Course detail
German for Beginners
FAST-VYN001Acad. year: 2025/2026
Grammar: conjugation of verbs to be, to have and other basic verbs, separable prefixes, personal and possessive pronouns, word order in a sentence, negation, definite and indefinite article, plural, numbers, time expressions, modal verbs können and wollen, prepositions, past tense ("Perfekt")
Vocabulary: meeting others, introducing yourself, family, food and drink, living in a house or a flat, my day, free time, learning
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Target level according to the CEFR: A1 lower
The student will be able to understand simple expressions and phrases and will be able to communicate in very basic situations. The student will achieve the target level A1 lower according to the CEFR.
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- Programme BPC-VP Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
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- 1st week: personal pronouns, preposition aus, verbs sein, kommen, sprechen, the alphabet, topic: meeting people, introducing yourself
- 2nd week: revision, verbs leben, haben, preposition in, topic: family, filling in a form
- 3rd week: numbers 0-20, possessive pronouns, topic: family, personal details
- 4th week: word order, indefinite article, plural, verb essen, topic: food and drink
- 5th week: numbers 21-100, negative, definite article, advebs hier/dort, topic: living in a house or a flat
- 6th week: questions, numbers 100-1 000 000, negative nicht, adjectives, téma: furniture
- 7th week: separable prefixes, prepositions an, um, von, topic: telling the time, days of the week
- 8th week: verbs sehen, arbeiten, verb position in a sentence, topic: daily routine, weather
- 9th week: accusative, vebs lesen, treffen, schlafen etc., topic: hobbies
- 10th week: modal vebs koennen, wollen, past tense – intro, topic: plans and goals
- 11th week: past tense („Perfekt“) with sein and haben, topic: learning goals
- 12th week: revision, test