Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Grundkurs I (Kurs 1)

This course brushes up and deepens fundamentals of grammar and vocabulary and is the follow-up course to "Deutsch als Fremdsprache: EinsteigerInnen II”. It covers chapters 1–6 in Netzwerk neu A2.1. Participants will train for various linguistic situations from daily, academic, and professional life. After a placement test, language learners with a solid A1 level will also be invited to register and participate.

In the course, you will expand your vocabulary and grammar to the A2 level through readings, videos, and audio clips on topics like personal background, school, education, online communication and media, feelings, urban life, work, and career. Building on this, you will learn to express yourself simply and appropriately in various concrete daily and conversational situations and to write short and simple messages and texts.

Grammar will be extended to: main/subordinate clauses, reflexive verbs, past tense and subjunctive II of the modal verbs, comparative adjectives and declensions of adjectives, and genitive.

The language of instruction is the target language, German; as an academic lingua franca, English may occasionally be used as an auxiliary language.

Course information

Required entry level
A1 complete
Course level
A2.1
Date
26.02.2024–27.05.2024
  • Monday, 08:00–10:00
32 Lessons
Lecturer
Sandra Schöll, MA
Credit points
2 ECTS
Registration deadline
Thursday 22.02.2024
Course fee
Students and PhD candidates: CHF 343.00
Members of staff: CHF 643.00
Alumni: CHF 643.00
Alumni FHNW: CHF 643.00
Registration

There will be no class on 1 April and 20 May 2024.

Course materials

Netzwerk neu A2.1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch; Klett Verlag 2020; ISBN: 978-3-12-607162-8

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.

Requirements

To earn credit points, participants are expected to

  • not be absent more than twice,
  • participate actively in class,
  • pass four assessments.

Workload for ECTS:
In addition to class time, participants must plan to spend 3 hours per week on preparing and reviewing for class and on autonomous learning.

You can earn 2 credit points.
The course is graded with either pass or fail.

Certificate of attendance

Active participation is assumed. In order to receive a certificate of attendance (available on request) for this course, you are not allowed to be absent more than twice.

Placement test

This course requires either an obligatory computer placement test or completion of a preceding course (attendance of at least 8 sessions or 2⁄3 of the course lessons). If you have not attended a preceding course, a computer placement test has to be taken prior to registration.

Replacement date

The supplementary replacement date for lessons that might not take place is: 25.05.2024 from 10:00 - 16:00.

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