German language courses for intermediate learners are organized as shown below:
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.
Each level is split in two sub-modules B1.1 and B1.2, respectively B2.1 and B2.2.
Each module has 52 teaching units.
We work in groups of 6-10 students.
Intermediate level B1
The course intends to prepare you for the exam Zertifikat Deutsch.
Student guide
We use the handbook “Optimal B1”, a set including handbook, workbook, 2 audio CDs. Three interactive programs for learning German on the computer are added, together with worksheets, systematization sheets, vocabulary and grammar-related links, and listening comprehension.
Structure of the German language course Intermediate level B1 – Module B1.1
- We focus on conversation, dialogues in groups of 2 or 3 students, personal e-mails, expressing pros and cons on general topics
- Vocabulary for communication in German:
- studying and working abroad, documents and institutions, migration
- fashion – clothes and accessories
- expressing appreciation
- buying/ordering products, filing a complaint, exchanging a product
- describing a company
- curriculum vitae in European format, job offers, job search
- culture and civilization– presentation of a city, according to preference, intercultural relations
- expressing feelings
- cultural events
- Grammar:
- the adverbs “deshalb, darum, deswegen”
- indirect interrogative sentence
- subordinating conjunctions (obwohl – although, trotzdem – nevertheless)
- definite article in the genitive
- the adjective – superlative phrases
- infinitival sentence with or without “zu”
- pronominal adverbs (daran, damit, danach, etc.)
- imperfect tense of irregular verbs
- relative sentences
- relative pronouns
- subordinate clause “um…zu” + infinitive
- prepositions with the genitive case
Structure of the German language course Intermediate level B1 – Module B1.2
- Vocabulary for communication in German:
- mass-media in everyday life – news, TV shows, articles on general topics, pros and cons, expressing opinions
- meals – conversation on a topic and additional vocabulary, German cuisine
- social professions
- emergencies
- housing – searching for a house, moving
- understanding important ideas of a statement, recognizing the tone in a person’s voice
- places to spend spare time and vacations, tourism attractions, etc.
- Grammar:
- connectors (sowohl…als auch both and, entweder…oder or…or, weder…noch neither…nor, nicht sondern not…but, etc.)
- expressing future
- the participial adjective
- subordinating conjunctions (während while, so dass so that, je…desto the more, the more, bis…until, bevor…before, nachdem…after)
- adjective cu fixed prepositions
- reflexive verbs, lassen + infinitive, nicht brauchen + zu + infinitive
- conjunctive II
Upper-intermediate level B2
The purpose aims to prepare you for the exams Goethe-Zertifikat B2, TELC Deutsch B2, OSD B2 Mittelstufe Deutsch.
Student guide
We use the handbook “Optimal B2”, a set including handbook, workbook, 2 audio CDs. Three interactive programs for learning German on the computer are added, together with worksheets, systematization sheets, vocabulary and grammar-related links.
Structure of the German language course upper-intermediate level B2 – Module B2.1
- We will focus on conversation, dialogues in groups of 2 or 3 students, personal e-mails, expressing pros and cons on general topics
- Vocabulary for communication in German:
- questionnaires, opinion surveys
- information about personality, character traits
- detailed curriculum vitae, cover letter, formal letters, announcements, analysis of text types
- reading and orientation on a road or city map
- Kaffeehaus project
- making a choice, making a proposal, expressing disapproval, what kind of buyer you are, success formulae of some German and Austrian companies
- presentation of the topic and contents of some newspaper and magazine articles
- discussions on topics, according to preference, expression of critical opinions
- job offers
- Grammar:
- declension of the adjective
- indefinite pronoun with substantivized adjective
- compound adjectives
- meaning of suffixes and prefixes
- verbs with fixed preposition
- verbs with separable and inseparable particle
- expression and place of negation in a sentence
- word order in a developed main clause
- expression of unrealistic desires
- conjunctive II in the past
- text structure
- synonyms and paraphrasing
Structure of the German language course upper-intermediate level B2 – Module B2.2
- Vocabulary for communication in German:
- expression of supposition
- human relations – love and friendship
- computer (components, specialized terminology) and computer dependence
- role of the mass media in the society
- sentence rephrasing
- commenting on and reconstruction of some radio or TV news
- indirect speech and its function
- the stress paradox
- health
- mobility
- description, explanation, and interpretation of charts and diagrams
- offer and demand of advice, etc.
- Grammar:
- compound nouns
- substantivizing verbs and adjectives
- meaning of noun suffixes
- types of connectors and their role
- passive voice
- participial constructions, etc.
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