Details on A1.1 Course Content  

Lesson 1: Greeting & Farewell, Alphabet, Verb Conjugation

• Students will learn basic German greetings (e.g., “Guten Tag,” “Auf Wiedersehen”) and how to introduce themselves.
• An introduction to the German alphabet and its pronunciation.
• Basics of verb conjugation, focusing on regular verbs in the present tense.

Lesson 2: Professions, Numbers (0-100), Personal Information

• Vocabulary for common professions and job titles (e.g., “Arzt” for doctor, “Lehrer” for teacher).
• Counting in German, starting from 0 up to 100.
• Practice on asking and giving personal information (name, age, profession).

Lesson 3: Family, Possessive Articles, Irregular Verbs

• Vocabulary to describe family members (e.g., “Mutter” for mother, “Bruder” for brother).
• Introduction to possessive articles (e.g., “mein,” “dein”).
• Introduction to common irregular verbs.

Lesson 4: Furniture, Nominative Case, Genders & Articles

• Learning the names of common furniture items (e.g., “Tisch” for table, “Stuhl” for chair).
• Understanding the nominative case and how to identify the subject in a sentence.
• Introduction to the three German grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter) and their corresponding articles.

Lesson 5: Colors & Materials, Plural, Describing Objects

• Vocabulary for colors and materials (e.g., “rot” for red, “Holz” for wood).
• Rules for forming the plural of nouns.
• How to describe objects using adjectives (e.g., “groß” for big, “klein” for small).

Lesson 6: Food & Beverages, Accusative Case, Sentence Structure

• Vocabulary for common foods and beverages.
• Introduction to the accusative case, used for direct objects.
• Basic German sentence structure, including word order.

Lesson 7: Leisure Activities, Modal Verb ‘can’, Adverbs of Frequency

• Vocabulary related to leisure activities (e.g., “schwimmen” for swimming, “lesen” for reading).
• Using the modal verb “können” (can) to express ability.
• Introduction to adverbs of frequency (e.g., “immer” for always, “manchmal” for sometimes).

Lesson 8: Places in a City, Separable Verbs, Time Prepositions

• Vocabulary for locations in a city (e.g., “Bahnhof” for train station, “Bibliothek” for library).
• Introduction to separable verbs and how they function in a sentence.
• Understanding time prepositions (e.g., “um,” “am”).

Lesson 9: Transportation, Perfect Tense, Past Participle

• Vocabulary for various means of transportation (e.g., “Auto” for car, “Fahrrad” for bicycle).
• Introduction to the perfect tense for talking about past actions.
• Learning how to form the past participle of verbs.

Lesson 10: Seasons & Weather, Time Prepositions, Festivals

• Vocabulary to describe the seasons and weather conditions.
• Further practice with time prepositions (e.g., “im,” “in”).
• Learning about major German festivals and traditions.