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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听will be enhanced. Some transferable skills听will also be covered.听
Functions
- Buying consumer goods. Talking about daily routines and work. Travelling around town.听
- Talking about recent events. Talking about the more distant past. Describing purchases.听
- 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.听
- Describing items of personal appearance. Discussing appropriate clothes and gifts. Offering help and advice.听
- Talking about past holidays. Reporting weather conditions. Discussing health.听
- Telephoning. Writing a CV. Talking about German-speaking countries. Expressing opinions on the German language.听
Course content
Main topics/themes to be covered:听
- Consumer goods. Daily routines. Travelling.听
- Purchases. Recent events. The past.听
- City vs. country. Price and location of hotels.听
- Personal appearance, clothes and gifts.听
- Past holidays. Weather conditions. Health.听
- Telephoning. CV. Life in German-speaking countries.听
Phonetics
Basic rules of the pronunciation of spoken German
Grammar and linguistic structures
- Prepositions with accusative and dative, preposition with the dative听
- Present perfect tense听
- Adjectival endings听
- The dative case听
- Comparative and superlative听
- Direct and indirect objects听
- Personal pronouns in the dative听
- Prepositions and places听
- Modal verbs听
- wenn听clauses,听dass听clauses听
- Weak nouns听
Learning resources
Books
- Course book:听Willkommen! Beginner鈥檚 course. Paul听Coggle, Heiner听Schenke.听3rd听edition. (chapter 7 - 12) ISBN: 978听1473 67265 9听
- Activity book:听Willkommen! Beginner鈥檚 course. Paul听Coggle, Heiner听Schenke.鈥� ISBN: 978听1473 672666听听
