Spring 2027

Intermediate German - Speaking and Listening

Intermediate German speaking and listening course using contemporary audio and video materials to understand how native speakers vary sound, vocabulary, and grammar by speech situation.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Julie Larson-Guenette

Summary

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Past student reviews · Anastasiia Stolyarova

The workload included approximately two 10-minute assignments per week, with grades mostly composed of quizzes and outside homework designed to improve speaking skills.

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Prerequisites

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GERMAN 204 or placement into GERMAN 249, 258, or 262

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GERMAN 249 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 87.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANASTASIIA STOLYAROVA is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHARLES J. JAMES is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JULIE LARSON-GUENETTE is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATERINA SOMERS is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WEIJIA LI is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Anastasiia Stolyarova

Students described the course as a fun, low-stress break class that was very easy for a fifth-semester language course.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 87.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Anastasiia Stolyarova

The workload included approximately two 10-minute assignments per week, with grades mostly composed of quizzes and outside homework designed to improve speaking skills.

Past student reviews · Anastasiia Stolyarova

The class was engaging and moved at a good pace, while the instructor corrected mistakes respectfully to create a low-pressure environment for participation.

Topics

  • Variation in sound structures, vocabulary, and grammar across different speech situations.
  • Contemporary audio and video materials from German-speaking countries.

Skills

  • Understanding how native speakers vary sound structures, vocabulary, and grammar according to speech situation.
  • Interpreting contemporary audio and video materials from German-speaking countries.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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GERMAN 249 · Spring 2027

Intermediate German - Speaking and Listening

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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