Course Objectives
The A1 level in German language certifies that the candidates have acquired very basic language skills and corresponds to the first level (A1) on the six-level scale of competence laid down in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Course Outcomes
- Communicate in a simple manner in German if a person you are talking to is speaks slowly and clearly
- Understand and use familiar, everyday and common expressions and simple sentences (e.g. information about yourself and your family or about shopping, work and your immediate surroundings)
- Introduce yourself and others, as well as ask others about themselves, e.g. where they live, who they know and what they own
Course Content
Unit 1: Guten Tag! (Good day)
- To greet and say goodbye, introduce yourself and others, to speak about yourself and others
- Numbers from 0-20, to give email address and telephone numbers , Alphabets from A- Z, to spell names
- To speak about countries and languages
- Grammar topics: Verbs, personal pronouns, questions and answers
Unit 2: Freunde, Kollegen und ich (Friends, colleagues, and I)
- To speak about abouhobbies’s, fixing up meeting with a friend/ colleague, days of the week, to speak about work, jobs, and work timings
- Numbers from 20 onwards, how to fill a form.
- Grammar topics: Nominative case, Nouns (Singular and Plural), Verb Conjugations
Unit 3: In Hamburg
- To name places and monuments, to ask questions about a place and answer them, modes of transport
- To ask about things, to ask the directions and describe, to speak about months and seasons
- Grammar topics: Imperative form
Unit 4: Guten Appetit! (Have a good meal)
- To speak about food, to plan shopping for grocery
- To initiate conversations regarding shopping, conversations about meals, to speak about favoriterite food
- Grammar topic: Accusative case
Unit 5: Alltag und Familie (Daily routine and family)
- To read the clock, to speak about days and months, to speak about the family
- To fix up an appointment, to take an appointment on the phone, to apologize for a delay
- To speak about countries and languages
- Grammar topics: Modal verbs, prepositions related to the clock, possessive pronouns in the nominative and accusative case
Unit 6: Zeit mit Freunden (Time with friends)
- To speak about free time, to understand the date, to speak about birthdays, to understand and write an invitation
- To order food and pay for it, to speak about an event/incident
- Grammar topics: Separable verbs, accusative personal pronouns, past tense forms of haben and sein, preposition für in the accusative case