German: Beginner Intensive Beginners
Introductory course to German. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of German. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.
- All staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department
- Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here
Number of sessions: 9
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
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1 | Mon 21 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
2 | Tue 22 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
3 | Wed 23 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
4 | Thu 24 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
5 | Fri 25 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
6 | Mon 28 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
7 | Tue 29 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
8 | Wed 30 Jun 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
9 | Thu 1 Jul 2021 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
- Alphabet
- Use of Questions
- Word order
- Definite and indefinite articles, plurals, negation of nouns
- Present tense and past of 'haben' and 'sein', separable verbs
- Cardinal and ordinal numbers, some prepositions
- Modal verbs
- Meet and greet people, introduce yourself (name, age, job, nationality, domicile)
- Describe a room and its equipment
- Talk about languages and countries
- Describe a house/flat
- Tell the time, make and cancel appointments
- Talk about professions
- Talk about food (shopping for food, likes and dislikes)
Who for: absolute beginners, learners with very basic command of German.
Overview: An interactive online Zoom-based course covering basic communication topics such as introducing yourself, small talk, talking about study and professions, hobbies, food and daily routine.
Due to the nature of online teaching/learning, we will be using the ‘flipped classroom’ technique, have a comfort break half-way though the session, and use a variety of tools to make the process more engaging.
To be introduced to the German language with a focus on listening and speaking.
Class work (online via Zoom) and individual study
Nine sessions of two hours each taught over a period of two weeks
Yearly
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