Vincent Vanderheijden

This accelerated Dutch course is designed to develop your communicative abilities, and provide a thorough introduction to the culture, history, and society of the countries where Dutch is spoken.

You will develop a wide range of communication skills which will help you interact with other Dutch speakers in a variety of contexts. You will practice writing for a range of readers; reading from a texts from notes to pamphlets to articles; speaking to both individuals and to groups about yourself and your interests as well as learning about other people who speak Dutch. All of this learning occurs in a supportive, culturally relevant context. There is much ground to cover in this fast-paced course, as the course is intended one the one hand, to facilitate your first visits to the Netherlands and Belgium and on the other, to prepare you for advanced study in DCH 612. In that course your Dutch learning continues in the context of contemporary issues and Dutch literature and will fulfill a 12-hour language requirement.

As you can see, this is an ambitious, but rewarding program. You can expect an intensive experience. It demands your full engagement and will yield rich rewards.

Grading Policy

5 written tests and 2 oral exams: 40%

Short quizzes: 20%

Homework and Participation: 25%

Independent Learning Project: 15

Texts

Routledge Intensive Dutch Course; Dutch-English/English-Dutch dictionary (Routledge publishes a good one.)

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.

Texts/Readings:
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

Grading/Requirements:
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

Course Description:
German 328 is designed to help you refine your command and understanding of German grammar.  The course focuses primarily on formal accuracy, but class activities will include communicative applications of grammatical points.  German 328 is not a course in composition, conversation, or stylistics, although there are elements of such courses in German 328.  (The department offers other courses dedicated to these topics.)  You must have completed second year German here at UT or have earned credit for second year German through a placement exam, AP exam, or transfer credit to enroll in German 328.

Texts/Readings:
-Frank E. Donahue, Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik (required)
-A German-English dictionary of your choice

Grading/Requirements:
Tests (4 x 20%):     80%
Participation:         20%

Tests:
Four tests will be given over the course of the semester.  Tests typically cover four or more chapters of the textbook and consist of items similar to those on the homework assignments and in-class exercises.  Each test is worth 20% of your semester grade. Because the tests are increasingly cumulative, there is no final exam in this class.

Participation:
Participation includes attendance, asking questions, answering questions, and taking part in class discussions.  Attendance is crucial.  Unexcused absences will result in poor grades for participation!  Please notify the instructor as soon as possible if it is necessary for you to be absent from class.  In accordance with UT policy, you may be excused from class to participate in religious observances and official obligations like club or varsity sports.  In such cases, written documentation must be presented to the instructor at least one week before the absence takes place.

This accelerated Dutch course is designed to develop your communicative abilities, and provide a thorough introduction to the culture, history, and society of the countries where Dutch is spoken.

You will develop a wide range of communication skills which will help you interact with other Dutch speakers in a variety of contexts. You will practice writing for a range of readers; reading from a texts from notes to pamphlets to articles; speaking to both individuals and to groups about yourself and your interests as well as learning about other people who speak Dutch. All of this learning occurs in a supportive, culturally relevant context. There is much ground to cover in this fast-paced course, as the course is intended one the one hand, to facilitate your first visits to the Netherlands and Belgium and on the other, to prepare you for advanced study in DCH 612. In that course your Dutch learning continues in the context of contemporary issues and Dutch literature and will fulfill a 12-hour language requirement.

As you can see, this is an ambitious, but rewarding program. You can expect an intensive experience. It demands your full engagement and will yield rich rewards.

Grading Policy

5 written tests and 2 oral exams: 40%

Short quizzes: 20%

Homework and Participation: 25%

Independent Learning Project: 15

Texts

Routledge Intensive Dutch Course; Dutch-English/English-Dutch dictionary (Routledge publishes a good one.)

Course Description:
German 328 is designed to help you refine your command and understanding of German grammar.  The course focuses primarily on formal accuracy, but class activities will include communicative applications of grammatical points.  German 328 is not a course in composition, conversation, or stylistics, although there are elements of such courses in German 328.  (The department offers other courses dedicated to these topics.)  You must have completed second year German here at UT or have earned credit for second year German through a placement exam, AP exam, or transfer credit to enroll in German 328.

Texts/Readings:
-Frank E. Donahue, Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik (required)
-A German-English dictionary of your choice

Grading/Requirements:
Tests (4 x 20%):     80%
Participation:         20%

Tests:
Four tests will be given over the course of the semester.  Tests typically cover four or more chapters of the textbook and consist of items similar to those on the homework assignments and in-class exercises.  Each test is worth 20% of your semester grade. Because the tests are increasingly cumulative, there is no final exam in this class.

Participation:
Participation includes attendance, asking questions, answering questions, and taking part in class discussions.  Attendance is crucial.  Unexcused absences will result in poor grades for participation!  Please notify the instructor as soon as possible if it is necessary for you to be absent from class.  In accordance with UT policy, you may be excused from class to participate in religious observances and official obligations like club or varsity sports.  In such cases, written documentation must be presented to the instructor at least one week before the absence takes place.

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.

Texts/Readings:
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

Grading/Requirements:
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

This accelerated Dutch course is designed to develop your communicative abilities, and provide a thorough introduction to the culture, history, and society of the countries where Dutch is spoken.

You will develop a wide range of communication skills which will help you interact with other Dutch speakers in a variety of contexts. You will practice writing for a range of readers; reading from a texts from notes to pamphlets to articles; speaking to both individuals and to groups about yourself and your interests as well as learning about other people who speak Dutch. All of this learning occurs in a supportive, culturally relevant context. There is much ground to cover in this fast-paced course, as the course is intended one the one hand, to facilitate your first visits to the Netherlands and Belgium and on the other, to prepare you for advanced study in DCH 612. In that course your Dutch learning continues in the context of contemporary issues and Dutch literature and will fulfill a 12-hour language requirement.

As you can see, this is an ambitious, but rewarding program. You can expect an intensive experience. It demands your full engagement and will yield rich rewards.

Grading Policy

5 written tests and 2 oral exams: 40%

Short quizzes: 20%

Homework and Participation: 25%

Independent Learning Project: 15

Texts

Routledge Intensive Dutch Course; Dutch-English/English-Dutch dictionary (Routledge publishes a good one.)

Course Description:
German 328 is designed to help you refine your command and understanding of German grammar.  The course focuses primarily on formal accuracy, but class activities will include communicative applications of grammatical points.  German 328 is not a course in composition, conversation, or stylistics, although there are elements of such courses in German 328.  (The department offers other courses dedicated to these topics.)  You must have completed second year German here at UT or have earned credit for second year German through a placement exam, AP exam, or transfer credit to enroll in German 328.

Texts/Readings:
-Frank E. Donahue, Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik (required)
-A German-English dictionary of your choice

Grading/Requirements:
Tests (4 x 20%):     80%
Participation:         20%

Tests:
Four tests will be given over the course of the semester.  Tests typically cover four or more chapters of the textbook and consist of items similar to those on the homework assignments and in-class exercises.  Each test is worth 20% of your semester grade. Because the tests are increasingly cumulative, there is no final exam in this class.

Participation:
Participation includes attendance, asking questions, answering questions, and taking part in class discussions.  Attendance is crucial.  Unexcused absences will result in poor grades for participation!  Please notify the instructor as soon as possible if it is necessary for you to be absent from class.  In accordance with UT policy, you may be excused from class to participate in religious observances and official obligations like club or varsity sports.  In such cases, written documentation must be presented to the instructor at least one week before the absence takes place.

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.

Texts/Readings:
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

Grading/Requirements:
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

Course Description

This accelerated Dutch course will focus on developing students' communicative abilities, and providing a thorough introduction to the culture, history, and society of the countries where Dutch is spoken. We will cover in one semester all the material normally covered in one year of instruction. With Dutch 612 in the spring, you can fulfill the two-year language requirement in just two semesters. Of course this means that both you and the instructor have quite some ground to cover. Keep in mind that language learning is always an intensive undertaking that demands a lot of practice. An accelerated course, therefore, is an intensively intensive undertaking

Grading Policy

6 tests: 30% Oral final: 10% Short quizzes: 15% Homework: 15% Participation: 10% Weekly journal: 10% Presentations (2): 10%

Texts

Code Nederlands, tekstboek, Deel I Code Nederlands, oefenboek, Deel I Dutch-English/English-Dutch dictionary (Routledge publishes a good one.) 201 Dutch Verbs Reader with stories available from Speedway Copies (Dobie Mall, 478-3334) Dutch Grammar Compendium (hand-out)

Course Description

Welcome to German 507! It is a 2nd semester course that continues where GER 506 left off. If you earned an A or B in 506, you have a good foundation for GER 507. If you earned a C, you have some deficiencies you need to address. There is a review period during at the beginning of the semester, and you should use it to full advantage. If you earned a D in GER 506, you are not eligible to take this course. If you did not take GER 506 at UT, see your instructor soon; you will need to familiarize yourself with the material covered in GER 506. As GER 506, this course also emphasizes equally listening, speaking, reading and writing. The primary goal of instruction in 507 is to help you develop your ability to communicate in German. German 507 is a five-credit course that meets Mondays through Thursdays. How much time you should spend studying outside of class depends on a number of individual factors such as your linguistic aptitude, self-discipline, your desire to learn a foreign language, etc. You should, on average, plan to spend at least 1-2 hours each day studying German: completing written homework, reviewing, reading, and building your vocabulary. Your instructor can offer some tips on how to study effectively.

Grading Policy

All German 507 students are evaluated according to the same criteria: A. 5 chapter exams = 50% B. 2 Oral examinations = 10% Each oral exam is worth 5% of your grade. The first one will be administered during the first half of the semester, the second one during the second half of the semester. The best preparation for these exams is regular and active participation in class. The more you participate in class, the more fluently you will speak. C. Brief Quizzes = 15% These quizzes are given in class and can be announced or unannounced. D. Class participation and homework = 25% This grade includes participation and attendance (5%), hand-in homework, attendance at the German Film Series (at least twice / semester), assignments from the Kurspaket, the WebQuests, from Grimm Grammar, etc. (15%).

There is no final exam during the final exam period in GER 507 due to the cumulative nature of all of the tests you take. If you show up late for a test, you will still have to finish the test at the same time as the other students. If you do not show up for an exam without having obtained permission from your instructor in advance of the test, you will not receive any credit for the test. Emergencies that can be substantiated to the satisfaction of your instructor will be treated as exceptions. There are no Incompletes given in German 506.

Texts

Robert Di Donato, Monica Clyde, Jacqueline Vensant: Deutsch: Na klar! An Introductory German Course (Student Edition). 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill.

This accelerated Dutch course is designed to develop your communicative abilities, and provide a thorough introduction to the culture, history, and society of the countries where Dutch is spoken.

You will develop a wide range of communication skills which will help you interact with other Dutch speakers in a variety of contexts. You will practice writing for a range of readers; reading from a texts from notes to pamphlets to articles; speaking to both individuals and to groups about yourself and your interests as well as learning about other people who speak Dutch. All of this learning occurs in a supportive, culturally relevant context. There is much ground to cover in this fast-paced course, as the course is intended one the one hand, to facilitate your first visits to the Netherlands and Belgium and on the other, to prepare you for advanced study in DCH 612. In that course your Dutch learning continues in the context of contemporary issues and Dutch literature and will fulfill a 12-hour language requirement.

As you can see, this is an ambitious, but rewarding program. You can expect an intensive experience. It demands your full engagement and will yield rich rewards.

Grading Policy

5 written tests and 2 oral exams: 40%

Short quizzes: 20%

Homework and Participation: 25%

Independent Learning Project: 15

Texts

Routledge Intensive Dutch Course; Dutch-English/English-Dutch dictionary (Routledge publishes a good one.)

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.

Texts/Readings:
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

Grading/Requirements:
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