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Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of German Level 2 at UCL Centre for Languages & International Education or for learners who have studied the language before, for instance up to GCSE level, and have some knowledge of the main present and present perfect tenses,听weil听补苍诲听dass听clauses, and the four German cases.
Students will be familiar with these grammar and linguistic structures.听
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Progression
After 20 hours students may progress to level 3.
Aims and objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students with a good knowledge of basic German to reach an intermediate level and to communicate in and understand German on many practical everyday matters related to various aspects of German culture.听
Functions
- Talking about life in听Germany and its regions; national stereotypes; food听
- Talking about听politics and society; generations; migration听
- Talking about听fitness, health and travel听
- Talking about Germany听today, environmental issues; EU; media habits听
- Talking about听骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚听position in the world; famous Germans past and present; business cultures听
Course content
Main topics/themes to be covered:
- 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 regions and landscapes听
- Politics听and society听
- Fitness, health, travel听
- Germany today; environment issues, EU; media听
- 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 position in the world; famous Germans, business and industry听
Linguistic structures/ Phonetics
Revision of basic rules of the pronunciation of spoken German
Grammar
- Question words,听welcher听etc; adjective听endings听
- Passive tense; conjunctions:听als听补苍诲听wenn; ordinal听numbers听听
- Subjunctive II; conditional sentences听
- Compound nouns; indirect听questions;听relative clauses听
- Pluperfect tense, indirect speech with subjunctive I听
Learning resources
- Course book:听Willkommen! 2. Paul听Coggle, Heiner听Schenke.听1st听edition. chapter听4-6) ISBN: 978听1471 80515 8听
- Activity Book:听Willkommen! 2. Paul听Coggle, Heiner听Schenke.听1st听edition. (chapter听4-6) ISBN: 978听1444听165203听
