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Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

This course will expand on the work of German levels 101 to 103 (or equivalent). Your skills will be furthered through various class activities that teach you how to use your language skills, such as: problem solving; asking for and offering help; discussing future plans; learning how to make small-talk in German; and how to write creatively.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• ask for and offer help, and deal with challenging situations
• express wishes and future plans
• attend a doctor’s appointment and describe what’s wrong
• describe a person: features and character traits
• write a diary entry, an email or a letter
• use various registers of the command form (imperative) in German.

Content

• ‘We have got a problem here’: problem-solving in a hotel-setting
• Who wants to be a pop-star?
• Talking about the future
• At the doctor’s surgery; alternative medicines
• At a party: small talk and gossip in German
• Imperative in German: giving commands; household chores

Intended audience

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