German language courses for beginners

Each level is split in two sub-modules A1.1 and A1.2, respectively A2.1 and A2.2.

Each module has 52 teaching units.

We work in groups of 6-10 students.

You will need to take two exams – mid-training exam and final exam. These exams test written and oral German language skills, according to the international testing system.

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Beginner level A1 (true beginners)

• We focus on conversation, dialogues in groups of 2 or 3 students.
• Vocabulary for communication in German:
  • introducing oneself and someone else
  • giving and asking for directions and telephone number, greeting someone
  • the numeral from 0 to 100
  • orientation in a city, asking for directions, hotel accommodation, institutions, and buildings
  • saying the time, the date, the months, the days of the week
  • daily work hours and spare time – activities
  • short e-mails and small interviews on related topics
  • at the restaurant – reading and ordering from the menu
  • shopping – food
• Grammar:
  • present tense of the auxiliary verbs “haben” (to have), “sein” (to be), “werden” (to become);
  • present tense of verbs by the rule
  • present tense of verbs by vowel change
  • verbs with separable prefix
  • word order in simple phrases
  • basic questions (who? wer?, what? was?, where? wo?, from where woher?, how? wie?, etc.)
  • definite article “der”, “die”, “das”
  • noun declension
  • indefinite article “ein”
  • expressing negation “nicht”, “kein”
  • modal verbs in the presence tense
  • prepositions – mit, nach, aus, für, ohne etc.

• Vocabulary for communication in German:
  • travelling, vacation, spare time activities, at the train station, at the airport
  • house and objects in rooms
  • colors
  • at the doctor, parts of the body
  • shopping: clothes
  • the weather
• Grammar:
  • past tense
  • imperfect tense (past continuous)
  • corresponding verbs (stehen-stellen, etc.)
  • prepositions with dative and accusative cases
  • invitations
  • personal pronoun (ihn, ihm, etc.)
  • possessive pronoun (mein, dein, etc.)
  • adjective declension

Elementary level A2

• We focus on conversation, dialogues in groups of 2 or 3 students.
• Vocabulary for communication in German:
  • presentation of a city
  • life dreams and goals
  • travelling – ask for and give information
  • professional training
  • cohabitation
• Grammar:
  • the pronoun “man”
  • the conjunctions “aber”, “denn”, “und”
  • recap on past tense
  • subordinate clauses with the conjunctions “dass” and “weil”
  • the demonstrative article “dieser/dieses/diese”
  • recap on noun plurals
  • declension of the adjective
  • prepositions
  • imperfect tense

• Vocabulary for communication in German:
  • job and profession
  • living abroad– aspects of culture and civilization
  • role of the mass-media in everyday life
  • greeting cards and invitations
  • describing people
  • understanding and phrasing announcements
• Grammar:
  • the possessive article
  • substantivized adjectives
  • subordinate clauses with the conjunctions “wenn”, “als”, “bis”, “seit”, “damit”
  • indefinite pronoun
  • conjunctive II
  • passive voice