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German for Intermediate Students II
FAST-BYN32Acad. year: 2017/2018
Grammar: relative clauses with prepositions, adjectives as nouns, various subordinate clauses, Partizip I and II used as adjectives, two-piece conjunctions, future tense Futur I, conjunctions bis and indem
Vocabulary: friends, dating and relationships, description of objects and procedures, personal qualities, at work, instructions for use, computers, solving of conflicts, history of Germany, Europe
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Prerequisites
Students should be able to take part in a conversation on common topics and understand easily comprehensible texts and conversations. They should be familiar with verb tenses including the plusquamperfect, declinations of adjectives and pronouns, word order after various conjunctions, conditional sentences, Konjunktiv II. and other grammatical phenomena. They should be able to express themselves in a comprehensible way, avoiding grave mistakes.
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Course curriculum
2nd week - adjectives as nouns, topic: online dating
3rd week- subordinate clauses with als, ob and Conjunctive I, topic: problems with technical devices
4th week - time clauses, topic: working with a computer
5th week - Partizip I, topic: description of objects
6th week - two-piece conjunctions, topic: making complaints, women in advertisments
7th week - future tense Futur I, topic: conflicts on the road
8th week - topic: solving of conflicts, good manners
9th week - conjunctions bis and indem, topic: advertisements
10th week - Partizip II, topic: how to improve cities
11th week - topic: history of Germany, politics
12th week - revision, topic: Europe
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Aims
presentation of information from various spoken and written sources,
spontaneous, fluent and fairly accurate expressing,
fluent and effective using of the language for social, study and working purposes
target level according to the CEFR: B1 higher
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