Christopher D. Sapp

 

 

 

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Teaching

 

Teaching Experience

Syllabi

Links for Students

 

 

Teaching Experience

In my capacity as Assistant Professor of German at the University of Mississippi, I teach all levels of German.  These courses range from German 101 through intermediate courses on German language, culture, and linguistics.  My upper-division / graduate courses include Advanced Grammar, History of the German Language, German Phonetics and Phonology, and Survey of German Literature I (Middle Ages through Baroque).  For the Linguistics program, I have taught Introduction to Linguistics, Syntax, Historical Linguistics, and the Structure of Old Norse.  Please see my CV for the complete list of my courses. 

 

My teaching responsibilities as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University were primarily first- and second-year German.  In addition, when Indiana University introduced a program in Norwegian, I was responsible for designing and teaching the first two semesters. 

Syllabi

Here are syllabi for two courses that I designed from scratch.  The first, Introduction to German Linguistics (Germ 330), was designed for students who have completed or are in the third year of German.  It serves both as the gateway to more advanced coursework and as a review of essential points of German grammar, pronunciation, and style.

 

The second course is History of the German Language (Germ 574) for graduates and advanced undergraduates.  This course is not only an introduction to the internal and external history of the language, but also functions as an introduction to medieval German literature. 

Links for Students in German Courses

The links on this page are for general information only.  You may find more links for your course on Blackboard.  

 

For some information on the German-speaking countries, you may like this website, created by students in my German 211 course in 2007. 

 

If you are in German 101, 102, or 201 and would like extra grammar practice:

  • The students’ website for Kontakte (click “Student edition” and select your chapter from the drop-down menu).  The exercises here are excellent preparation for the chapter tests.
  • More online exercises for German 101, organized by chapter.
  • More online exercises for German 102, organized by chapter.
  • More online exercises for German 201, organized by chapter.

 

More information about German can be found on the following:

Created by Christopher D. Sapp
Last updated April 2011