Vocabulary

  • Can not only recognize and use basic vocabulary associated with daily functions of life in situations such as school, family, and eating but also elaborate in giving details.
  • Can recognize and use vocabulary for basic situations to include: city, clothing, entertainment, weather, shopping, health, house, and vacation.
  • Can recognize and use some idioms, slang, and colloquial expressions.
  • Recognize German word building strategies.
  • Recognize that there are many synonyms and expressions for expressing the same or a similar meaning.

 

Standards

Standards are based on the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) standards.

AATG: http://www.aatg.org/

ACTFL: http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/OtherResources/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/TheACTFLGuidelines.htm

Tennessee Standards can be found at

http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlang/ciflmodern1.htm

 

Textbook 

Wolfgang Kraft.  Deutsch Aktuell 2 St. Paul, Minnesota: EMC Publishing, 2004.