A2 German Language Learning Course

Lesson 1

• Can name reasons
• Identify and apply separating verbs, modal verbs and verbs in the perfect tense in the relative sentence
• Identify and understand reasons for moving or transferring residences
• Report on everyday experiences
• Read an online diary and familiarize with perfect tense of separating verbs
• Write an entry/entries in a diary
• Relate accidents in everyday life
• Read and comprehend details of the perfect tense of non-separating verbs and the verbs auf -ieren
• Relate accidents in everyday life
• Report about their families.
• Understand detailed information about a family member
• Talk about a member of the family
• Talk about living styles and lifestyles
• Understand basic statements concerning lifestyles
• Talk about lifestyles of people
• Say something about the topic of Ankommen

Lesson 2

• Provide information about places: Wo?
• Provide directions
• Conduct conversations with neighbors and request help from them
• Understand a radio interview and talk about an experiment

Lesson 3

• Can make statements about frequency
• Can name household objects
• Can conduct conversation regarding an invitation and understand a radio program on the topic of “Einladung” (invitation).
• Can understand a written interview
• Can conduct a conversation in a restaurant

Lesson 4

• Can name the rooms of an apartment and localize it.
• Can describe houses and apartments
• Can express likes/dislikes household objects
• Can count up to 1 million
• Can understand relevant info from an
• apartment ad
• Can read a text about furniture and describe  furniture

Lesson 5

• Can report on activities and preferences
• Can ask about the time and provide the time
• Can name weekdays and talk about their own week
• Can understand statements on the hour of the day and report as well about the daily routine
• Can understand office hours from notices and telephone answering machines and note office hours from the internet
• Can talk about studies and profession

Lesson 6

• Can understand a weather report, ask about the weather and talk about it.
• Can conduct simple conversations while shopping or at the snack stand.
• Can agree or disagree
• Can talk about leisure time activities. Can understand a personal profile
• Can understand a travel brochure and interviews about hobbies

Lesson 7

• Can talk about their options and abilities
• Can express intention and express their will
• Can report about events and daily routines in the past
• Can talk about activities in the past and express their frequency
• Can provide tips for learning languages and express importance
• Can make small talk at the office and knows the rules

Lesson 8

•  Can name professions and inquire as well about their professional situation
• Can exchange private and professional information about the past and present
• Can report about results and activities in the past
• Can understand Jobs and Practikum ads
• Can inquire by telephone about information on a praktikum position

Lesson 9

• Can explain processes at the government office and in everyday life
   
• Can understand requirements and give instructions
• Can say what is allowed and what is not allowed
• Can understand an information brochure
• Can understand an offer on the internet, fill-up a booking form, and conduct a conversation at the hotel front desk
• Can confirm with simple words that they have understood and accepts a work order.
• Can discuss with a superior details of an assignment, for example, acceptance of a shift or workplace assignment

Lesson 10

• Can name body parts and talk about wellbeing
• Can talk about the wellbeing of others.
• Can give and understand instructions and advice
• Can understand ads and write an inquiry
• Can understand telephone conversations about setting appointments and setting, re-setting or cancelling an appointment.
• Can understand important info from the security guidelines at the workplace, when these are illustrated i.e. stickers or signages

Lesson 11

• Can ask for directions and describe the way
• Can name modes of transportation
• Can provide information about location sites
• Can provide places and directions
• Can understand announcements, request for information at the counter, and get information about transport schedules
• Can understand an appointment and provide directions to a company

Lesson 12

• Can understand / provide information about time and describe daily routine.
• Can name temporal references and request for services
• Can express polite requests and commands
• Can understand and compose mailbox messages
• Can understand service messages and telephone conversations for repair services.
• Can understand offers and fill up an order form

Lesson 13

• Can name articles of clothing
• Can express likes and dislikes
• Can express preferences and evaluations
• Can inquire about preferences and make a selection.
• Can request for assistance or advice

Lesson 14

• Can talk about plans after the German course.
• Can inquire about dates and talk about activities as well as name holidays.
• Can talk about ordinal numbers.
• Can talk about feasts days and holidays.
• Can talk about people and things as well as request for help.
• Can understand personal pronouns in the accusative.
• Can accept or decline an invitation as well as provide reasons.
• Can understand the use of „denn“
• Can decline an invitation in writing.
• Can understand and write invitations themselves.
• Can name feast days and understand text about feastdays and formulate greetings.