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German Level 3
(Common European Framework Level B1)
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of German Level 2+ at UCL CLIE or for learners who have a good basic
knowledge of the language or those who have studied the language at A-Level some years
ago. Participants should be able to give instructions, describe events, and talk and write
about the past, using the past perfect and the imperfect tenses.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes
Progression
After 20 hours students may progress to level 3+
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students with a good basic knowledge of German to
develop the four skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) to an intermediate level.
Students should be able to communicate in German in most common situations. Cultural
awareness will be developed. Language learning skills, including autonomous learning and
how to approach authentic material will be enhanced.
Functions
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Talking about time and German history; commenting information
Talking about problems in daily life; giving advices; justifying something
Talking about relations between men and women, and clichés; agreeing or
disagreeing with someone
Discovering the history of a region; describing regions and places; understanding
words in dialect
Talking about schools; about wishes or something unreal
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Time and German history: Brandenburger Tor
Daily life
Men and women
Region in Germany: Ruhrgebiet
School system in Germany
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Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Pronunciation exercises
Grammar
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während clauses; irregular verbs in the imperfect; nominalisation with zum
Forms of the ‘unreal’ subjunctive (present tense): modal verbs; conjunctions: darum,
deshalb, deswegen; adverbs: ein bisschen, sehr, ziemlich, besonders
Infinitive with zu; adjectives with un- and -los
Adjectives before the noun; diminutive forms: Haus – Häuschen
Forms of the ‘unreal’ subjunctive (present tense): wäre, würde, hätte, könnte
Revision: Imperfect tense; sentences with wenn…., (dann); weil and dass clauses;
imperative; declension of adjectives without article (nominative and accusative);
relative clauses
Learning Resources
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Course book: studio d B1: Teilband 1 [chapter 1 – 5] Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Kursund Übungsbuch, Cornelsen Verlag, ISBN 9783060204663
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Authentic material (such as German television programs, film extracts, German
newspapers or magazines)
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In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the
Self-Access Centre.
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