| GERMAN COURSES |
COURSE LEVEL & CONTENT |
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Beginner | Elementary 1
| Elementary 2 | Elementary 3
| Intermediate 1 | Intermediate
2 | Advanced
Course Levels & Course Content
ActiLingua offers seven course levels ranging from absolute beginner
to advanced. Follow this link for a comparison of our course levels
with the European Framework of
Reference.
Assessment test:
After a written assessment test and an oral assessment talk you
are assigned to the appropriate level. The written assessment test
takes approximately 60 minutes to complete and covers grammar, reading
comprehension and writing skills. It is included in your booking
materials or available online. Please return the placement test
till Tuesday prior to course start at the latest, otherwise it is
possible that you miss the first day’s classes.
Course levels:
We offer seven course levels, each with a 4-8 week syllabus. Levels
start at absolute beginner and progress to advanced. It is the responsibility
of the teacher to decide whether a student may proceed to the next
level.
Beginner (A0/A1-)*
You are a complete beginner or have very little knowledge of German.
At this level you learn basic sentence structures and vocabulary
to help you communicate simple messages in everyday situations.
| Contact hours: |
Standard Course: 20 course
lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme per week. Intensive
Course: 30 course lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme
per week. |
| Average course
duration: |
4
weeks. |
| Starting
dates: |
every four or five weeks |
| Prerequisites: |
No previous
German knowledge necessary. The student is a complete beginner
or has very little knowledge of German. |
| Outline of course
content: |
He/she learns
basic sentence structures and vocabulary to help to communicate
simple messages in everyday situations. He/she learns how to
introduce her/himself and to cope with simple situations at
the shops, at work, on the telephone, at the doctor's and at
hotels.
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Elementary 1 (A1)*
You have little knowledge of German. You learn to make simple enquiries
in speaking and writing, and to give instructions. You build on
your basic grammar skills and increase your vocabulary.
| Contact hours: |
Standard Course: 20 course
lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme per week. Intensive
Course: 30 course lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme
per week. |
| Average course
duration |
4 to 8 weeks. |
| Starting dates: |
every Monday |
| Prerequisites: |
4 weeks' Beginner
course or basic knowledge of the German language: ability to
introduce oneself and talk about simple everyday situations.
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| Grammatical
prerequisites: |
The student
has little knowledge of German, for example the ability to introduce
oneself and talk about simple everyday situations. |
| Outline of course
content: |
He/she learns
to make simple enquiries in speaking and writing and to give
instructions, builds on his basic grammar skills and increases
his vocabulary. The following language functions are among those
practised: asking the way; giving directions; asking for and
giving information; discussing home and the household; describing
people and their characters; defining shape, size and colour
of objects; asking for and giving opinions; the working world;
returning faulty goods to a shop. |
Elementary 2 (A2)*
You have some knowledge of German. You learn how to express yourself
adequately in familiar, everyday situations and to read and understand
simple texts.
| Contact hours: |
Standard Course: 20 course
lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme per week. Intensive
Course: 30 course lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme
per week. |
| Average course
duration |
4 to 8 weeks. |
| Starting dates: |
every Monday of the year. |
| Prerequisites: |
8 weeks' Beginner
and Elementary 1 courses or good basic knowledge of German:
ability to talk about everyday situations, ask the way and give
simple descriptions. |
| Grammatical
prerequisites: |
imperfect tense,
nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, adjective declension,
simple subordinate clauses, simple prepositions. |
| Outline of course
content: |
The student
has some knowledge of German. He/she learns how to express him/herself
adequately in familiar, everyday situations and to read and
understand simple texts. Main course topics include: holidays
and travel, living abroad, nature and the environment, family,
the generation problem, population, living, the concept of home,
news, politics, radio programs. |
| Certificate: |
optional: "ÖSD
A2 Grundstufe Deutsch" |
Elementary 3 (B1)*
Your basic German skills are incomplete. You consolidate and revise
basic grammar structures, and learn to lead discussions on interesting
topics.
| Contact hours: |
Standard Course: 20 course
lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme per week. Intensive
Course: 30 course lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme
per week. |
| Average course
duration |
4 to 8 weeks. |
| Starting dates: |
every Monday of the year. |
| Prerequisites: |
12 weeks' Beginner,
Elementary 1 & 2 courses or very good basic knowledge of German.
Understanding of everyday spoken and written situations, ability
to communicate in day-to-day contexts. |
| Grammatical
prerequisites: |
imperfect tense,
perfect tense, nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, adjective
declension, subordinate clauses, direct and indirect subordinate
clauses, prepositions. |
| Outline of course
content: |
After completing
Elementary 3 the student should have a basic command of the
fundamentals of German grammar and be in the position to participate
in simple discussions and to understand simple texts, including
the main points of short press articles. He/she consolidates
and revises basic grammar structures and learns to discuss interesting
topics. Main topics include: Travel & tourism, employment and
the working world, school, education, history, politics & culture,
literature. |
| Certificate: |
optional: "B1
Zertifikat Deutsch". |
Intermediate 1
(B2)*
You have a command of the essentials of German. You practise reading,
writing and discussion of difficult topics and work-related issues.
| Contact hours: |
Standard Course: 20 course
lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme per week. Intensive
Course: 30 course lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme
per week. |
| Average course
duration |
8 weeks. |
| Starting dates: |
every Monday of the year. |
| Prerequisites: |
16 - 20 weeks
Beginner, Elementary 1, 2 & 3 or good German skills: problem-free
and fluent communication in everyday situations, basic understanding
of simple press articles and films, the ability to discuss familiar
topics. |
| Grammatical
prerequisites: |
Basic command
of the essentials of German grammar, in particular all tense
forms, present and imperfect subjunctive, passive, adjective
declension, subordinate clauses & sentence structure. |
| Outline of course
content: |
The student
should learn to be able to express her/himself on a variety
of moderately difficult topics fluently and without preparation.
He/she learns to express his opinion, to state his/her views,
to discuss, analyse and interpret simpler texts, to summarize
them and give an account of them. The basic grammatical structures
are revised again and consolidated at intermediate level. The
prerequisite is a command of basic grammar! |
| Certificate: |
optional after
completing the course level: "ÖSD
– B2 Mittelstufe Deutsch" |
Intermediate
2 (C1)*
You have a good command of German. You learn to express yourself
clearly both in speaking and writing on a large number of topics
and to understand almost all texts.
| Contact hours: |
Standard Course: 20 course
lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme per week. Intensive
Course: 30 course lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme
per week. |
| Average course
duration |
8 weeks. |
| Starting dates: |
every Monday of the year. |
| Prerequisites: |
28 weeks' Beginner,
Elementary 1, 2 & 3 and Intermediate courses or a very good
knowledge of German: problem-free and fluent communication in
everyday situations, understanding of newspaper articles and
films, ability to converse on a number of topics. Comprehensive
and sound command of the language and use of a large range of
language devices. |
| Grammatical
prerequisites: |
The student
must have a good command of German grammar, all tense forms,
all applications of the present and imperfect subjunctive, subordination,
participle constructions, prepositions. |
| Outline of course
content: |
The student
has a good command of German. He/she learns to express her/himself
clearly both in speaking and writing on a large number of topics
and to understand almost all texts. For example: Art: fine arts
- interviews given by artists - interpretation of art, learning
German: experiences and problems in assimilating a foreign language,
sport, Austrian regional studies, Austria-Germany-Switzerland
comparison, use of different types of text, literature (poetry).
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| Certificate: |
optional after
completing the course level: "ÖSD–
C1 Oberstufe Deutsch" or "C2
Wirtschaftssprache Deutsch" |
Advanced (C2)*
You can express yourself fluently in German. You work on literary,
socio-political, cultural and scientific topics.
| Contact hours: |
Standard Course: 20 course
lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme per week. Intensive
Course: 30 course lessons & 5 lessons of cultural programme
per week. |
| Average course
duration |
8 weeks. |
| Starting dates: |
every Monday of the year. |
| Prerequisites: |
36 weeks'
Beginner, Elementary 1, 2 & 3 and Intermediate courses or excellent
knowledge of German: problem-free and fluent communication in
situations of all kinds, understanding of complex written and
oral passages of all kinds, the ability to discuss complex topics.
Comprehensive and sound command of German and use of a large
range of language devices. |
| Grammatical
prerequisites: |
The student
must have a very good command of German grammar. |
| Outline of course
content: |
The student
can express himself fluently in German. He/she works on literary,
sociopolitical, cultural and scientific topics. |
| Certificate: |
optional after
completing the course level: "C2
Wirtschaftssprache Deutsch" |
*The expression in brackets refers to the Common European Framework
of Reference as issued by the European Commission that is the basis
for the advancement of European multilingualism.
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