Course Objectives:
- Greetings and farewells (formally/informally)
- Introducing yourself (saying who you are, where you come from/ live; asking someone else for that information)
- Use of German phonetics (ABC), spelling your name
- Numbers 0-1000+
- Saying how you are
- Talking about countries, nationality, languages and cities
- Give and ask for details of the family
- Jobs and professions
- Hobbies
- Stating likes and dislikes
- Asking for directions Ordering food and drink…Buying consumer goods
- Shopping: asking for/giving prices
- Saying how often you do things
- Booking a hotel room
- Telling the time
- Talking about daily routines and work
Grammar
- Short Statements
- Fragen: WH- questions – W- Fragewörter
- Wer, Wo, Woher, Wie, Wer
- Verb endings – present tense, regular and irregular verbs
- Word order
- Personal pronouns
- Negative sentences
- Gender and articles
- Plural of nouns
- Possessive adjectives
- Some forms of the imperative
- Verbs and vowel changes
- Separable verbs
- Modal verbs: können, müssen, dürfen, mögen und wollen
- Verbs haben and sein