Bonjour! Buon giorno! Goeie dag!
Bom dia! Goddag!

¡Buenos días! Hyvää päivää!
Jó napot!
Laba diena!

Office hours:

Spring 2013

Mon 2:25-4:25
Wed 2:30-3:30
Thurs 1:45-3:45
or by appointment

Bradley A. Holtman, Ph.D.
Professor of German & French
Dept. of English & Modern Languages
G05B Belknap Hall
Mansfield, PA 16933

tel.: (570) 662-4596
e-mail: bholtman@mansfield.edu

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GERMAN CLUB INFO
FRENCH CLUB INFO

See me if you are interested in starting up one of these clubs, and if you would be willing to serve as an officer.

German Star (Froebelstern) instruction video: CLICK HERE

 

Click here for planned activities to follow up on the Year of Languages 2005.

You can also find tons of info
about languages and language
learning at this site.

 

 

Fall 2003 Faculty Lecture Presentation:

Why Do We Say That? (some insights into the English language)

 

DEUTSCHKURS: EXCELLENT ONLINE REFERENCE OF GERMAN GRAMMAR AND PRONUNCIATION

 

Der Nachtwächter (Rothenburg ob der Tauber)

Un Snack-Bar, Paris

In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus...


Obst- und Gemüsemarkt, Nürnberg

La Pyramide du Louvre, Paris


Der Kölner Dom

L'Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris



Ein schönes Haus in Oberbayern (Mittenwald)

Marché, Montparnasse, Paris

Leckere Wurstsorten: KaDeWe, Berlin

Course Information
(includes syllabi and/or links to exercises,
activities and reference information)

Spring 2013 semester:

GER 1102 Intro to German II

GER 2202 Intermediate German II

FR 1102 Intro to French II

FR 2202 Intermediate French II

Previous courses for your reference:

• GER 1101 Intro to German I

• GER 2201 Intermediate German I

• FR 1101 Intro to French I

• FR 2201 Intermediate French I

GER 3336 Länder und Städte

REFERENCE

German Grammar Reference topics

French Grammar Sites

Typing umlauts, accent marks, and other foreign symbols on the Internet and the computer Installing German keyboard layout (excellent visual guide) Note: You can use the same method to install layouts for French and other languages.

TUTOR: No information is yet available regarding language tutors for this semester.
Students can schedule an appointment with tutors on tutortrac.mnsfld.edu.
Login: first part of e-mail address
Password: 7-digit student ID.

Sites of interest:

Online French Dictionary: WordReference

Online German Dictionaries: LEO und dict.cc

• Mansfield University homepage

• Dept. of English & Modern Languages, Modern Languages homepage
  (includes information on degree programs, study abroad, faculty, course descriptions, reasons to study other languages, and lots more… plus links that direct you to huge collections of resources for different languages)

• MU Virtual Language Lab (you will sign in at my.mansfield with your e-mail name and password)

• French- and German-language newspapers & magazines (Kidon Media page). This site has links to publications from around the entire world.

• Deutsche Welle--Listen to live or archived German news via Internet radio or TV

• Deutsche Welle: Top-Thema mit Vokabeln, Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
  Try out the langsam gesprochene Nachrichten, slowed down for better understanding by those not fluent in German; includes written transcripts--a GREAT LEARNING TOOL. Also: Top-Thema mit Vokabeln on same page. Both features contain audio files for listening comprehension development.
  See also the DW online German lessons at beginning & intermediate levels plus business German

Montmartre, Paris

Im neuen Hauptbahnhof, Berlin

Le lit de Marie-Antoinette, Palais de Versailles

Vénus de Milo au Louvre, Paris

Le Métro, Paris

La fameuse Tour Eiffel, Paris

Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bayern)

Cathédrale, Chartres

Kuchen und Torten, KaDeWe, Berlin


Altar, Tilman Riemenschneider (Rothenburg)


U-Bahn, Berlin

Notre Dame de Paris

La Coupole, Paris

Géode, Paris


Holocaust-Denkmal, Berlin


Lebkuchen--lecker! (Nürnberg)


Die Alpen bei Mittenwald



Panorama vu de la Tour Eiffel: Palais de Chaillot