German A2 +B1 Course

About this course

In A1 German, you learn to understand and use basic phrases, introduce yourself, ask and answer simple questions, and handle everyday situations in German.

What you will learn

• Food and Restaurant
• Education and work (school, job applications, office)
• Housing (describing apartments, furniture, rent)
• Travel and tourism (booking a hotel, giving directions)
• Shopping and clothing
• Celebrations and festivals
• Media and technology (TV, radio, mobile use, internet)
• Environment (weather, nature)
• Birthday Party and Wedding Invitations
• life in the city
• working world and Dream Profession
• Vacation planning & travel
• Technology & devices
• Lifestyle changes & past events
• Jobs & interviews
• Environment & weather
• Future plans & events
• Friendship & conflicts
• Health, habits & feelings
• Arts & advertisements
• Social projects & politics
• Cities, countries & visits
• Money, banking & globalization

Grammar

• Coordinating conjunctions: und, aber, oder, denn
• Subordinating conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn, ob
• Reflexive pronouns (e.g. sich waschen, sich freuen)
• Possessive pronouns (mein, dein, sein, etc. in all three cases)
• Adjective declinations (using articles)
• Degress of Comparision (Adjectives)
• Konjuktiv-II (sollte, kӧnnte)
• Pronominal Adverbien (davon, damit, daran)
• Dativ Case and special Dativ Verbs (gefallen,schmecken, usw..)
• Indirekte Fragesatz (ob, Ja,nein Fragen)
• Verb and prepositions combination (warten auf)
• Prӓteritum of Modal verbs
• Positions und Richtungsverben
• Relativesӓtze
• Present, Perfect, and Past tenses (Präteritum)
• Future tense (Futur I)
• Reflexive verbs (accusative/dative)
• Plusquamperfekt
• Verb lassen
• Passive voice (Präsens, Perfekt, Modal verbs)
• Verb + preposition combinations (warten auf, denken an, etc.)
• Case system review (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive)
• Artikelwords and pronouns (irgendwo, ein, welche)
• Noun-verb collocations (eine Entscheidung treffen, etc.)
• Comparative and superlative forms
• Komposita nouns with adjectives
• Adverbs of frequency, time, manner
• Partizip I and Partizip II
• Main and subordinate clause structure
• Conjunctions (obwohl, damit, sobald, während, bevor, bis, etc.)
• Sentences with desto/umso
• Prepositions (dative and genitive)
• Word order with modal verbs and infinitives

B1 Exam Structure (Goethe, TELC, ÖSD formats)

Listening

• Understanding announcements and instructions in various situations
• Understanding conversations in public
• Understanding sound recordings and conversations by native speakers
• Understanding the main ideas from longer conversations, announcements, interviews, and podcasts

Reading

• Comprehending letters and emails, blogs
• To understand information and arguments
• Understanding guidance and navigation in text
• Understanding written instructions
• Identify specific information and overall context

Writing

• Write personal messages, notes for public relations
• To express personal opinions for a specific theme
• Write short texts (e.g. reports, descriptions, arguments)

Speaking

• Talk about personal and professional experiences
• Express opinions, agree/disagree, justify arguments
• Formal discussions and meetings
• Present a topic and discuss it

Course Outcome

• Understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters (work, school, leisure)
• Deal with most travel situations in German-speaking areas
• Produce simple connected text on familiar or personal topics
• Describe experiences, dreams, hopes, and ambitions and give brief reasons or explanations