Responsibilities

POLICIES

1. ATTENDANCE: is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.  Direct human interaction in German with the instructor/tutor and classmates can speed learning.  So, if you are within commuting distance of Tucson, Arizona and want this advantage, ask where and when tutorials meet.   Distance learners perform best when they are highly motivated and self-disciplined.  Students  have found that these tools lighten that burden.

2. EVALUATION:  You can earn an "A" in this course!  See the table below to plan your final grade.  You may take and re-take a lesson exercise or randomized quiz at or near the scheduled date, and you may see your own current high scores anytime.  Interactive online Exams are proctored and time-delimited.

NOTICE to college students: If you request or accept a grade of  (I)ncomplete at the end of this semester you are expressly agreeing that you also accept responsibility for completing all work contained in the current and on-going Internet version of this course outline, even as these materials develop and change from term to term, up to one year after the end of the semester; not simply a static, printed version of this course outline as may have existed at some moment in time during the semester.

MATERIALS

• Deutsch 2, a MakeMeSmart^®  interactive online multimedia tutorial.

• All materials are in German, so get yourself a good dictionary, e.g. The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary.

CAUTIONS for doing computer-scored EXERCISES & QUIZZES !!

1. Whenever a person asks a question, the respondent may answer in an almost infinite number of ways.

2. It is impossible to anticipate all such answers, so to limit the number of acceptable responses, the teacher provides all the possible, reasonable answers he can think of.

3. So, what's a "reasonable" answer?  Please remember that:

• Drawings and photos seek to focus your attention on the action or factual content of the illustration.

• Questions seek to ask very specifically about the illustrated (or strongly implied) action or factual content.

• Your answers should always respond directly to, and within the scope of, this question-picture relationship, using the cue or phrase shown. 

• The question / answer exercises provided should aid consensus on what the pictures illustrate.

Use these conventions:

1. For special characters select the standard German Keyboard in your browser settings.  Alternatively, you may use the "escape-sequences" displayed there, or "cut-and-paste" single characters.

2. Start your answer as suggested in the example or cue, and follow directions!

3. Most questions require short answers in complete sentences.  A few may be fill-in, multiple choice, etc.

4. Keep your answers short, directly to-the-point, and within the scope of the question-picture relationship.

5. Leave two(2) spaces between sentences, e.g., [Nein.[][]Es regnet nicht.], where the answer requires more than one sentence.

6. Use correct punctuation.  A period should end most, if not all, sentences.

7. Do not hit {Enter} at the end of your answer; just click the [Submit] button with your mouse.

8. No extraneous keystrokes or unnecessary spaces!