SPAN 1010 Concurrent Enrollment Benchmarks 2

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT BENCHMARKS

The focus in proficiency is on what the students can do rather than on what they know.

GERMAN 1010 – First Year GERMAN I (4) NOVICE Introductory course assuming no significant experience with the language. WSU Catalog, 2009-10, p. 147

 The entry proficiency is presumed to be Novice Students completing GERMAN 1010 as WSU Low or Novice Mid. Concurrent Enrollment will be required to:  The ending proficiency expectation is Novice  Enroll in GERMAN 1010 at their high school. Mid.  Participate actively in the course throughout the semester or year. TEXT German1010 uses chapters Intro through 4 in:  Complete at least two oral interviews, one at th DiDonato et al. (2007). Deutsch: Na klar! (5 midterm and the other near the end of the course. Ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.  Provide a sample of spontaneous written work On-line Workbook and On-line Lab Manual to (see text types below) accompany Deutsch: Na klar! TOPICS At the university, GERMAN 1010 meets for approximately 56 hours. Each student is expected to  Greetings, important conversation expressions have his or her own book and to complete workbook and  School: the classroom, subjects studied, times, lab manual assignments, generally outside of class. This places, professors, etc. implies a homework load of at least 1 or 2 hours for  Identity and Family: relatives, ages, descriptions every hour spent in class. The total hour requirement for GERMAN 1010 is 160 to 180 hours.  Living and Customs: roommates, location, furniture GENERAL PROFICIENCY PROGRESS INDICATORS  Daily routine: activities, times, schedules, At the end of GERMAN 1010 students should be able to movies, music, theater, news, e-media  Recognize and understand commonly used  Food: types, meals, restaurants, Brauhaus words, phrases and expressions.  Use visual and contextual clues to assist in TEXT TYPES (spoken or written) comprehension.  Signs (traffic, commercial)  Sometimes recognize previously learned  Lists of words and phrases material when presented in new context.  Schedules  Simple notes and messages WRITING & SPEAKING BENCHMARKS Successful students will be able to:  Instructions/Directions  Copy or transcribe familiar words or phrases,  Simple descriptions and reproduce a modest number of isolated words and phrases in context. FUNCTIONS  Supply limited information on simple forms and  Greetings documents, and other basic biographical  Understanding and using numbers information, such as names, numbers, and  Telling time and using a calendar nationality.  Describing people and things  Exhibit accuracy when writing on well-practiced, familiar topics using limited formulaic language, but  Telling where objects are will exhibit a marked decrease in accuracy with less  Telling when you do activities familiar topics. Errors in spelling or in the  Speaking in the present representation of symbols may be frequent.  Simple reference (understanding of object pronouns and personal pronouns) ASSESSMENT  Simple commands SPAN 1010 • Concurrent Enrollment Benchmarks 2 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT BENCHMARKS

The focus in proficiency is on what the students can do rather than on what they know. GERMAN 1020 – First Year GERMAN II (4) NOVICE Continuation of 1010. (Introductory course assuming no significant experience with the language.) WSU Catalog, 2009-10, p. 147

 The entry proficiency is presumed to be Novice  Complete at least two oral interviews, one at Mid. midterm and the other near the end of the course.  The ending proficiency expectation is Novice  Provide a sample of spontaneous written work High. as well as practiced or guided written work (see text types below) TEXT GERMAN 1020 covers chapters 5 to 8 in: DiDonato, R. et al. (2007). Deutsch: Na klar! TOPICS th (5 Ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.  All of the topics from GERMAN 1010, plus On-line Workbook and On-line Lab Manual to  Shopping: clothing, prices, types of stores, accompany Deutsch: Na klar! materials, colors and styles At the university, GERMAN 1020 meets for  Travel and vacations: transportation, planning, approximately 56 hours. Each student is expected to activities (camping, flying, driving, eating out, making have his or her own book and to complete workbook and reservations, etc.) lab manual assignments, generally outside of class. This  Holidays and Feste: major festivals in USA and implies a homework load of at least 1 or 2 hours for the German language regions, activities related to every hour spent in class. The total hour requirement for these celebrations, parties GERMAN 1020 is 160 to 180 hours.  Free time, leisure and sports: pastimes, household chores, indoor and outdoor activities GENERAL PROFICIENCY PROGRESS INDICATORS At the end of GERMAN 1020 students should be able to  Health: illnesses, the doctor and the hospital or clinic, drugs, instructions  Recognize and understand commonly used words, phrases and expressions. TEXT TYPES (spoken or written)  Use visual and contextual clues to assist in  Brochures/Advertisements comprehension.  Maps  Sometimes recognize previously learned material when presented in new context.  Simple rhymes  Notes and messages WRITING & SPEAKING BENCHMARKS  Instructions/Directions Successful students will be able to:  Schedules  Meet limited basic practical writing needs using  Simple descriptions lists, short messages, postcards, and simple notes – relying mainly on practiced material.  Brief and familiar narratives  Recombine learned vocabulary and structures to FUNCTIONS create simple non-formulaic sentences on very familiar topics, but may only partially communicate  All of the functions for GERMAN 1010, plus what is intended due to errors in grammar, word  Read and understand simple advertising choice, punctuation, and spelling.  Commands with object and personal pronouns ASSESSMENT  Expressing likes and dislikes Students completing GERMAN 1020 as WSU  Begin talking about the past in personal Concurrent Enrollment will be required to: situations  Enroll in GERMAN 1020 at their high school. o Describing how things were or used to  Participate actively in the course throughout the be semester or year. o Relating simple experiences in the past  Making comparisons SPAN 1010 • Concurrent Enrollment Benchmarks 3  Asking simple questions

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT BENCHMARKS

The focus in proficiency is on what the students can do rather than on what they know.

GERMAN 2010 – Second Year GERMAN I (4) NOVICE HIGH Students learn and apply strategies for acquiring a foreign language. The process of foreign language acquisition reflects how humans learn, think and communicate. This course assumes completion of first-year or equivalent experience. WSU Catalog, 2009-10, p. 147

 The entry proficiency is presumed to be Novice intended due to errors in grammar, word choice, High. punctuation, and spelling.   The ending proficiency expectation is also Novice High.  ASSESSMENT   Students completing GERMAN 2010 as WSU  TEXT GERMAN 2010 uses chapters 9 through Concurrent Enrollment will be required to: 13 in:  Enroll in GERMAN 2010 at their high school.  Knorre, M. et al. (2007). Deutsch: Na klar!  Participate actively in the course throughout the (5th Ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. semester or year.  On-line Workbook and On-line Lab  Complete at least two oral interviews, one at Manual to accompany Deutsch, Na klar! midterm and the other near the end of the course.   Provide a sample of spontaneous written work as  At the university, GERMAN 2010 meets for well as practiced or guided written work (see text types approximately 56 hours. Each student is expected below) to have his or her own book and to complete  TOPICS workbook and lab manual assignments, generally  All of the topics from GERMAN 1010 and 1020, outside of class. This implies a homework load of plus at least 1 or 2 hours for every hour spent in class.  Arts and entertainment: music, painting, sculpture, The total hour requirement for GERMAN 2010 is theater and dance, some architectural terms, some 160 to 180 hours. famous painters, authors and composers   Nature and the environment: basic geography,  GENERAL PROFICIENCY PROGRESS regions and agricultural products, cars and driving, use INDICATORS of resources and conservation  At the end of GERMAN 2010 students should be  Social life and emotions: relationships in family able to and work, the cycle of life (age, youth, disease, death,  Recognize and understand commonly used words, celebrations and milestones) phrases and expressions.  Work and professions: occupations, places of  Use visual and contextual clues to assist in employment, pay and salary, banking and basic comprehension. finance  Sometimes recognize previously learned material  Current events: news, natural disasters, accidents when presented in new context. and problems, government (both in US and some  Spanish speaking countries)  WRITING & SPEAKING BENCHMARKS  Foreign countries: shopping abroad, lodging  Successful students will be able to: abroad, location, politics and traditions in Spanish  Meet limited basic practical writing needs using speaking countries lists, short messages, postcards, and simple notes –  relying mainly on practiced material.  TEXT TYPES (spoken or written)  Recombine learned vocabulary and structures to  Brochures/Advertisements create simple non-formulaic sentences on very familiar  Maps topics, but may only partially communicate what is  Simple rhymes SPAN 1010 • Concurrent Enrollment Benchmarks 4  Notes and messages  Quality of life: technology, housing, benefits and  Instructions/Directions options, expressing desires and hopes  Schedules  Read and understand simple explanations and arguments  Basic descriptions  Talk about the future; plans and events  Familiar or simple narratives   Begin talking about the past in personal situations Describing how things were or used to be  FUNCTIONS o o Relating simple experiences in the past  All of the functions for GERMAN 1010 and 1020, plus  Expressing feelings and attitudes  Modern life: being a student, pressures on time,  Express what you "would do" or "might do" in accidents, planning for the future certain situations.  Expressing doubt and uncertainty