German Beginner 1 (Syllabus)

German Beginner 1 Instructor: Vera

Course Book: Robert Di Donato, Monica D. Clyde and Jacqueline Vansant. Deutsch: Na klar! An Introductory German Course. Fifth Edition. ISBN: 978-0-07-353532-6

Other recommended materials: A hardcopy (Harper Collins, Langenscheidt, Oxford Duden) or online (linguee.com, dict.cc, leo.org) dictionary Durrell, Martin. Hammer's German Grammar and Usage. Sixth Edition. ISBN: 9781138853713 (if you plan to continue with German)

Course Objectives: German 1 is intended for students without any previous knowledge of German. The course will focus on a combination of reading, writing, and speaking activities, and provide insight into some cultural aspects of Germany and other German-speaking countries. After completing the course, you should be able to understand and produce basic phrases and sentences about yourself and others, as well as simple sentences in short texts.

Schedule:

Week 1 (Einführung)   Greetings and farewells Introducing yourself and others The verbs heißen, wohnen, and kommen

Week 2 (Einführung)    Alphabet / pronunciation / spelling Numbers Telephone numbers and addresses; countries

Week 3 (Einführung; Kapitel 1)   The verb sein Asking for someone’s age Numbers Character traits

Week 4 (Kapitel 1)   Hobbies and interests The present tense of regular verbs Personal pronouns The adverb gern: Expressing what you like to do

Week 5 (Kapitel 1)   Hobbies and interests Word order in statements and questions

Week 6 (Kapitel 2)   Living arrangements; furniture Nouns, gender, definite and indefinite articles, the negative article kein The nominative case