1. Welcome! Year 2: 2013-14

2. GERMAN STUDIES STAFF Head of Department Dr Helmut Schmitz Dr Christine Achinger (on leave) Dr Seán Allan Ms Grit Brendecke Prof Anne Fuchs Dr James Hodkinson Dr James Jordan Ms Andrea Klaus Departmental Secretary Mrs Marie Lucas Stephen Lamb Dr Ian Roberts (Weimar, Translation) Ms Birgitt Oehle Dr Birgit Röder Ms Mary Sage (Translation) Mr Nick Pillai (Weimar) Ms Annika May Ms Adelheid Heuwieser

3. Teaching Culture and Politics (SL/JJ/NP/IR): underway! Age of Revolution: Lectures Tu 4-5 in R0.12 (Ramphal) Seminars Weds. 9.30-11.00 or 11.00- 12.30 H202 (BR) starting week 2

4. Teaching: Language Translation: MS, IR Thurs. from 1:00, 1.5hrs/fortnightly, H202 (1:00) and H058 (2-3.30, 3.30-5) Translation for Ger/Bus: Term 1! We 11-12 or 12-1, H201 (JJ) Essay-writing (not GerBus/IB): GB/AM 1st meeting: week 2 – see noticeboard for groups Business language (GerBus/IB: AK) 1 st meeting Thurs. 12.00 p.m., H244 Oral: see noticeboard! (note separate business German classes, BO) – from We 1pm

5. Timetable clashes Move the one that’s not a core module!!!

6. Resources Transnational Resources Centre Short Loan: DVD/Video Online materials (GE201/209) Library: remember Warwick German Studies Web http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/german/ http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/german/

7. Essay Writing Essay writing and marking criteria Dept Guidelines for Assessed Essays and Examinations (online) UG handbook (online) Dept feedback arrangements (online) All applications for extensions go though DUGS (Birgit Röder) – form online

8. E-submission submit as usual a hard copy of your assessed essay by the deadline 12.00 in addition submit in advance an e-copy departmental page for e-submission is http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/german/esubmissions/ print and submit the e-mail receipt with your hard copy

9. Organisation Change of address form to Marie Read Handbook (now online)! Online module registration: deadline 21 Oct. (week 3) Year abroad: coordinators AK, JH Careers: Fiona Kent (Handbook p.11) Attendance monitoring (Hndbk p.35-7)

10. Assessment Year 2 language: requirement to pass language to proceed to honours, but grade not part of finals Resits for language fails at beginning of Y4 ‘content’ modules: count towards finals (three of eight final marks) Final-year language is double-weighted 17 point mark scale (see Essay/Examination Handbook 2011-12 pp.19-24)

11. Meetings Personal tutor: Week 5 Tabula SSLC: Week 5 (Wed): reps needed! Sign up on noticeboard. See SA (convenor) Careers: Fiona Kent Year abroad meeting: week 4

12. Monitoring Dept required to monitor student attendance Students required to fulfil 12 annual monitoring points (see UG handbook) Missing 6+ monitoring points results in report to university which may result in procedures of termination of registration Personal Tutor meeting in week 9/10 of summer term counts as one.

13. Wi-Fi in Humanities Building

14. The joys of language-learning Michael Gove: “It is literally the case that learning languages makes you ….[??]” smarter!