BELLEVUE EAST GERMAN COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AND ESSENTIAL OBJECTIVES

Bellevue adopted Komm Mit!  for German I through III. We will use book 1 for German I and book 2 for German 2 and 3.    German IV and German V are combined, using Vail and Spark's German in Review as a grammar review, Dreimal Deutsch as a cultural reader, and literature and other units from a variety of sources. 

For German I, II, and III, the book also has web activities.   Students may go to the Holt site and go to World Languages and then German and then the chapter and do activities for each chapter.  These activities are great reinforcement for classroom learning. 

Our 5 goals are based on the national foreign language standards and the Nebraska frameworks:  communication, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities.  Students will be tested on the essential objectives chosen by the department.  The objectives tell what students should KNOW and BE ABLE TO DO by the end of each level.    Some objectives are the same in the different levels--what students are able to do becomes more advanced as they progress through the curriculum.   Objectives are the same for all of the languages offered. 

Essential Objectives for Level 1

The student will:

• comprehend and respond appropriately to directions, instructions and commands.

• engage in conversation.

• create simple descriptions within a context.

• read and respond to developmentally appropriate material.

• apply the sound system in written and oral communication. (Be able to spell and pronounce words.)

• identify commonly held generalizations, cultural perspectives and practices in cultures studied.

• extract information from sources intended for native speakers of the language.

• identify the structural patterns of the target language (grammar).

• locate connections with the target culture through use of technology, media, and authentic sources. 

Essential Objectives for Level 2

The student will:

• comprehend speech on familiar topic with some repetition.

• comprehend and respond to simple personal written communications (notes, invitations and letters).

• engage in conversation.

• apply the sound system in written and oral communication.  (Be able to spell and pronounce words)

• describe some cultural characteristics and behaviors of everyday life.

• extract information from sources intended for native speakers of the language.

• apply within limited contxts the structural patterns of the target language (grammar).

• locate connections with the target culture through use of technology, media, and authentic sources. 

Essential Objectives for Level 3

The student will:

• interact in basic survival situations.

• engage in conversation.

• derive meaning from selected authentic materials

• write a personal communication such as a note, letter, or invitation.

• present prepared material to an audience.

• identify and react to cultural perspectives and practices in the culture studied.

• extract information from sources intended for native speakers of the language.

• apply within limited contxts the structural patterns of the target language (grammar).

• locate connections with the target culture through use of technology, media, and authentic sources. 

Essential Objectives for Level 4

The student will:

• interact in basic survival situations.

• engage in conversation.

• derive meaning from selected authentic materials

• produce formal and informal written communication.

• present prepared material to an audience.

• identify the relationship between cultural perspectives and products/contributions as respresented in expressive forms of the culture studied, such as art, literature, music, dance, etc..

• extract information from sources intended for native speakers of the language.

• apply within limited contxts the structural patterns of the target language (grammar).

• locate connections with the target culture through use of technology, media, and authentic sources. 

Essential Objectives for Level 5

All of the same objectives as level IV apply for this level.  In addition, the student will:

• use different ways to express the same idea (circumlocution). 

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Last updated 8/19/2006