German Language Program

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GER 320 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

German Culture and Art

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GER 320	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites

GER 202 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)

Course Language

German

Course Type

Elective

Course Level

First Cycle

Mode of Delivery

Online

Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course

Lecture / Presentation

National Occupation Classification

Course Coordinator

Öğr. Gör. Cihangir TALA

Course Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Hülya ESER

Assistant(s)

Course Objectives

The social and cultural structure of the German-speaking countries (society, life style, education system, culture and art) to students and these issues Students' own ideas and opinions about learning four basic languages Based on his ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension) It is intended that they can specify.

Learning Outcomes

The students who succeeded in this course;

read and understand texts on topics such as society and education in Germany.
express themselves verbally using the general knowledge they have acquired when traveling to German speaking countries.
follow listening texts about culture and art.
define and discuss the main points about cultural and artistic issues in written texts.
correspond with Standard German at A2.1 level.

Course Description

This course is designed to prepare students for subjects related to the history, geography, social and cultural structure of German-speaking countries.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses	X

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation	Learning Outcome
1	Getting to know the students, introducing meeting hours and Syllabus with its rules. Giving information about text books and resources to be used and emphasizing the importance of phonics and pronunciation. Giving information about the activities that will take place during the semester (Theatre, Movies)
2	Subject: Family life in Germany (Familie und Freunde)	Pre-study on German family life, reading subject related text and learning the vocabulary before class
3	Social behavior: Short film “Schwarzfahrer”	Watching the short film and learning the vocabulary
4	Subject: Society, people, and locations (Page 10)	Reading the text in the course book
5	Subject: Historical buildings and locations in Germany	Surfing the internet to find out where and in which cities the historical buildings and locations are at, and collecting information about a choice of a location
6	Historical Film: Sophie Scholl Presentation: Mein Deutschland	Watching the film before class
7	Religious and official holidays in Germany and Celebrations (Presentation)	Researching about environmental policy of Germany and highlighting the words
8	Germany’s environment policy Geografie Deutschlands im Überblick (Zur Orientierung- Quiz) Umweltpolitik in Deutschland	Getting information about the geographical structure of Germany before class
9	World Famous Germans	Preparing the type of presentation on choice of their famous person
10	Subject: Traffic and transportation Problems in traffic Most widely used means of transportation in Germany	Learning the subject related vocabulary
11	Subject: Activities: In which fields do the youth volunteer for?	Reading the text
12	Subject: Practice Holidays and celebrations	Researching about religious and official holidays of Germans
13	Museums in Germany	Getting information about museums in Berlin
14	PROJECT PRESENTATION (Video Assignment)
15	REVIEW OF THE COURSE
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks	• Zwischendurch mal Landeskunde (2012), (Franz Specht, Wiebke Heuer, Silke Pasewalck, Dieter Neidlinger, Kristine Dahmen), Hueber Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-19-301002-5
Suggested Readings/Materials	Zur Orientierung Deutschland in 30 Stunden: 2006 Hueber Verlag.Zur Orientierung Deutschland – Quiz: 2010 Hueber Verlag

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	15
Laboratory / Application	-	-
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	30
Presentation / Jury	2	30
Project	1	25
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	6	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	1	14
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	14	14
Presentation / Jury	2	8	16
Project	1	20	20
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	112

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
			1	2	3	4	5

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

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