German: Beginner Intensive

Beginners

Introductory course to German. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of German. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.

• All staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department
• Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here

Number of sessions: 9

• Alphabet
• Use of Questions
• Word order
• Definite and indefinite articles, plurals, negation of nouns
• Present tense and past of 'haben' and 'sein', separable verbs
• Cardinal and ordinal numbers, some prepositions
• Modal verbs

• Meet and greet people, introduce yourself (name, age, job, nationality, domicile)
• Describe a room and its equipment
• Talk about languages and countries
• Describe a house/flat
• Tell the time, make and cancel appointments
• Talk about professions
• Talk about food (shopping for food, likes and dislikes)

Who for: absolute beginners, learners with very basic command of German.

Overview: An interactive online Zoom-based course covering basic communication topics such as introducing yourself, small talk, talking about study and professions, hobbies, food and daily routine.

Due to the nature of online teaching/learning, we will be using the ‘flipped classroom’ technique, have a comfort break half-way though the session, and use a variety of tools to make the process more engaging.

To be introduced to the German language with a focus on listening and speaking.

Class work (online via Zoom) and individual study

Nine sessions of two hours each taught over a period of two weeks

Yearly

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