German Language and Culture, Level 2 - Elementary.
Tutor: Bertrand Glineur
Date and time: Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:00pm
From: Tuesday 1st October 2024
20 weekly meetings, 1.5 hours each
Price £300 (£290 concessions*)
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Detailed Description
A course for those moving on from a beginners' course, or whose knowledge is rusty or who may not feel confident to go forward to an intermediate course. Required is a general knowledge of three main tenses (present, simple past and simple future tense), although grammatical structures will be revised and expanded further during the course. Reading, writing and speaking skills will be developed and topics studied will provide an insight into the culture, history and literature of the country. There will be scope to allow for the development of personal interests.
The course aims to give those moving on from a beginners' class more confidence to deal with everyday situations. You will be encouraged to work out your own strategy for learning and, within the framework of the syllabus, learn to use language structures and functions to suit your own needs - for example, very basic business/academic language and some basic translation skills will also be developed.
Everyday situations to be developed include: Personal information - family/social arrangements • directions - time/numbers • travel/transport • food and drink/ buying and selling • accommodation - hotel/lodgings/business • holidays and leisure.
Grammar and functions revised are: gender • articles • three main tenses of common regular/irregular verbs • negatives • questions • descriptions • adjectives • personal pronouns • polite/familiar forms • prepositions • possessives • time phrases/quantities.
New grammar and functions include: comparative/superlative forms • adverbs • cases • other tenses • idea of subjunctive.
