German for complete beginners

This German for complete beginners course is designed for complete beginners who are travelling to a German-speaking country.
The focus is on oral communication (oral and aural skills) and
the students will cover the following practical “survival skills”:

  • Greetings – Introducing yourself, your friends and your family
  • Talking about yourself, your job, tastes and hobbies
  • Travelling
  • Booking a hotel and checking in
  • Booking a table – Eating and drinking out
  • Asking for and understanding directions
  • Going shopping
  • Complaining and apologising
  • Arranging to meet
  • Telephoning – Leaving a message – Taking a message

200.00

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Course Details

Course Length : 10-week German course for complete beginners
Course Venue : Online course - Zoom
Further Detail : Course for complete beginners covering practical "survival skills" to travel in a German-speaking country.

German for complete beginners

This German for complete beginners course is designed for complete beginners who are travelling to a German-speaking country.
The focus is on oral communication (oral and aural skills) and
the students will cover the following practical “survival skills”:

  • Greetings – Introducing yourself, your friends and your family
  • Talking about yourself, your job, tastes and hobbies
  • Travelling
  • Booking a hotel and checking in
  • Booking a table – Eating and drinking out
  • Asking for and understanding directions
  • Going shopping
  • Complaining and apologising
  • Arranging to meet
  • Telephoning – Leaving a message – Taking a message

200.00

SKU: N/A Category:

Description

This is a summary of the objectives for this German course for complete beginners.

Sociolinguistic Appropriateness

To be able to establish basic social contact by using the simplest everyday polite forms of greetings, farewells, introductions, saying please, thank you, sorry etc.

Listening Comprehension (LC)

To be able to follow speech that is very slow and carefully articulated, with long pauses for him/her to assimilate meaning.

Reading Comprehension (RC)

To be able to understand very short, simple texts a single phrase at a time, picking up familiar names, words and basic phrases and rereading as required.

Spoken Interaction (SI)

To be able to interact in a simple way but communication is totally dependent on repetition at a slower rate of speech, rephrasing and repair.

Spoken Production (SP)

To be able to produce simple mainly isolated phrases about people and places.

Written Interaction (WI)

To be able to ask for or pass on personal details in written form.

Written Production (WP)

To be able to write simple phrases and sentences about themselves and imaginary people, where they live and what they do.

After working for a number of years for international companies like Coca-Cola, IBM and BMC Software, Judith started teaching German in 2009 and joined Languages Unlimited in June of that year. She has worked with students in a number of organisations including The European Commission, Eurofound, eBay, Oracle, Google, Canada Life, Lidl… She also worked in other organisations such as Berlitz, the People’s College and Global IT; Judith is also teaching on-line classes. She enjoys teaching and is learning a foreign language herself, thus experiencing herself the challenges students are facing and getting to know all the different teaching styles and learning techniques and tools that you will discover in her tuition.