German A1 (beginner)

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Learning module 1: Sich selbst vorstellen

A1.1 - Grüße und Abschiede (Greetings and Farewells)

A1.1 - Greetings and Farewells
  • Basic greetings and farewells.
  • Starting and ending a conversation.
  • Useful phrases to use during class (asking for clarification, repetition, etc.).
  • Personal pronouns (ich, du, er, sie, etc.)

A1.2 - Seinen Namen sagen (Telling your name)

A1.2 - Telling your name
  • Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
  • Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
  • Introduce yourself
  • The alphabet
  • pronunciation

A1.3 - Woher kommst du? (Where are you from?)

A1.3 - Where are you from?
  • Ask somebody where they are from
  • Say your nationality
  • Definite and indefinite articles (Der/ die/ das or ein/ eine)
  • Nouns and their plural forms

A1.4 - Zahlen und Zählen (Numbers and counting)

A1.4 - Numbers and counting
  • Learn to count
  • Numbers from 1-100
  • Cardinal numbers

A1.5 - Familie (Family)

A1.5 - Family
  • Introduce and tell about your family.
  • Ask someone about their family. (size, structure,...)
  • Possessive articles (mein, dein, ...)
  • Conjugation of regular verbs (Ich kaufe, du kaufst, etc.)

A1.6 - Sein Alter sagen (Saying your age)

A1.6 - Saying your age
  • Asking somebody's age
  • Say how old you are and when your birthday is
  • Position of the verb in the sentence

A1.7 - Berufe und Studium (Professions and studies)

A1.7 - Professions and studies
  • Describe your profession
  • Ask somebody's profession
  • Talk about studies
  • Question words: Who, What and Which

A1.8 - Adresse und Kontaktdaten (Address and contact details)

A1.8 - Address and contact details
  • Asking for and giving contact details.
  • Tell and ask for addresses.
  • Nouns and articles - accusative (der/die/das oder ein/eine)
  • Personal pronouns and possessive articles - accusative (mir, meinen/meine, etc.)
Learning module 2: Von Stunden zu Jahreszeiten

A1.9 - Wochentage und Tageszeiten (Days of the week and parts of the day)

A1.9 - Days of the week and parts of the day
  • Learn the parts of the day.
  • Learn the names of the 7 days of the week
  • Describe your weekly activities.
  • Prepositions: indicating times (Am Montag)

A1.10 - Das Wetter (The weather)

A1.10 - The weather
  • Talk about the weather
  • Basic weather vocabulary
  • No vs Not

A1.11 - Ordnungzahlen (Ordinal numbers)

A1.11 - Ordinal numbers
  • Learn the ordinal numbers.
  • Ordinal numbers (erste, zweite, dritte, etc.)

A1.12 - Jahreszeiten, Monate und Teile des Jahres (Seasons, months and parts of the year)

A1.12 - Seasons, months and parts of the year
  • Learn the seasons and months.
  • Describe the weather in each season and month.
  • Advanced: tell what you do in what month of the year.
  • Future in the present (Morgen fahre ich nach Paris)

A1.13 - Die Uhrzeit sagen und die Uhr lesen (Telling the time and reading the clock)

A1.13 - Telling the time and reading the clock
  • Ask and tell the time
  • Read the clock
  • How do you tell the time? Es ist acht Uhr

A1.14 - Kalenderdaten und Feiertage (Calendar dates and holidays)

A1.14 - Calendar dates and holidays
  • The basic dates and holidays
  • Nouns and Articles - Dative (dem, der, den)
  • Personal pronouns - Dative (mir, dir, etc.)
Learning module 3: Tag für Tag

A1.15 - Tägliche Nahrung (Daily food)

A1.15 - Daily food
  • Name the food that we consume daily.
  • Tell what you eat and drink.
  • Conjunctions aber, denn, oder, weil, und

A1.16 - Tagesabläufe (Daily routines)

A1.16 - Daily routines
  • Talk about your daily routine.
  • Talk about habits.
  • Reflexive verbs

A1.17 - Kochen und Backen (Cooking and baking)

A1.17 - Cooking and baking
  • Basic ingredients for cooking
  • Expressing obligations
  • Separable verbs (e.g. Ich hole die Eier ab)

A1.18 - Dinge fragen (Asking things)

A1.18 - Asking things
  • Ask and answer questions.
  • Learn the question words.
  • Asking questions (Ja/Nein-Fragen, W‑Fragen, ...)

A1.19 - Preise und Geld (Prices and money)

A1.19 - Prices and money
  • Talk about money, currencies and payment methods.
  • Ask for and say the price in a shop.
  • Possessive articles - dative (meinem/meiner, deinem/deiner, etc.)

A1.20 - Lebensmitteleinkauf (Grocery shopping)

A1.20 - Grocery shopping
  • Write a grocery list for daily food and drinks.
  • Ask a shop assistant about a product in the supermarket.
  • Verbs with stem change (Ich laufe, du läufst, etc.)

A1.21 - Im Kleidungsgeschäft (At the clothing shop)

A1.21 - At the clothing shop
  • Describe everyday clothing.
  • Ask for availability in a clothing shop.
  • Ask for your size.
  • Modal verbs (sollen, können, müssen),...

A1.22 - Körperteile (Body parts)

A1.22 - Body parts
  • Get to know the basic body parts.
  • Basic phrases to describe your health.
  • The irregular verbs sein, haben, wissen, werden
Learning module 4: Objekte und Personen beschreiben

A1.23 - Äußeres Erscheinungsbild (Physical appearance)

A1.23 - Physical appearance
  • Describe people's physical appearance
  • Use adjectives to describe people.
  • Adjectives in the nominative with (in)definite articles (e.g. ein/der große(r) Mann)

A1.24 - Farben (Colours)

A1.24 - Colours
  • Describe the colours of common objects.
  • Likes and dislikes: I like (not)...

A1.25 - Emotionen und Gefühle (Emotions and feelings)

A1.25 - Emotions and feelings
  • Express your basic emotions.
  • Describe the emotions of others.
  • "Not, very, too, a bit" with adjectives and verbs

A1.26 - Sinne und Wahrnehmung (Senses and perceiving)

A1.26 - Senses and perceiving
  • Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
  • Compare things
  • The comparative (laut, lauter)

A1.27 - Formen und Gestalten (Shapes and forms)

A1.27 - Shapes and forms
  • Describe forms and shapes.
  • Describe basic objects.
  • Express preferences.
  • The demonstrative pronoun (this, this, this)

A1.28 - Charakter und Persönlichkeit (Character and personality)

A1.28 - Character and personality
  • Learn to describe the character of people.
  • Talk about personalities.
  • The comparative - irregular adjectives (älter, größer, ...)

A1.29 - Physische Zustände und Empfindungen (Physical states and sensations)

A1.29 - Physical states and sensations
  • Express what you need.
  • Tell how your body feels.
  • Negation with “nicht” and “kein” in full sentences

A1.30 - Krankheit und Schmerz (Sickness and pain)

A1.30 - Sickness and pain
  • Express sickness and pain.
  • Express your medical condition at the doctor's office.
  • modal adverbs
Learning module 5: Zu Hause

A1.31 - Unser Haus (Our house)

A1.31 - Our house
  • Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
  • Understand a house rental or sales ad.
  • "Es gibt" with accusative

A1.32 - Möbel (Furniture)

A1.32 - Furniture
  • Describe the furniture in your house.
  • "Es gibt" vs "sein"

A1.33 - Geschirr (Tableware)

A1.33 - Tableware
  • Setting up the table to receive guests.
  • Location prepositions with accusative and dative (an, auf, in, hinter, neben, ...)

A1.34 - Haushaltsgeräte (Household appliances)

A1.34 - Household appliances
  • Learn the names of common household and electrical appliances.
  • Daily situations with common household devices.
  • Contraction of preposition and article in the dative (am, zum, beim, ...)

A1.35 - Wohnen und Unterkunft (Housing and accommodation)

A1.35 - Housing and accommodation
  • Learn the different types of accommodations.
  • Contact a landlord or agency to rent a house.
  • Connectors: because, then, also, not either

A1.36 - Zimmerpflanzen und Gartenpflanzen (Houseplants and garden plants)

A1.36 - Houseplants and garden plants
  • Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the house and in the garden.
  • Talk about plant care and routines at your home or office.
  • The progressive form in the present tense ("I'm playing football right now")

A1.37 - Ihre Haustiere (Your pets)

A1.37 - Your pets
  • Learn the basic animals (pets).
  • Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.
  • Real conditional sentence: Wenn … dann …
Learning module 6: Die Stadt und das Dorf

A1.38 - Alltägliche Dienstleistungen (Everyday services)

A1.38 - Everyday services
  • Describe the location of services on a map.
  • Ask for the opening hours of a certain service.
  • The Past Participle II: Formation and Usage

A1.39 - Essen bestellen und auswärts essen (Ordering food and dining out)

A1.39 - Ordering food and dining out
  • Ask food from the menu.
  • Reserve a table in a restaurant.
  • The perfect tense: formation with "sein" and "haben"

A1.40 - Sport und Bewegung (Sports and exercise)

A1.40 - Sports and exercise
  • Learn the sports
  • Talk about the sports you practice
  • Adverbs of frequency (always, often, never)

A1.41 - Hobbys beschreiben (Describing hobbies)

A1.41 - Describing hobbies
  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Describe activities that you enjoy
  • Important time adverbs for everyday life (now, today, tomorrow, ...)

A1.42 - Transport (Transportation)

A1.42 - Transportation
  • Describe the different types of transportation.
  • Buy a transport ticket.
  • Describe transportation between places.
  • Directional prepositions with the accusative (nach, zu, in, ...)

A1.43 - Nach dem Weg fragen und den Weg beschreiben (Asking for and giving directions)

A1.43 - Asking for and giving directions
  • Ask for directions in a city
  • Giving directions to a stranger
  • Ask for the existence of a building or service.
  • Location information and directions: “right, left, straight on..."

A1.44 - Freitagabend ausgehen (Friday night out)

A1.44 - Friday night out
  • Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
  • Invite somebody for an event.
  • The imperative

A1.45 - Musik und Kunst (Music and art)

A1.45 - Music and art
  • Talk about culture events in the city.
  • Go to the museum, an exposition, musical,...
  • The stative passive in German