You
should use MLA (Modern Language Association) format for your papers. This
format stipulates that papers have the following (double-spaced) headings:
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Professor's
Name (Professor Hock)
Course
Name (Deutsch 1010/ 2020/ 3100)
Date
(in German: 2. Januar 2006)
Title (All papers
should have a good one into which you have put some thought.)
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When you cite secondary sources, you should also use the MLA format. For guidelines, see either:
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/resources/subject_guides/guide.php?id=174
or
http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/
This
is the format used professionally in German studies and I encourage you
to get in the habit of using it for all papers you write in the German,
English, or other language departments (unless, of course, directed otherwise
by your instructor; there is no need for a separate title page. Moreover,
you should use white paper, and your paper should be double spaced.
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I
expect that all writing assignments be checked with a German spell-check program
before you turn them in to me. This will help you to improve your language
skills and it will allow me to dedicate more of my grading time to content
and grammar. I will return ungraded all papers not previously spell-checked.
If
you do not have your own spell-check program, you can use the Microsoft
Word spell check that is installed on the Macs in the computer lab in 328
Manoogian
To
use this program, you can either email yourself a copy of your work and open
it on the Mac (this is the best and easiest option), or bring it in on a floppy
disk or a flash disk. Note that Macs will read PC disks.
Once
you open your document in Word, go to: Edit, to: Select all.
Then go to: Tools, to: Language, to: Set Language, to: German.
This will tell Word to correct German rather than, say, French or
English.
Once
you do this, you should notice that there are at least a few red squiggly
lines indicating misspelled words. Since there are always some words in a
paper that the spell-check program won't recognize--your name, for example--the
red squiggly lines are a sign that the program is on and working. If there
are no red squiggly lines, either you forgot to "select all" before
setting the program to read German, or for some reason the program is not
installed on the computer you are using. If the latter is the case, consult
with a lab attendant or try another computer.
To
correct any misspelled words, you can go through the paper yourself and
consult a dictionary on any words indicated as being spelled incorrectly.
The on-line dictionary at www.quickdic.de can help you out here. Remember,
the more comprehensive (i.e. the thicker) the dictionary you use, the greater
the chance that you will find the word that you are looking for.
You
can also run the spell check program. To do this, go to Tools-->Spelling and Grammar.
There
is no grammar check on the computers, so you'll have to take care of that
yourself, but the program will offer suggestions for misspelled words. Here again, it's up to you to make sure
that you choose the right option.
Using
a spell- check program will also insure that you use umlauts instead of "ae,""oe,"
and "ue;" if you type
Äpfel as Aepfel, the program will tell you the spelling is wrong. Since
Germans write and type with umlauts, you should be in the habit of doing so
as well.
For information on typic umlauts on Macs or PCs, go to: http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/new-fltc/html-files/accent_marks.htm
Once
you have checked and corrected your work:
1)
send your assignment as a Word Attachment to the blackboard dropbox for your
class. Make sure it has a .doc suffix on it. If you cannot attach a .doc suffic, you are using a program that I will be unable to read.
2)
send yourself an electronic copy of your paper
3)
print out a hard copy of your
paper
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