GER 328

Referat

A 'Referat' is an oral presentation of the topic in a nutshell, may include graphic, pictures or other materials that help the audience to better understand any stated points. For example, if your topic is 'Treuhand', a chart showing the number of companies 'owned' by the Treuhand during its existence may be a nice enhancement. After your 'Referat', you develop (entwickeln) your 'Referat' into a 8-10 page long term paper. At this language level, you term paper should ...
a) be written in German
b) double-space, font 'Times New Roman', size 12.
c) include a bibliography with at least 4 references of which 2 should be in printed form, e.g. library book, journal, etc. If none is available in our library, then a web-published newspaper article by an established German newspaper or weekly is acceptable.
d) You can use MLA (often used in literature) style or APA (used in many other disciplines) for your bibliography.
e) You may use footnotes or endnotes - not both - and be consistent.
f) last but not least, be original research written up only by you, the author. If you use other people's ideas or materials, please reference them.

Egon Mustermann
12. Dezember 2003
GER 328
Dr. Böhlke

Titel meines Themas

Führen Sie in das Thema ein und beschreiben Sie, warum Sie Ihr Thema wichtig und interessant finden.
Der folgenden Absätze geben Hintergrundinformation, zum Beispiel Geschichte, politischer Kontext, geografische Informationen, usw.
Der vorletzte Absatz könnte einen Kommentar von Ihnen enthalten. Schreiben Sie, was Sie herausgefunden haben und warum die Ergebnisse relevant sind.
Der letzte Absatz fasst alles zusammen (Zusammenfassung). Er kann z.B. mit einer Frage an den Leser enden, der dann zum Weiterdenken veranlasst wird.

NOTE: You may turn in your drafts as often as you feel you made significant additions to your earlier draft. I would love to give you as much feedback as possible before your final version.