Residential College Winter 2009 Course Schedule

Intensivelanguagecoursesmeetinlectureanddiscussiontwiceaday,fourdaysa week(exceptforJapanese,whichmeetsfivedaysaweek).Thelanguageprogramshavelanguagelunchtables,coffeehours,andothersocialevents.Thelanguageteachersareavailableforcounselingandadditionalhelp.Ifastudentbeginsanewlanguage,proficiencyisusuallyattainedinoneyearthroughtheResidentialCollegeprogram.

LANG191IntensiveGermanI

(Goertz/Shier)IntensiveGermanIcoversthefirstyearofGermanlanguagestudyinonesemester.Thegoalofthiscourseistoprovidestudentswithabasicbutsolidknowledgeofgrammaticalstructuresandsyntax,afunctionalvocabulary,familiaritywithintonationpatternsandnativepronunciation,andpracticeinspeakingandwriting.AttheendofGermanIntensiveI,studentscanunderstandauthenticandliterarytextsappropriatetothelevelandshortspokenpassageswithoutglossedvocabulary,theycanwriteanessayorshortstorywithouttheaidofadictionary,andtheycanconverseonarangeofgeneraltopics.Thiscourse,likeallRCGermanlanguagecourses,isconductedinGerman,sostudentsquicklybecomeaccustomedtousingGermanfordailyactivities.StudentsinRCLang191havemanyopportunitiestogainfacilitywiththelanguagebyspeakingwithmoreadvancedlearnersandteachersintheprogramininformalsettings,suchasRCGermanlunchtablesandcoffeehours.Inaddition,theyareintroducedtowebactivitiesandfilmstohelpthemexploreaspectsofGermanlanguageandculture.RCLang191intheFallsemesterisintendedforstudentswhohavehadHSGerman,whoplacebelowthesecond‐yearlevel.IntheWintersemester,thecourseisgearedtostudentswhohavelittleornopriorexposuretothelanguage.

LANG194IntensiveSpanishI

(López‐Cotin)ThegoalofthiscourseistoprovidestudentswithabasicbutcomprehensiveknowledgeofSpanishmorphologyandsyntax,functionalvocabulary,andpracticeinspeakingandwriting.ThelecturegivesathoroughintroductiontoSpanishgrammaticalstructuresasusedinculturalcontexts.Studentsalsomeetinsmalldailydiscussiongroupsforintensivepracticeofthematerial.Uponcompletionofthiscoursestudentsareabletounderstandnon‐editedjournalistictextsandoralpassagesofmediumlengthwithouttheaidofadictionary,andcanalsoinitiateandsustainageneralconversationwithanativespeaker.Inallormostlinguisticareas,studentsmayachievetheequivalentofintermediatetointermediate‐highratingintheACTFLscale.

LANG290IntensiveFrenchII

(Butler‐Borruat)Thiscourse,whichmeetstwohoursaday,coversinonetermtheequivalentofasecondyearnon‐intensivecollegecourse.Thegoalofthecourseistobringstudentstoalevelofproﬁciencydeﬁnedbytheabilitytocommunicatewithsomeease,ifnotperfectly,withanativespeakerofFrench,inspokenandwrittenlanguage,andtounderstandthegeneralmeaningandmostdetailsofaFrenchtext,writtenorspoken(lecture)ofanon‐technicalnatureandofgeneralinterest.Thelecturecomponentofthecourseisdevotedtoathoroughreviewandanexpansionofgrammaticalconceptsandtothedevelopmentofreadingsandlistening

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skills.Exposuretoprimarysourcematerials(currenteventmagazinesornewspapers)andtotextsofculturalandliteraryvaluedevelopreadingabilityandvocabulary.ListeningskillsaretrainedininformalconversationalexchangesandinlectureonFrenchcontemporaryissues.Thediscussionsections,whichmeetinsmallgroups,emphasizethedevelopmentofspeakingskillsthroughextensivepracticeanalyzinganddiscussingcurrenttopics.Writingskillsarereﬁnedthroughcompositionassignmentswhichprovidestudentstheopportunitytoimprovetheaccuracyandexpressivenessoftheirstyle.Thiscourseincludesindividualdiagnosisofeachstudent’spronunciationwithapersonalizedprescriptionforexercises.Attheendoftheterm,theProﬁciencyExamevaluatesthelevelofperformanceincommunicativeskillsachievedbyeachstudent.

LANG291IntensiveGermanII

(Goertz/Paslick)IntensiveGermanIIcoversallofsecond‐yearGermaninonesemester.Thegoalsofthecoursearetoexpandvocabulary,toimprovecommunicationskills,andtomastergrammaticalstructuresandsyntaxtothelevelofcompetencythatmeetsadvancedintermediatestandardsforproficiency.Onehourofclassdevelopsessaywritingandoralcommunicationskills,focusingonautobiographicalandliterarytextsaboutthemajoreventsin20thand21stCenturyGermanculturalhistory.Thesecondhourisdevotedtoindepthstudyandpracticeofgrammar;itisaimedatdevelopingstudents'abilitytoapplycorrectformsandsyntaxandbeawareofstylisticnuancesevenwhenusingthelanguagespontaneously.Throughengagementwithcoursematerials,includingfilmsandothervisualandperformancetexts,andthroughinteractionwithteachersandclassmatesbothinformalandinformalcontexts,studentsdevelopspeaking,auralcomprehension,andwritingskills.Bytheendoftheterm,studentsareabletounderstandthecontentoftextsandlecturesofanon‐technicalnatureandofgeneralinterest,andtocommunicatewithsomeeasewithanativespeaker,inspokenandwrittenlanguage.Thoughtrainingforstudyabroadorworkabroadarenotcourseobjectives,perse,studentsareoftenwellqualifiedtodoeitheraftercompletionofthiscourse.

LANG293IntensiveRussianII

(Makin)Thegoalofthiscourseistoexpandvocabularyandtomastergrammaticalstructuresandsyntaxtothelevelofcompetencyrequiredtopassaproﬁciencyexam.Thisentailsdevelopingtheabilitytocommunicatewithsomeeasewithanativespeaker,inspokenandwrittenlanguage.Studentsmustbeabletounderstandthecontentoftextsandlecturesofanon‐technicalnature,andofageneral(non‐literary)interest.

CORE334.001SpecialTopics:RussianServiceLearninginActionNetwork(RUSLAN);Th3‐4andARR)

(Makin)TheRussophonecommunityintheAnnArborareahasgrownexponentiallyoverthelast20yearsasmanyRussian‐speakersfromtheformerSovietUnionhavemovedhere.Moreover,Russian‐speakingchildrenareadoptedinlargenumbersbyAmericanfamilies,andourareaisnoexception‐‐25%ofalladoptionsfromabroadarefromRussia.TheRUSLANprojectwillfocusonprovidinglanguage,livingandsocio‐culturalshiftassistancetotheRussophonecommunitythroughtranslationandinterpreting,languageexchangepartnerships,bilingualandbiliteracytutoringforchildren,helpwithhouseholdchoresandcompanionship,exerciseandwalkingprogramforseniors,computerliteracytutorials,patientadvocacyandotheractivities.

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