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INTENSIVE GERMAN COURSES IN THE SUMMER
Embark on an exciting summer journey - Learning German will open up astonishing new cultural vistas, enable you to communicate with 120 million people in several European countries, and expose you to the world of great thinkers such as Nietzsche, Kafka, and Freud. Among the multiple personal, academic, and professional benefits of a foreign language learning experience is the fact that graduate and law schools in the U.S. are keen on admitting students with advanced knowledge of a foreign language. In 2005, UC Berkeley offers a variety of German courses and intensive workshops on the Berkeley campus and a workshop for beginners in Berlin.
NEW GERMAN SUMMER COURSE OFFERED IN BERLIN:
German 1: Beginning German
NOT OFFERED IN SUMMER 2008
5 units, June 12- August 18. Projected Program Cost: $ 3,500 including tuition and fees, housing, and airfare. Up to six $ 500 scholarships available!
This workshop combines the total immersion in a foreign language with a living experience in Germany's capital of Berlin, offering unique opportunities for students to learn about and absorb German language, history, culture, and a world perspective. Carrying five credit units and taught by UC Berkeley faculty, this intensive course is designed to give students the opportunity to complete one full semester of college German at the beginners level. Utilizing a communicative-oriented approach, the workshop will help students to acquire a reasonable level of communicative competence in German while being sensitized to the relationship between language and culture. A thorough on-site orientation program and guided excursions in Berlin will provide an invaluable cultural supplement to formal language instruction.
Students will be integrated in the vibrant and diverse student life of the International Summer University at the Freie Universität Berlin (FU) and have library priviledges, access to dining halls, cafeterias, and computer facilities. With their German student ID, participants can benefit from substantial discounts at many venues in Berlin; a public transportation pass provides unlimited access to the one of the world's most extensive and efficient public transportation systems. Housing will be in a FU dormitory (apartments with single bedrooms and shared kitchen and bathroom), conveniently located in the vicinity of both the FU Campus, where class will be held, and downtown Berlin.
German 1: Elementary German I
(CCN 48605); 5 units; MTWTF 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.; June 9-July 18. Location: 225 Dwinelle Hall
Instructor: Meredith Kolar.
All four foreign language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) are addressed to help students acquire communicative competence in the German language while being sensitized to the links between language and culture. This course is for students with no prior knowledge of German.
German 2: Elementary German II
(CCN 48610); 5 units; MTWTF 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.; July 14-August 15 . Location: TBA
Instructor: Jeremy, Bergerson.
Intended for students who have already taken German 1, covering the equivalent of a second-semester course at Berkeley.
German 3: Intermediate German I
(CCN 48615); 5 units; MTWTF 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.; June 9-July 11. 205 DWINELLE HALL Instructor: Jacob Haubenreich.
While continuing to expand students' communicative competence in German, this content-driven course will provide insights into postwar German history and cultural trends. Primary focus will be on the development of literacy skills (critical reading and writing), vocabulary expansion, and a thorough review of structural concepts. You will be guided towards expressing yourself on more abstract topics, such as language and power in society, multiculturalism, rebellion and protest, and social justice, and towards drawing connections between texts and contexts, using a variety of text genres (journalistic, historical, short story, poetry, drama, advertising, film).
German 4: Intermediate German II
(CCN 48620); 5 units; MTWTF 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.; July 14-August 15. 205 DWINELLE HALL .
Instructor: Melissa Etzler.
Intended for students who have already taken German 3, covering the equivalent of a fourth-semester course at Berkeley.
German 10: Elementary German Intensive Workshop
(Sec. 1 - CCN: 48645) 10 units; MTWTF 9 a.m.- 12 p.m., 123 WHEELER HALL. Session B: June 9- August 15. Instructors: Peter Woods & Priscilla Layne.
This accelerated elementary course is conducted entirely in German. All four foreign language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) will be addressed to help you acquire a reasonable level of proficiency in the German language while sensitizing you to the links between language and culture. The program includes a weekly film and a conversation table where you can practice your German informally with fellow learners and instructors. This workshop is equivalent to the full first year of language instruction at Berkeley and includes the following course for which you can enroll separately:
German 20: Intermediate German Intensive Workshop
(CCN: 48650) 10 units; MTWTF 9 a.m.- 12 p.m., 205 DWINELLE HALL.
Session B: June 9- August 15. Instructors: Melissa Etzler & Jacob Haubenreich.
While further developing your foreign language skills and broadening your understanding of the links between language and culture, this accelerated intermediate course will be embedded in the context of German post-war cultural history. A weekly German film and the opportunity to participate in a conversation table round out the program. This workshop is equivalent to the full second year of language instruction at Berkeley and includes the following course for which you can also enroll separately:
German 107: German for Reading Knowledge
(CCN 48665); 3 units; TWTh 9 a.m.- 11 a.m.; Session C: June 23 - August 16. 282 Dwinelle Hall. Instructor: Sabrina Rahman.
Six hours of lecture per week for eight weeks. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Prerequisites: Three years of high school German or one year of college German. Intended for students with some prior knowledge of German who wish to
improve their reading skills and for graduates preparing for reading examinations. Not applicable to the major.
OTHER COURSES
German R5B: Reading and Composition (in English)
Session A: May 27-July 3 :
Sect. 1: CCN 48625; 4 units; TWTh 12:30-3 pm. Rm. 189 Dwinelle. Instructor: Schechtman.
Sect. 2: CCN 48630; 4 units; TWTh 2pm-4:30 pm. Rm. 89 Dwinelle. Instructor: Zahrt.
Sec. 4: CCN 48640; 4 units; TWTh 12:30-3pm. Rm. 289 Dwinelle. Instructor: Trop.
Session D: July 7-August 15.
Sect. 3:CCN 48635; 4 units; TuWTh 10-12:30pm. Rm 45 Evans. Instructor: Staff
Seven and one half hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Subject A or examination for R5A. Any A-level course for R5B. Formerly German 5B.
General Description: This course offers a survey of modern German literary, cultural, and intellectual currents, as well as an introduction to argumentation and analysis. Students will examine numerous issues and questions central to defining the complexity of modern German culture. R5A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R5B satisfies the second half.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you are unsure which course is right for you or have questions regarding course content, please contact the German Department at (510) 642-7445 or germanic@berkeley.edu
For Summer Sessions enrollment information, please see the Berkeley Summer Session Registration web site or contact the Summer Sessions Office:
Berkeley Summer Sessions
22 Wheeler Hall, #1080
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1080
(510) 642-5611
or toll-free 1-800-GoToUCB (catalog request)
e-mail: info@mail.summer.berkeley.edu
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