Deutsch als Fremdsprache: A2 intensiv

This intensive course trains all four language skills – speaking, writing, listening, and reading – with a view to improving your oral and written communication skills in particular. Central content and topics of the A2 language level are addressed. This includes simple conversations about past events and unambiguous communication in various everyday situations (e.g. sales encounters, telephone conversations); understanding short spoken texts (e.g. loudspeaker announcements); and writing brief, simple texts (e.g. text messages and emails). The addressed topics (reading and listening) take into account the Swiss context in which you live and work.

Focused grammar input appropriate to participants' entry level allows them to improve their use of declinations, conjugations, syntax, and tenses (perfect and simple past).

Our goal is to strengthen your knowledge of German, enhance your communication skills, expand your vocabulary, and recognizably improve your language competence.

At the end of the course, you can receive an individual consultation with the instructor about potential German courses in our semester program. You can register for such a consultation during the course.

The total break time will be 30 minutes per session.

The language of instruction is the target language, German; English will only be used occasionally as an auxiliary language.

Course information

freie Plätze verfügbar
Course level
A2
Date
03.02.2025 - 13.02.2025
12:00 - 15:30
36 Lessons
Lecturer
Isabelle Wegmüller
Credit points
2 ECTS
Registration deadline
Monday 27.01.2025
Course fee
Students and PhD candidates: CHF 383.00
Members of staff: CHF 723.00
Alumni: CHF 723.00
Alumni FHNW: CHF 723.00

Target group

The intensive courses cover a broader range of levels than the semester courses. They are therefore also a suitable general refresher for the respective level. A2 intensiv is aimed at participants who have successfully completed the semester courses EinsteigerInnen II and Grundkurs I, or for learners with a placement result around A1/A2.

Course materials

The course materials will be provided by the instructor.

The following grammar text is recommended for self-study:

Grammatik aktiv - Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Übungsgrammatik (A1-B1); 2. aktualisierte Ausgabe, Cornelsen Verlag Berlin (ISBN: 978-3-06-122964-1).

Further details will be found in the course confirmation. Please do not acquire the course materials before then.

Attendance

Number of absences allowed: 1

Coursework

Participants are expected to:
  • participate actively in class;
  • complete learning assessments;
  • spend 3 hours per course session on preparing and reviewing the lesson and on autonomous learning.

Credit points

To earn the credit points, students must fulfill the attendance requirement, complete the coursework, and pass the required number of assessments. The course is graded on a pass-fail basis.

Important

The courses and services offered by the Language Center are open to the groups of people listed under Eligibility for Admission. Students must also be matriculated: (a) students at the University of Basel should enter their matriculation number on the registration form; (b) students from other Swiss universities or EUCOR universities should email a valid confirmation of their matriculation to info-sprachenzentrum@unibas.ch before registering for a course. Registrations without proof of student status will not be considered.

Placement test

This course requires either an obligatory placement test or the completion of a preceding course.

Replacement date

If the instructor has to cancel one or more course sessions, a make-up session will be held on: Friday, 14 February 2025, starting at 12:00.

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