Photos of students interacting in class. (Image courtesy of OCW. Courtesy of Thomas Covert, William Etheridge, and David Newell. Used with permission.)
Instructor(s)
Dagmar Jaeger
MIT Course Number
21G.403
As Taught In
Spring 2004
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Description
This course expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Students develop analytic and interpretative skills through the reading of a full-length drama as well as short prose and poetry (Biermann, Brecht, Dürrenmatt, Tawada and others) and through media selections on contemporary issues in German-speaking cultures. Coursework includes discussions and compositions based on these texts, and review of grammar and development of vocabulary-building strategies. It is recommended for students with two years of high school German.