German Beginners Level 1: Course outline

This beginners course is based on the first 8 units of the book ‘Menschen A1’.

According to group goals, the teacher may do more or less than this, and may not need to cover everything in the book.

Introductions – inc. greetings, saying how you are, where you come from, where you live, what you do, telephone number, marital status, children, etc.
Professions
Alphabet and numbers
Family and friends
Prices and shopping
Asking about things and describing things – likes and dislikes
Telephoning, emails and texting.
Confirming and cancelling an appointment
Times of the day
Talking about abilities (Du kannst ja super tanzen!)
Asking for permission (Kann ich mal telefonieren?)
Making arrangements
Hobbies and leisure time activities – likes and dislikes (usage of gern/e)

Basic questions statements and negatives– including questions with question words and yes/no questions
Verb endings (conjugation) of regular and some irregular verbs in the present tense
You – formal and informal
Basic word order – statements, questions
Gender and indefinite/ definite articles / possessive articles / negation
Pronouns (Nominative)
Numbers/ Alphabet
Singular and plural
Separable verbs
Sentence structure with separable verbs or modal verbs
Modal verb können
Accusative case
Core prepositons