German : Beginners
Term 1
Course delivery information:
Communicative approach
Aims:
To enable students to converse in a way that they can exchange personal information,
count and spell, have a small conversation, ask people their occupation and give their
own, exchange information about their hobbies and families
Regular resources/textbooks:
Willkommen, Smartboard, internet, own material, students
Teaching
week
1
2
Duration: 2 hours
Mon
w/c
Topic
17/09
Induction; Greetings
and farewell; Hallo,
how are you?
Begrüßungen
24/10
Revision from
Learning objectives
Skills, knowledge and
understanding
Learners will be able
to:
Say hello and ask how
they are/ somebody is
formally and informally,
make small talk
Count till 10 and say
Teaching & Learning
activities
Including differentiation
Allocating pictures to
correct formal/ informal
sentences, playing
memory to reinforce
Introduction of verb
“heissen”, Role play:
cocktail party
Practsing verb ending
2 of 4
Assessment
methods, checks
on learning,
homework
Drilling,
Repetition, pair
work, taking
notes
Pair work, with
Resources
including elearning
Notes
(include ECM,
E & D)
Interactive SB,
Willkommen ,
Whiteboard,
CD, own
materials: flash
cards, visual
aids pictures,
nibbles and
drinks for roly
play, youtube
ECM 1
SB, WB,
Embracing
ECM 2
ECM 3
(throughout
course)
3
01/10
lesson 1
Wie heist du/ Wie
heissen Sie?
Zahlen, 0-10,
Alphabet
Introducing: Wie is
Ihre/deine
Telfonnummer
German alphabet and
equipping to pronounce
letters correctly
Ask each other their
telephonenumbers…
“heissen”, repeating ,
spelling number 0-10,
listening to and repeating
German Alphabet , roleplay
visiting cards,
taking notes,
Repetions drill
(numbers/
alphabet), role
play
youtube, visual
aids, Alphabet
“with Einstein”
Revision lesson 2:
Wie ist Ihre/deine
Telfonnummer,
Alphabet and
numbers
Woher kommen Sie?
/ Wo wohnen Sie?,
Intro: Countries and
their names in
German, i.e.
nationalities
Say where they come
from, they live and ask
the same informally and
formally
Say what nationality they
are
Saying where you come
from & where you live (
identifiying verb endings:
kommen / wohnen)
(regular) – gap filling,
listening and note taking
application role play,
spelling
Eliciting question
words from L 2
and Drilling,
repetition,
learning
countries in
game form, pair
work
SB
presentation
gap fill and
instructions,
Youtube, own
material:
visuals for
different
country,
Willkommen
(listening)
4
07/10
Continue: Woher
kommen Sie?/ Wo
wohnen Sie?,
country names, 3rd
person singular
Say how they are and
ask someone else
formally and informally.
Say where someone
comes from and ask
formally and informally
Writing task,application in
pairs, identifying countries
(visuals) Wie geht es
Ihnen? Sie kommt aus x.
Wo liegt..?, talking about
themselves and others
(3rd prs. Singular)
Speaking in
pairs, Listening,
speaking
exercises, gap
fill exercises
(verbs), pair
work
Repetition,
drilling,
Map of Europe,
plus other
maps from ss’s
contires
Whiteboard,
CD, own
material: visual
aids, Willk.
5
14/10
Fragewoerter,
practising
introductions, end of
Lesson 1 quiz
assessment
Intro: Wie geht es
dir? + different
answers
Talk about how they are
by applying new
expressions, apply some
names of countries and
cities in German in the
context of where
someone comes from
Offering answers
(question words, creating
mind map), team work –
deciding together on
correct answer in quiz.
Repeating answers to
“Wie geht’s?”
Eliciting, working
in different pairs.
Quiz covering
material to date,
role play with
vising cards
(checking/
correcting)
SB, handouts
visiting cards,
Willkommen,
own materials:
visual aids
2 of 4
different
nationalities
enrolled on the
course
throughout
class
presentation,
implemented in
reading texts
and listening
examples
(throughout
course)
6
21/10
Continue: previous
lessons: Wie geht es
Ihnen/ wie geht’s +
expressions
Woher kommen Sie
+ some cities and
countries
Apply prepositions “ich
komme aus…ich wohne
in… more confidently
adding some new vocab,
apply German names of
countries and capitals
and recognise numbers
11-100
Practising different
answers to how they are,
gap filling, word search,
pair work (application),
negative sentence,
practising verbs +
endings, note taking
Repetition, drill,
pair work,
listening and gap
fill exercise, note
taking and
feedback,
SB/ gap fill and
instructions,
hand out word
search
Willkommen,
CD, own
material
7
04/11
Continue “Woher
kommen diese
Leute/ Wo wohnen
sie”, verbs and
endings Länder und
Hauptstädte,
introduction number
11-100
Practising prepositions
and phrases,
regognising and
applying countries and
their capitals/ finding out
about others, writing
"richtig oder falsch”Saetze for peers and
discuss
Filling gaps (preps and
verb endings), conjugating
verbs, making up
sentences, pair work,
watching a film including
note taking, practising
sentences applying
countries and capital cities
Gap fill/ elicing,
feedback, asking
questions on
content of film/
students’
answers, pair
work, checking
SB,
Willkommen,
own material,
for gap fill and
competitive
game (four in a
row covering all
lessons so far)
8
12/11
Adding information to
personal profile
Revision numbers
11-100 in context of
personal profile
To speak about
themselves in greater
detail (retired?married?)
and ask questions about
others, apply higher
numbers when talking
about their telephone
and house numbers etc.
Filling gaps to
demonstrate
understanding on existing
vocab/ prepositions.
Building vocab: putting
expressions with same
meaning next to each
other, sorting exercise/
group work, listening,
writing own profile and
sharing with the class,
decision making on
(in)correct sentences with
extension
Eliciting (gap fill)
Listening (check
understanding of
new vocab), Pair
work: put new
phrases next to
each other
(check and
correct), group
work: arranging
phrases in the
correct order
listening,
feedback
SB, youtube,
Cultural input –
handouts,
maps pictures
9
19/11
Introducing Was bist
du von Beruf? Was
studierst du?/
nationalities and
genders in more
detail
To write a postcard with
various pieces of info
they’ve learnt
Know the name of some
jobs and studies
Post card writing and
rearranging to correct
meaningful order, running
dictation to check
comprehension and
pronunctiation
pictures, pair
work, quiz
Interviewing each
other (pair work),
food sampling,
knots and
Interactive SB
throughout,
handouts
(phrases) and
envelopes
(sentences in
2 of 4
crosses,
sentence auction
game
strips), WB,
CD,
Willkommen
10
26/11
Hobbys und Freizeit
Freundschaften und
Familienbeziehungen
Number 101+
Talk about jobs and
studies
Confidently apply verbs
wohnen, kommen,
arbeiten, sprechen sein
und haben
Leisure pursuits, various
plural of nouns, applying
info to their own families
Offering answers
(question words,
creating mind
map), team work
– deciding
together on
correct answer in
quiz.
Flash cards/
visuals
Interactive SB,
CD, own
materials,
11
03/12
Revision and
develop further
Hobbys und Freizeit
Freundschaften und
Familienbeziehungen
Talk further and in more
detail about jobs and
studies
Use apply verbs
wohnen, kommen,
arbeiten, sprechen sein
und haben
Leisure pursuits, various
plural of nouns, applying
info to their own families
Offering answers
(question words,
creating mind
map), team work
– deciding
together on
correct answer in
quiz.
Flash cards/
visuals
Interactive SB,
CD, own
materials
12
10/12
Revision lesson 110/ games and
quizzes, end of year
celebration + cultural
input
Say what they are doing--leisure activity and
conjugate regular verbs
Say what they
like/dislike doing
Name their family
Talking German over food
and drink, apply what they
have learnt during the
term, in teams decide on
correct answers together
during quizzes and games
Team work
answers and
feedback in
quizzes and
games
Food and drink,
SB and hand
outs, quizzes,
games
own material,
students
contributions
photographs, ,
music, cultural
input
2 of 4