Kacy Peckenpaugh
German School Faculty
Email: kpeckenpaugh@middlebury.edu
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After earning my BA in French, German, and International Relations at Bucknell University in 2004 and living/interning in Germany, I began working on my MA in German Studies at the University of Arizona in 2006. In 2008, I started the PhD program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the UA. I have been fortunate enough to continue teaching in the German department as well as the Center for English as a Second Language. My areas of interest include Study Abroad, Intercultural Competence, and Technology and Language Learning; and any combination thereof. When I'm not working on campus, you can most likely find me on a trail somewhere in the outdoors.
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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▹ indicates offered in the upcoming term[s]
GRMN 3101 - Elementary German
Daily activities include four hours of classroom instruction, plus additional work in the language laboratory and computer center. Emphasis will be placed on the grammatical structures of German as well as on conversation and correct pronunciation. Reading comprehension skills are introduced through primary texts, including literature. Throughout the program, audio-visual presentations supplement regular classroom activities.
Required Text: Dollenmayer, David and Hansen, Thomas: Neue Horizonte: Introductory German 7th edition. Publisher: Heinle Cengage
Note: All students who have prior knowledge of German and want to be placed beyond the Elementary German level (101-102-103) are required to take an analytical placement examination involving all four skills. On the basis of the test results, students will be advised concerning their course selections.
LNGSummer 2010
GRMN 3102 - Elementary German
Daily activities include four hours of classroom instruction, plus additional work in the language laboratory and computer center. Emphasis will be placed on the grammatical structures of German as well as on conversation and correct pronunciation. Reading comprehension skills are introduced through primary texts, including literature. Throughout the program, audio-visual presentations supplement regular classroom activities.
Required Text: Dollenmayer, David and Hansen, Thomas: Neue Horizonte: Introductory German 7th edition. Publisher: Heinle Cengage
Note: All students who have prior knowledge of German and want to be placed beyond the Elementary German level (101-102-103) are required to take an analytical placement examination involving all four skills. On the basis of the test results, students will be advised concerning their course selections.
EUR LNGSummer 2010
GRMN 3103 - Elementary German
Daily activities include four hours of classroom instruction, plus additional work in the language laboratory and computer center. Emphasis will be placed on the grammatical structures of German as well as on conversation and correct pronunciation. Reading comprehension skills are introduced through primary texts, including literature. Throughout the program, audio-visual presentations supplement regular classroom activities.
Required Text: Dollenmayer, David and Hansen, Thomas: Neue Horizonte: Introductory German 7th edition. Publisher: Heinle Cengage
Note: All students who have prior knowledge of German and want to be placed beyond the Elementary German level (101-102-103) are required to take an analytical placement examination involving all four skills. On the basis of the test results, students will be advised concerning their course selections.
LNGSummer 2010
GRMN 3195 - Early Inter German for Singers ▹
GRMN 3196 - Early Inter German for Singers ▹
GRMN 3198 - Early Intermediate German ▹
The successful completion of this course corresponds to the equivalent of second and third semester German. The active use of all major points of basic grammar and vocabulary is stressed in order to bring students to a common working level in the four skills. During the second half, a greater emphasis will be placed on the development of writing skills and reading strategies with appropriate cultural and literary texts. Audio-visual materials supplement the four hours of daily classroom instruction. Listening comprehension and pronunciation practice require the use of the language laboratory.
Required texts: Moeller / Liedloff, A Concise German Review Grammar (Houghton Mifflin); Matecki, Dreimal Deutsch (Klett)
Summer 2011, Summer 2012
GRMN 3199 - Early Intermediate German ▹
The successful completion of this course corresponds to the equivalent of second and third semester German. The active use of all major points of basic grammar and vocabulary is stressed in order to bring students to a common working level in the four skills. During the second half, a greater emphasis will be placed on the development of writing skills and reading strategies with appropriate cultural and literary texts. Audio-visual materials supplement the four hours of daily classroom instruction. Listening comprehension and pronunciation practice require the use of the language laboratory.
Required texts: Moeller / Liedloff, A Concise German Review Grammar (Houghton Mifflin); Matecki, Dreimal Deutsch (Klett)
Summer 2011, Summer 2012
GRMN 3200 - Early Intermediate German ▹
The successful completion of this course corresponds to the equivalent of second and third semester German. The active use of all major points of basic grammar and vocabulary is stressed in order to bring students to a common working level in the four skills. During the second half, a greater emphasis will be placed on the development of writing skills and reading strategies with appropriate cultural and literary texts. Audio-visual materials supplement the four hours of daily classroom instruction. Listening comprehension and pronunciation practice require the use of the language laboratory.
Required texts: Moeller / Liedloff, A Concise German Review Grammar (Houghton Mifflin); Matecki, Dreimal Deutsch (Klett)
Summer 2011, Summer 2012
GRMN 3301 - Advanced Grammar & Comm
This course meets two hours per day to analyze and provide advanced grammatical structures, provide intensive written and oral language training, offer insights into German ways of perception, and teach strategies of communication and language learning. For this course, some additional language and computer laboratory work is required.
Required texts: Dreyer & Schmitt, Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – aktuell (2009)( Hueber Verlag); Büchner, Woyzeck (Suhrkamp/Insel); Handke, Publikumsbeschimpfung und andere Sprechstücke (Suhrkamp); Schnitzler, Anatol. Anatols Groessenwahn. Der gruene Kakadu.
(Reclam); Kafka, Best Short Stories. Die schoensten Erzaehlungen (Dover); Luscher, Landeskunde Deutschland 2010. Von der Wende bis heute. Für Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Daten - Texte – Aufgaben (Lehrmaterialien) (Verlag für Deutsch; Auflage: 5. aktual. (2010)).
Summer 2010
GRMN 3302 - Modern German Literature
This course will use short German prose to enrich cultural context, increase vocabulary, reinforce grammatical and communicative structures, and introduce methods of literary interpretation.
Required text: Required texts: Dreyer & Schmitt, Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – aktuell (2009)( Hueber Verlag); Büchner, Woyzeck (Suhrkamp/Insel); Handke, Publikumsbeschimpfung und andere Sprechstücke (Suhrkamp); Schnitzler, Anatol. Anatols Groessenwahn. Der gruene Kakadu.
(Reclam); Kafka, Best Short Stories. Die schoensten Erzaehlungen (Dover); Luscher, Landeskunde Deutschland 2010. Von der Wende bis heute. Für Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Daten - Texte – Aufgaben (Lehrmaterialien) (Verlag für Deutsch; Auflage: 5. aktual. (2010)).
Summer 2010
GRMN 3303 - German Culture & Society
This course introduces aspects of the German cultures – arranged in weekly themes – and some historical background to facilitate a better understanding of the German cultures and societies, as well as increase vocabulary and reinforce grammatical and communicative structures.
Required texts: Required texts: Dreyer & Schmitt, Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik – aktuell (2009)( Hueber Verlag); Büchner, Woyzeck (Suhrkamp/Insel); Handke, Publikumsbeschimpfung und andere Sprechstücke (Suhrkamp); Schnitzler, Anatol. Anatols Groessenwahn. Der gruene Kakadu.
(Reclam); Kafka, Best Short Stories. Die schoensten Erzaehlungen (Dover); Luscher, Landeskunde Deutschland 2010. Von der Wende bis heute. Für Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Daten - Texte – Aufgaben (Lehrmaterialien) (Verlag für Deutsch; Auflage: 5. aktual. (2010)).
Note: Students at the third level are encouraged to take the examination Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsparache administered through the Goethe Institute in Boston for a small additional fee
Summer 2010
GRMN 3305 - Adv German For Singers
Advanced German for Singers
Advanced Grammar and Communication meets two hours per day to analyze and practice advanced grammatical structures, to provide intensive written and oral training, to offer insights into the German way of perception, and to develop communication and reading skills. Some additional work in the language and computer laboratories is required. (2 Units)
Required texts: Dreyer/Schmitt: Lehr- und übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. Neubearbeitung. (2000 edition, Hueber Verlag)
Roetzer, Deutsche Literatur in Beispielen (CC Buchner Verlag)
Summer 2010
GRMN 3306 - Adv German For Singers
Advanced German for Singers
Advanced Grammar and Communication meets two hours per day to analyze and practice advanced grammatical structures, to provide intensive written and oral training, to offer insights into the German way of perception, and to develop communication and reading skills. Some additional work in the language and computer laboratories is required. (2 Units)
Required texts: Dreyer/Schmitt: Lehr- und übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. Neubearbeitung. (2000 edition, Hueber Verlag)
Roetzer, Deutsche Literatur in Beispielen (CC Buchner Verlag)
Summer 2010
