

Beginners German Course Outline
Beginners German Course Outline
If you are new to the German language, and would like to meet other enthusiastic learners around the world to help you develop and practice your foreign language skills, then enroll in this Open-Group Beginner German Course. To begin, you will study essential grammar, words, questions, and phrases. Once you are able to participate in simple discussions, your native teacher will guide you and your classmates as you practice constructing complex and personal sentences, role-play common scenarios, and learn vocabulary relevant to your interests.

Lesson 1
You will learn greetings; how to introduce yourself and another person; to ask somebody where they are from/to say where you are from; names of countries; to ask and respond to the question “how are you?.

Lesson 2
You will learn the alphabet; to spell your name; to conjugate the verbs sein (to be), kommen (to come), and heißen (to be called); to use question words; to say your profession.

Lesson 3
You will learn to ask somebody what they do for a living; to conjugate the verbs arbeiten (to work), haben (to have), and wohnen (to live); to talk about your family; to form negative sentences.

Lesson 4
You will learn numbers (0-100); how to say your age; to conjugate the verbs machen (to do), leben (to live); prepositions: als (as), bei (at), in; masculine and feminine of nouns.

Lesson 5
You will learn to speak about your family; possessive adjectives; more negative sentences; how to say different languages; to conjugate the verb sprechen (to speak); to give information about somebody.

Lesson 6
You will learn cities in Germany; adjectives; to talk about pieces of furniture/items in your house; to ask how much something costs; the definite articles.

Lesson 7
You will learn big numbers; more masculine and feminine nouns; how to offer something to somebody; the names of everyday objects; colors and materials; the indefinite articles.

Lesson 8
You will learn how to order something online; to ask and answer questions on the telephone; office items; to form the plural of nouns; the nominative and accusative cases.

Lesson 9
You will learn to tell the time; how to talk about problems; how to shop at the market; how to book a taxi, a table at a restaurant, and a room in a hotel.

Lesson 10
You will learn to talk about hobbies; how to conjugate the verbs können (to be able) and fahren (to go); to give and receive compliments; how to order food at a restaurant.

* You do not need to buy a textbook to complete your course. Your teacher will share their materials (excerpts from textbooks, audio files, videos, etc.) with you during the classes using screenshare. Your teacher may also recommend other textbooks and grammar books to help supplement or continue your studies, but Language Trainers bears no responsibility for your decision to make such a purchase.

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