H ERZLICH W ILLKOMMEN ZUM K ONVERSATIONSKURS ! Intermediate Conversation German 2513 Fall Term 2011 Anne Stieger

H OW TO REACH ME Office: BAC 317 Phone: Office hours: Monday & Thursday, 2-4pm Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, suggestions, uncertainties, etc. I will do my very best to help!

I N THIS COURSE, WE WILL … Talk, talk, chat, have fun, and talk some more Do group work, pair work, acting out dialogues, presentations, talk to students in Germany!!! and other fun stuff

C OURSE R EQUIREMENTS AND G RADING Participation and Attendance20% Presentation15% Writing Assignments15% Project (Skype)15% Vocabulary Booklet and tests10% Final Oral Exam25%

O UR S KYPE P ROJECT Topics Scheduling, duration, time languages, language levels Writing assignments during the project Final presentation Chose a good username Add Wolfville to location in profile Screenshots of your account and phone calls

O UR S KYPE P ROJECT Mon Screenshot of Skype-Account due! Tue Wed START! first contact – find each other on Skype, find dates and times for calls (chat, in English if you prefer) Thu Fri 16.9.Phone Call # 1 – topic 1 Sat Sun Mon Tue screenshot by Tue evening Wed 21.9.Bring notes you took to class Thu Fri 23.9.Phone Call #2 – topic 2 Sat Sun Mon Tue screenshot by Tue evening Wed 28.9.Bring notes you took to class Thu Fri 30.9.Phone Call # 3 Sat Sun Mon Tue screenshot by Tue evening Wed 5.10.Bring notes you took to class

A QUICK LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT Please write a short text about yourself: Age, what you study, Where you’re from, where you live now Hobbies What you did in the summer What you will do on the weekend How you like Wolfville and why …? Don’t worry – not graded!

J OIN THE G ERMAN C LUB ! First meeting: Sept. 15 th – Movie Night!