Intermediate German: Contemporary Life (Critical / Creative Engagement)

1. Intermediate German: Contemporary Life(Critical / Creative Engagement) • Playing with language • Role plays enacting scenes explicit or implicit in text. • Performances (poetry, reader’s theater, scenes from play). • Writing “Dear Abby” letters, diaries, narrations or descriptions from perspective of different character or context. • Creating “living statues” (Standbilder) depicting relationships in text. • Confronting difference • Journal writing / email discussion on personal reactions to texts. • Comparing summaries of texts and analyzing differences in emphasis, etc. • Ethnographic inquiry (interviews, email exchanges, deducing social / cultural values implicit, but not stated directly in texts [e.g. with Jugendliteratur]) ; identify and analyze situational culture clashes. • Making connections • Group projects involving independent learning (e.g. Internet projects). • Reflecting on relationships between language forms and communicative intent. • Translation projects (e.g. of poems or short stories). • Guest speakers from department or other disciplines.