GERMAN BEGINNER 3: The THIRD segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for German beginners.
An all-adults class.
Materials are not included in tuition.
Beginner 3 level description:
This is the perfect course for individuals who have either completed our German Beginner 2 course or have some minimal experience with the German language. We'll help you build upon your existing knowledge and skills to further develop your German proficiency.
Here is a summary of what students will learn by the end of the Beginner 3 level:
COMMUNICATION: Describe people and their characteristics, talk about abilities, interests, and possibilities, express opinions, communicate in a classroom setting, name public buildings and locations, identify different forms of transportation, ask for and understand directions, give simple instructions, talk about commuting to work, discuss housing options and apartment searches, understand advertisements, describe a home or apartment, talk about past events, express likes and dislikes, and talk about household responsibilities.
VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: Colors and personal characteristics, transportation vocabulary, public buildings and places in the city, housing and living spaces, numbers from 100–1000, modal verbs such as können, müssen, and wollen, location expressions (in, an, auf, von, zum, zur), separable verbs, accusative forms of definite articles, the pronoun man, personal pronouns in the accusative, the imperative, first verbs in the Perfekt tense, the past forms of sein and haben, and indefinite pronouns such as keiner, alle, and jeder.
Next level: German Beginner 4
GERMAN BEGINNER 1: The FIRST segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for German beginners.
An all-adults class.
Materials are not included in tuition.
Beginner 1 level description:
This course is ideal for individuals who have never studied German before or those who wish to start from scratch. Throughout this level, you will acquire fundamental language skills and knowledge.
Here is a summary of what students will learn by the end of the Beginner 1 level:
COMMUNICATION: Greet and say goodbye, introduce yourself and others, provide personal information, distinguish between the informal du and formal Sie, spell words, count to 100, talk about how you are feeling, introduce someone formally, describe your job and workplace, understand a work schedule, talk about daily routines, and identify or explain a problem.
VOCABULARY: Names of persons, countries and continents, numbers from 1–100, the alphabet, basic nouns with definite articles, professions, workplaces and activities, days of the week, time expressions related to parts of the day, the verb haben, present tense verb conjugations, definite and indefinite articles, and forming W-questions, yes/no questions, and simple statements.
Next level: German Beginner 2 or greater.
GERMAN BEGINNER 2: The SECOND segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for German beginners.
An all-adults class.
Materials are not included in tuition.
Beginner 2 level description:
This is the perfect course for individuals who have either completed our German Beginner 1 course or have some minimal experience with the German language. We'll help you build upon your existing knowledge and skills to further develop your German proficiency.
Here is a summary of what students will learn by the end of the Beginner 2 level:
COMMUNICATION: Talk about family members and relationships, state nationality and languages, tell the time, describe daily activities and work routines, plan weekend activities, make plans and arrange to meet someone, express wishes and preferences, name common foods and grocery items, borrow items from neighbors, describe a typical workday, understand short messages, navigate a supermarket, understand prices and special offers, and make a complaint at the checkout.
VOCABULARY: Family vocabulary, leisure activities, foods and everyday products, prices and quantities, plural nouns, possessive articles (mein, dein, etc.), expressing time and telling the hour, negation (kein and nicht), möchte + infinitive to express wishes, separable verbs, the verb mögen, personal pronouns, and useful expressions for locations and directions.
Next level: German Beginner 3
GERMAN BEGINNER 1: The FIRST segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for German beginners.
An all-adults class.
Materials are not included in tuition.
Beginner 1 level description:
This course is ideal for individuals who have never studied German before or those who wish to start from scratch. Throughout this level, you will acquire fundamental language skills and knowledge.
Here is a summary of what students will learn by the end of the Beginner 1 level:
COMMUNICATION: Greet and say goodbye, introduce yourself and others, provide personal information, distinguish between the informal du and formal Sie, spell words, count to 100, talk about how you are feeling, introduce someone formally, describe your job and workplace, understand a work schedule, talk about daily routines, and identify or explain a problem.
VOCABULARY: Names of persons, countries and continents, numbers from 1–100, the alphabet, basic nouns with definite articles, professions, workplaces and activities, days of the week, time expressions related to parts of the day, the verb haben, present tense verb conjugations, definite and indefinite articles, and forming W-questions, yes/no questions, and simple statements.
Next level: German Beginner 2 or greater.
GERMAN BEGINNER 1: The FIRST segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for German beginners.
An all-adults class.
Materials are not included in tuition.
Beginner 1 level description:
This course is ideal for individuals who have never studied German before or those who wish to start from scratch. Throughout this level, you will acquire fundamental language skills and knowledge.
Here is a summary of what students will learn by the end of the Beginner 1 level:
COMMUNICATION: Greet and say goodbye, introduce yourself and others, provide personal information, distinguish between the informal du and formal Sie, spell words, count to 100, talk about how you are feeling, introduce someone formally, describe your job and workplace, understand a work schedule, talk about daily routines, and identify or explain a problem.
VOCABULARY: Names of persons, countries and continents, numbers from 1–100, the alphabet, basic nouns with definite articles, professions, workplaces and activities, days of the week, time expressions related to parts of the day, the verb haben, present tense verb conjugations, definite and indefinite articles, and forming W-questions, yes/no questions, and simple statements.
Next level: German Beginner 2 or greater.