Grading (may change!)

Active Participation

  • Attendance,
  • Homework,
  • Active use of Danish in the classroom,
  • Consistent involvement in classroom activities
20%

Quizzes

  • Quizzes will be about content and grammar, and we will have a quiz approxiemately every other week on Thursdays.
  • You cannot make up a missed quiz unless we have arranged it beforehand,
10%

Homework

  • Every Thursday you must hand in a summary of and a small essay about one of the chapters / texts we have been reading.
  • Begin with half a page of summary and half a page of essay / analysis, and work towards finishing the semester with one whole page of each.
  • In the weeks when we watch movies, your essay should be about the movie.
20%

Presentations

  • Every week a student will make a short presentation in Danish either about a topic we have covered, or a topic of your own choice
5%

Midterm

  • Will be a take-home exam, due on Oct. 15, week 7
15%

Oral Exam

  • Will be during the last week of classes
  • You will have 10 minutes preparation time followed by 10 minutes examination time
15%

Final exam

  • Will be a written final covering text and grammar, take-home, due on December 10
15%