Course detail
German for intermediate students I
FAST-BYN3Acad. year: 2012/2013
Grammar: conjunctions als and wenn, Präteritum, Plusquamperfekt, relative pronouns and relative clauses, genitive, present passive and passive with modal verbs, conditional sentences, infinitiv with zu, um zu, ohne zu, statt zu, two-piece conjunctions
Vocabulary: free time and entertainment, body, health and at the doctor, job and career, flats and furniture, neighbours, commuting
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Prerequisites
Grammar: conjugation of basic verbs, personal and possessive pronouns, word order, negation, definite and indefinite article, plural, basic and ordinal numbers, time expressions, modal verbs, prepositions, past tenses, adverbs, imperative,the subjunctive, reflexive verbs, question words, conjunctions weil, wenn and dass, Konjunktiv II, declination of adjectives after the indefinite article, definite article and no article; comparatives and superlatives, the passive
Vocabulary: meeting others, introducing yourself, family, food and drink, living in a house or a flat, my day, free time, learning, jobs, travelling, body parts and health, clothes and shopping, holidays, in the restaurant, at work, sport and fitness, education and career, celebrations, culture, at the post office, city traffic, weather, travelling and accomodation, money
Vocabulary: meeting others, int
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Course curriculum
2nd week - Plusquamperfekt, topic: newspaper articles, happy moments in life
3rd week - relative pronouns and relative clauses, topic: TV programme
4th week - genitive, topic: bodily exercise, healthy lifestyle
5th week - passive voice, topic: at the doctor's
6th week - 2nd conditional, conjunctions darum, deswegen, topic: learning foreign languages
7th week - infinitive +zu, topic: team work
8th week - the phrase brauchen +zu, topic: job and career, creativity
9th week - clauses with um +zu, damit, topic: holiday
10th week - infinitive constructions statt +zu, ohne +zu, topic: weather
11th week - two-piece conjunctions, topic: house and flat
12th week - 3rd conditional, topic: neighbours, commuting
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Aims
forming of simple texts on basic common topics,
target level according to the CEFR: B1 lower
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
- Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's
branch G , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
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2nd week - Plusquamperfekt, topic: newspaper articles, happy moments in life
3rd week - relative pronouns and relative clauses, topic: TV programme
4th week - genitive, topic: bodily exercise, healthy lifestyle
5th week - passive voice, topic: at the doctor
6th week - 2nd conditional, conjunctions darum, deswegen, topic: learning foreign languages
7th week - infinitive +zu, topic: team work
8th week - the phrase brauchen +zu, topic: job and career, creativity
9th week - clauses with um +zu, damit, topic: holiday
10th week - infinitive constructions statt +zu, ohne +zu, topic: weather
11th week - two-piece conjunctions, topic: house and flat
12th week - 3rd conditional, topic: neighbours, commuting