German Level 1 plus

Prerequisite for entry

Basic knowledge of German (successful completion of German syllabus 1 at UCL Centre for Languages & International Education or GCSE a long time ago.) This course is not suitable for complete beginners.

Students will be familiar with these grammar and linguistic structures.

Term duration

10 x 2-hour classes.

Progression

After 20 hours student may progress to level 2

Aims and objectives

The aim of the course is to enable students to function at a basic everyday survival level (basic vocabulary and grammar). Students should be able to communicate in and understand German on a number of practical everyday matters. Language learning skills, including autonomous learning will be enhanced. Some transferable skills will also be covered. 

Functions

• Buying consumer goods. Talking about daily routines and work. Travelling around town. 
• Talking about recent events. Talking about the more distant past. Describing purchases. 
• Saying where people live and what their homes are like. Making comparisons. Discussing the pros and cons of city vs. country life. Describing price and location of hotels. 
• Describing items of personal appearance. Discussing appropriate clothes and gifts. Offering help and advice. 
• Talking about past holidays. Reporting weather conditions. Discussing health. 
• Telephoning. Writing a CV. Talking about German-speaking countries. Expressing opinions on the German language. 

Course content

Main topics/themes to be covered: 

• Consumer goods. Daily routines. Travelling. 
• Purchases. Recent events. The past. 
• City vs. country. Price and location of hotels. 
• Personal appearance, clothes and gifts. 
• Past holidays. Weather conditions. Health. 

• Telephoning. CV. Life in German-speaking countries. 

Phonetics

Basic rules of the pronunciation of spoken German

Grammar and linguistic structures

• Prepositions with accusative and dative, preposition with the dative 
• Present perfect tense 
• Adjectival endings 
• The dative case 
• Comparative and superlative 
• Direct and indirect objects 
• Personal pronouns in the dative 
• Prepositions and places 
• Modal verbs 
• wenn clauses, dass clauses 
• Weak nouns 

Learning resources

Books

• Course book: Willkommen! Beginner’s course. Paul Coggle, Heiner Schenke. 3rd edition. (chapter 7 - 12) ISBN: 978 1473 67265 9 
• Activity book: Willkommen! Beginner’s course. Paul Coggle, Heiner Schenke.  ISBN: 978 1473 672666