In High school I hated going to Spanish class every other day. It was the only thing I dreaded so much before. So now, taking yet another language and on top of that German, I didn't know if it would have been better for me to drop the class, change it, or take another language. Truth is, I really didn't want to fail the class. During this week I went and talked to my German professor, A. Geibel. Her office hours are Mondays 10-11. Of course we haven't even had class on a Monday yet so I had no idea what to do. Professor Geibel though she would make any accommodation for students to be able to see her, so I saw her on Wednesday at 12 instead.
I asked her about her way of teaching German to her students. She explained how teachers use to give verbs to their students and tell them how to change the steams of the verbs and change the endings. Professor Geibel how ever did not like this approach at all. Instead she wanted her students to delve right in and understand the different conjugations of the verbs on our own. She feels that making us memorize the different conjugations of verbs will not help us in the long run of understanding the language.
In addition I asked her about how we will be tested or quizzed on for our vocabulary and how much I should be studying to understand and memorize everything. Professor Geibel explained that my class won't be tested on till the end of the semester. She also added on that I should be going over little by little each day. She told me that going over the words each day would help me be familiar with them and help me understand more when she is talking in German.
She told me if I ever had questions on something to feel free and email her at geibela1@southernct.edu. Or check her office at Eagleman Hall at D 147, but I would need to make an appointment.
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