Welcome!

Year 2: 2013-14

GERMAN STUDIES STAFFHead of Department Dr Helmut Schmitz

Dr Christine Achinger (on leave)

Dr Seán Allan Ms Grit BrendeckeProf Anne FuchsDr James HodkinsonDr James Jordan Ms Andrea Klaus

Departmental SecretaryMrs Marie Lucas

Stephen LambDr Ian Roberts (Weimar,

Translation)Ms Birgitt OehleDr Birgit RöderMs Mary Sage (Translation)Mr Nick Pillai (Weimar)Ms Annika MayMs Adelheid Heuwieser

Teaching Culture and Politics (SL/JJ/NP/IR):

underway! Age of Revolution: Lectures Tu 4-5 in R0.12 (Ramphal)Seminars Weds. 9.30-11.00 or 11.00-

12.30 H202 (BR) starting week 2

Teaching: Language Translation: MS, IR Thurs. from 1:00,

1.5hrs/fortnightly, H202 (1:00) and H058 (2-3.30, 3.30-5)

Translation for Ger/Bus: Term 1! We 11-12 or 12-1, H201 (JJ)

Essay-writing (not GerBus/IB): GB/AM 1st meeting: week 2 – see noticeboard for groups

Business language (GerBus/IB: AK)1st meeting Thurs. 12.00 p.m., H244

Oral: see noticeboard! (note separate business German classes, BO) – from We 1pm

Timetable clashes

Move the one that’s not a core module!!!

Resources Transnational Resources Centre Short Loan: DVD/Video Online materials (GE201/209) Library: remember Warwick

German Studies Web http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/german/

Essay Writing Essay writing and marking criteria Dept Guidelines for Assessed Essays

and Examinations (online) UG handbook (online) Dept feedback arrangements (online) All applications for extensions go

though DUGS (Birgit Röder) – form online

E-submission submit as usual a hard copy of your assessed

essay by the deadline 12.00

in addition submit in advance an e-copy

departmental page for e-submission ishttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/german/esubmissions/

print and submit the e-mail receipt with your hard copy

Organisation Change of address form to Marie Read Handbook (now online)! Online module registration: deadline 21 Oct. (week 3) Year abroad: coordinators AK, JH Careers: Fiona Kent (Handbook p.11) Attendance monitoring (Hndbk p.35-

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Assessment Year 2 language: requirement to pass

language to proceed to honours, but grade not part of finals

Resits for language fails at beginning of Y4 ‘content’ modules: count towards finals

(three of eight final marks) Final-year language is double-weighted 17 point mark scale (see

Essay/Examination Handbook 2011-12 pp.19-24)

Meetings Personal tutor: Week 5 Tabula SSLC: Week 5 (Wed): reps needed!

Sign up on noticeboard. See SA (convenor)

Careers: Fiona Kent Year abroad meeting: week 4

Monitoring Dept required to monitor student

attendance Students required to fulfil 12 annual

monitoring points (see UG handbook) Missing 6+ monitoring points results in

report to university which may result in procedures of termination of registration

Personal Tutor meeting in week 9/10 of summer term counts as one.

Wi-Fi in Humanities Building

The joys of language-learning Michael Gove: “It is literally the case that

learning languages makes you ….[??]”

smarter!