Spring 2010

DCH 612 • Accelerated Second-Year Dutch

Course Description

We will continue with Code Nederlands 1 and spend the first couple of weeks on reviewing grammar issues and texts. We will then start with Code Nederlands 2 and continue work much like in Dutch 604. Toward the end of the semester we will read Marga Minco's novel Het bittere kruid, the story of a Jewish family during the German occupation of the Netherlands in W.W. II. Students will also work on a Culture Project in Dutch. This entails creating a portfolio on a chosen topic about the Netherlands. Students may continue work on their topic from Dutch 604 or choose a new one. We will also watch several Dutch movies, among them the 1985 movie of Minco’s Het bittere kruid.

Grading Policy

10 Tests 50% of final grade Culture Project 10% of final grade Homework 10% of final grade 1 oral interview 5% of final grade Participation 10% of final grade 3 essays 15% of final grade

Texts

Continued from DCH 604: Kalsbeek, A.V. and F. Kuiken Code Nederlands I Leesboek en Oefenboek 201 Dutch Verbs New in DCH 612: Fontein, et al. Help! 2 Kunt u mij even helpen Code Nederlands 2 Leesboek en Oefenboek Donaldson, Dutch Comprehensive Grammar Reader DCH 612 containing literature

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