Faculty

TEACHER Click to Enlarge Photograph	CLASS DESCRIPTION	TEXTBOOK
Bill Ziegler	Getting Around in German Imagine your classroom transforming into a restaurant, train station or marketplace: your desk becoming a restaurant table, train station ticket-counter, store, window display, museum broschure, newspaper stand, theater, supermarket, post office, book store, flower shop, bakery, vegetable stand, sports center, drug store, cafe, hospital, airport, nature preserve, historical landmark. Each week, the setting changes, and I provide a handout that includes a vocabulary suited to the weekly setting. Web Site Willkommen!	Handouts
Melanie Sari German for Beginners I	German for Beginners (Three Levels) This course is designed for students who want to learn German from the ground up. The class is taught over a three-year period by our beginning German instructors, who progress through the course with their students before starting a new three-year rotation. This is a text-based course (text includes a CD for home practice!) that covers all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. All fundamental grammatical concepts are covered except the passive voice, the subjunctive mood, and relative clauses (the last three chapters of the text), which are covered in the intermediate courses. If you are new to the Tri-State School but have had some German before, you may join the course "in progress" in the second or third year. Here's an approximate list of main grammar points covered in each of the years to help you decide which level is best suited to your needs. Note: There will be some overlap between the end of one year and the beginning of the next. Also, the amount of material covered in any one year is dependent on the make-up of that year's class. Beginners I The German Alphabet Pronunciation Present Tense of Regular and Irregular Verbs Nominative and Accusative Case Nouns Nominative Case Pronouns Basic Sentence Structure Present Tense of Haben and Sein Beginners II Dative Case Nouns Simple Past Tense of Haben and Sein Present Perfect Tense Subordinating Conjunctions Modal Auxiliaries Accusative and Dative Case Pronouns Two-way Prepositions Imperatives Der and Ein Words Separable Prefix Verbs Genitive Case Beginners III Adjective Endings Reflexive Verbs Prepositional Infinitives Verbal Idioms Da- and Wo-Compounds Simple Past, Past Perfect, and Future Tenses Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs	Wie Geht's?
Christopher Zeigler German for Beginners II
Randy Gudwangen German for Beginners III
Kirsten Auch Intermediate I: Beginner Conversation	Intermediate I The Intermediate I class is divided into grammar and beginner conversation components and is taught by two teachers (Kirsten Auch and Brett Siereveld). Students will attend one hour of grammar (based on skill level) and one hour of beginner conversation each week. Students with more German experience behind them should attend the first hour of grammar; those with less, the second. Attend the beginner conversation course for your other hour of instruction. (Each hour of beginner conversation covers the same material. The beginner conversation hour focuses on speaking, speaking, speaking. It also covers listening comprehension, expanding vocabulary exercises, guided speaking, oral drills and pronunciation exercises. Und nicht vergessen: Übung macht den Meister!	German in Review
Brett Siereveld Intermediate I: Grammar Review and Expansion	Grammar Review and Expansion If you never thought that grammar could be entertaining, then you've never been taught by someone who has a passion for the subject. Building on the structures learned in Beginner German, this class rounds out your abilities by introducing you to the passive voice, the subjunctive mood, and the use of relative clauses, as well as by reinforcing the principles of case and the fundamentals of conjugation. If there are things about grammar that you've always wanted to know but were afraid to ask, then look no farther.	German in Review
Alan Shropshire Intermediate Conversational German	Intermediate Conversational German The course goal is to increase a student’s ability to converse and correspond on an every-day level in the German language. Prospective students can look at: http://www.langenscheidteducation.com/aspekte_794.html (level B1+) to get an interactive experience with the audio, video and textual materials which will be used in class. Instruction will include explanations in English as well as total immersion in German.	Berliner Platz III (includes 2 accompanying CDs)
Ingrid Thomas	Intermediate Conversation The class offers an opportunity to increase your knowledge of the German language and culture, by improving your ability to understand spoken and written German and learning to speak in German. We use current articles, short stories, videos, student reports, and some grammar review to practice reading and listening skills and as a source of subjects for conversation and for learning about various aspects of German culture and everyday life. As an intermediate class, sessions are conducted mostly in German and taught by a native German speaker.
Karin Kraeling Advanced Conversation	A group of fluent German Speakers get together on a weekly basis in this class to talk about recent events but mostly to discuss the book we are currently reading. This year we are reading “ Freiheit und gebratener Speck” by Bernd Kessens. This book is about the German Immigrants that came to the USA in 1832 and settled in our Tri-State Area. How very appropriate! A historic novel all of you can relate to.
Christa Bauke Deutsch Heute	This is a current events oriented conversation class for native German-speakers and Advanced Students with near fluency in German. All conversation is conducted in German. As stimulus for our conversations we select subjects from German newspapers and magazines, discuss current events as seen on Deuusche Welle TV, and view short documentaries from the leading German television networks. Class participants receive a weekly e-mail message with a reading selection to be discussed in class. Student contributions and suggestions are always welcome	Deutsch Heute
Christel Leuker Klasse I	This class is for pre-school children, aged between 4 and 6 years. Using pictures and picture books, the children learn to speak words and sentences in German. Likewise, the language study is supported with the singing of numerous children's songs, movement games and party games.
Evi Washburn Beginning Reading and Writing (First Grade +)	Children must have completed Kindergarten, so that they are able to follow the writing and reading tasks. I pull my materials from a variety of online sources, starting with the correct pronunciation of the German alphabet as well as with Umlauts. We also work on different parts of speech (nouns, verbs etc.) and how to identify them. This is done on a basic level. We do a lot of interactive games to learn other things, such as how to address different types of people when meeting them. We also integrate German celebrations throughout the year into our weekly activities. Many times this is done by doing specific German crafts, songs, games etc.
Daniela Henderson Children 7-9 years old (Basic)	Class description coming soon.
Dr. Wilhelm Kossenjans Children 10-15 (Advanced)	This course is for children from grades 5 on who are interested in learning German. The course focuses on formation of complete and grammatically correct sentences in spoken and written German. It is, therefore, essential that the children have good knowledge of basic English grammar. Children will learn basic sentence structure, sentence components, tenses, conjugation, declination. etc. Correct pronunciation and vocabulary are also emphasized. Some instruction is given in German to facilitate understanding and comprehension of the spoken German. .
Anneliese Forbes Children up to 15 years old (Intermediate/Advanced)