Course: German for Reading Knowledge - bmc.GERM.B421.001.F26

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German for Reading Knowledge

Kongressbad, Vienna
- Select activity Announcements
  
  Announcements Forum
- Select activity Announcements
  
  Announcements Forum
  
  ALL GENERAL NEW AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
- Select activity Syllabus: "German for Reading Knowledge" (Ger 421)
  
  Syllabus: "German for Reading Knowledge" (Ger 421) File DOCX
  
  "S" = Seite, or "'page."
  
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Select section Helpful Websites

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Helpful Websites
Here are links to helpful resources for the course, such as online dictionaries, websites, and other media.

1) DICTIONARY

https://www.linguee.de/

https://dict.leo.org/german-english/

2) GRAMMAR (ADDITIONAL GRAMMAR REVIEW AND EXPLANATIONS

Dartmouth Grammatik: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Grammatik.html

University of Michigan: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/grammatik/
Select section Week 1, September 1

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Week 1, September 1
- Select activity Jannach 1-4
  
  Jannach 1-4 File
- Select activity Jannach -- Intro and Table of Contents
  
  Jannach -- Intro and Table of Contents File
Select section Week 2, September 8

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Week 2, September 8
- Select activity Jannach 1-4
  
  Jannach 1-4 File
- Select activity Jannach, Week 2
  
  Jannach, Week 2 Assignment
  
  Opened: Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, you may write and upload the completed exercises from the assigned Jannach chapters here. (Paragraph should be prepared, but do not need to be submitted, and translations can be done orally, as part of the group, in class.)
- Select activity Apelt Text
  
  Apelt Text File
  
  Apelt Reading. English translation available, but try not to look at it. We will review on Tuesday, September 8, in class.
- Select activity Apelt English
  
  Apelt English File
Select section Week 3, September 15

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Week 3, September 15
- Select activity Jannach Text, Kapitel 5-8
  
  Jannach Text, Kapitel 5-8 File
- Select activity Schliemann, "Troja" German (Read to end of second paragraph)
  
  Schliemann, "Troja" German (Read to end of second paragraph) File
  
  For Tuesday, September 15.
- Select activity Schliemann "Troja" (English Translation)
  
  Schliemann "Troja" (English Translation) File
- Select activity Practice Text #1 (Without Translation)
  
  Practice Text #1 (Without Translation) File DOCX
  
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- Select activity Practice Text #1 (With Translation)
  
  Practice Text #1 (With Translation) File DOCX
  
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- Select activity Jannach Week 3 (Kapitel)
  
  Jannach Week 3 (Kapitel) Assignment
  
  Opened: Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload the completed exercises (but not longer essay in book) from Jannach here.
Select section Week 4, September 22

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Week 4, September 22
- Select activity "Sucht aus der Tasse" (No English translation here, Official Level B2 German)
  
  "Sucht aus der Tasse" (No English translation here, Official Level B2 German) File
  
  Students must
  
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  Please translate as best as you are able to "Kaffee" (up to paragraph three, if you have time) for Tuesday, September 23.
- Select activity Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Deutscher Text) Translate All
  
  Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Deutscher Text) Translate All File DOCX
  
  Students must
  
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  English translation available. Time permitting, we will look at this in class after "Sucht aus der Tasse," on Tuesday, September 24.
  
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- Select activity Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Englischsprachige Übersetzung)
  
  Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Englischsprachige Übersetzung) File DOCX
  
  Students must
  
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- Select activity Jannach Week 4 (Exercises: Chapters 6-7)
  
  Jannach Week 4 (Exercises: Chapters 6-7) Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload the completed exercises for chapters 6-7 from Jannach here.
- Select activity Take-Home Test #1 (Undergraduates):“Deutschland: Die Geschichte,” S. 56-57,
  
  Take-Home Test #1 (Undergraduates):“Deutschland: Die Geschichte,” S. 56-57, Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 11:00 AM
Select section Week 5, September 29

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Week 5, September 29
- Select activity Jannach -- Kapitel 9-12
  
  Jannach -- Kapitel 9-12 File
  
  Students must
  
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- Select activity Altorientalische Herrschergräber in Mesopotamien (first two paragraphs)
  
  Altorientalische Herrschergräber in Mesopotamien (first two paragraphs) File
  
  This is a recent German reading exam from the Department of Archaeology. Try to complete two paragraphs by Tuesday, October 1, and see if a third is possible.
- Select activity Hoelscher -- Victoria Romana (translate all)
  
  Hoelscher -- Victoria Romana (translate all) File
  
  Students must
  
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- Select activity Jannach Week 5 (Chapters 8-9)
  
  Jannach Week 5 (Chapters 8-9) Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload here the assigned Jannach exercises from this week. Due date: October 1.
Select section Week 6, October 6

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Week 6, October 6
- Select activity Old Classics Proficiency Exam: "Socrates -- Philosophie als Antipolitik"
  
  Old Classics Proficiency Exam: "Socrates -- Philosophie als Antipolitik" File
  
  Please spend at least 90 minutes -- that much, if possible, but no more -- on your translation of this article. Let's see how far that time brings you with the translation.
- Select activity Zwierlein, "Lucans Caesar in Troia" (German)
  
  Zwierlein, "Lucans Caesar in Troia" (German) File
  
  Aim to complete for Tuesday, October 8 (three paragraphs, required for undergraduates).
- Select activity Zwierlein, Lucans Caesar in Troia (English)
  
  Zwierlein, Lucans Caesar in Troia (English) File
- Select activity "Socrates -- Philosophie als Antipolitik" Translation
  
  "Socrates -- Philosophie als Antipolitik" Translation Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload your timed two-hour diagnostic translation of the Classics Proficiency Exam text here. You may use an online or print dictionary, no problem. But please stay away from other translation tools. And of course, it's just a diagnostic to see where we are. Not graded, except as a "completed assignment."
- Select activity Jannach Week 5 (Chapter 10-11)
  
  Jannach Week 5 (Chapter 10-11) Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, upload the completed exercises, chapter 10-11, from Jannach here.
  
  Also upload the assigned "Old Classics Proficiency Exam ("Socrates") plus "Zwierlein, Lucans Caesar in Troia.
  
  Due date: Tuesday, October 8.
Select section Week 7, October 13

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Week 7, October 13
- Select activity Chapters 13-16
  
  Chapters 13-16 File
- Select activity Recent German Translation Exam from "History of Art"
  
  Recent German Translation Exam from "History of Art" File PDF
  
  Translate the first marked passage (one page) from the essay "Bodenstuck einer Glasschale." Please complete, and we can see how long doing that much takes you.
  
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- Select activity Wlosok -- Zur Einheit der Metamorphosen des Apuleius
  
  Wlosok -- Zur Einheit der Metamorphosen des Apuleius File
  
  Students must
  
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  Please translate from page 68 to end of first paragraph on page 70 (but not notes to text). Use English text translation, as necessary, and we can review this essay in class.
- Select activity Wlosok English version
  
  Wlosok English version File
  
  Students must
  
  Mark as done
- Select activity Jannach Week 7
  
  Jannach Week 7 Assignment
  
  Opened: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, please write and upload the completed exercises, including translated reading passages, from the assigned Jannach chapters 13-14 here. Due October 22.
Select section 8. Woche

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8. Woche
- Select activity Chapters 13-16
  
  Chapters 13-16 File
- Select activity Ölbaumgiebel
  
  Ölbaumgiebel File
  
  An actual item from a translation exam. Let's do this one without relying on an English translation. Just do what you can -- up through "werden sollte" on the second page.
- Select activity Reading at C2 Level
  
  Reading at C2 Level File
  
  A C2-level reading, which means quite advanced everyday German. Translate this after you have completed Ölbaumgiebel, or if that text is just wearing you out.
- Select activity Jannach Week 8
  
  Jannach Week 8 Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Undergraduates, please write and upload the completed exercises, including translated reading passages, from the assigned Jannach chapters 15-16 here. Due October 29.
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9. Woche
- Select activity Chapters 17-30
  
  Chapters 17-30 File
  
  Students must
  
  Mark as done
- Select activity Kant -- "Was ist Aufklärung"
  
  Kant -- "Was ist Aufklärung" URL
  
  Three paragraphs, please.
- Select activity Kellner, "Gürtelbleche aus Urartu"
  
  Kellner, "Gürtelbleche aus Urartu" File
  
  Another text from a recent translation exam. Slightly marked up, but not in any really "helpful" way.
- Select activity Jannach Week 9
  
  Jannach Week 9 Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 11:00 AM
  
  Due: Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Undergraduates, please write and upload the completed exercises, including translated reading passages, from the assigned Jannach chapters 16-17 here. Due November 5.
Select section 10. Woche

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10. Woche
- Select activity Chapters 17-30
  
  Chapters 17-30 File
- Select activity Der sogenannte Berliner Apostelkopf
  
  Der sogenannte Berliner Apostelkopf File
  
  Another recent translation exam from graduate studies in Art History. Translate three paragraphs, please -- but not the footnotes! No English translation.
- Select activity Jannach Week 10
  
  Jannach Week 10 Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Due: Wednesday, July 8, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Undergraduates, please write and upload the completed exercises, including translated reading passages, from the assigned Jannach chapters 18-19 here. Due November 12.
Select section 11. Woche

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11. Woche
- Select activity Chapters 17-30
  
  Chapters 17-30 File
- Select activity Die alte und aktuelle Situation der al-Qiqan Moschee
  
  Die alte und aktuelle Situation der al-Qiqan Moschee File
  
  Translate through ("Abb. 2" -- end of first left-side column).
- Select activity Das Hochzeitsritual
  
  Das Hochzeitsritual File
  
  Students must
  
  Mark as done
  
  Two highlighted paragraphs to translate (after the previous article, if you have time)
- Select activity Jannach Week 11
  
  Jannach Week 11 Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, July 8, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Due: Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload the completed exercises from Jannach here. Due: November 19.
Select section 12. Woche

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12. Woche
- Select activity Chapters 17-30
  
  Chapters 17-30 File
- Select activity Peintinger -- "Ein christlicher Grabstein in Yangzhou"
  
  Peintinger -- "Ein christlicher Grabstein in Yangzhou" File
  
  Through "gefertigt" on page 287.
- Select activity Bekker-Nielsen -- "Eine Dreifaltigkeit von Straßen"
  
  Bekker-Nielsen -- "Eine Dreifaltigkeit von Straßen" File
  
  If you have time, translate the highlighted section (two paragraphs) in this essay on sacred streets.
- Select activity Jannach Week 12
  
  Jannach Week 12 Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Due: Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload the completed exercises from Jannach here.
Select section 13. Woche

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13. Woche
- Select activity Chapters 17-30
  
  Chapters 17-30 File
- Select activity Aquaductus Bonnensis
  
  Aquaductus Bonnensis File
  
  First paragraph, plus second, if possible.
- Select activity Jannach Week 13
  
  Jannach Week 13 Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Due: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload the completed exercises from Jannach here.
Select section 14. Woche

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14. Woche
- Select activity Chapters 17-30
  
  Chapters 17-30 File
- Select activity Freud
  
  Freud Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Due: Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Optional "final" for graduate students (required for undergraduates).
  
  2 hours, 3 paragraphs.
  
  I will collect on Tuesday, December 10, and give feedback, via email.
- Select activity Jannach Week 14
  
  Jannach Week 14 Assignment
  
  Opened: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Due: Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 12:00 PM
  
  Undergraduates, please upload the completed exercises from Jannach here.
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Topic 16